and whites, Japanese gyukoros. I would talk friends flying to Beijing into making buying trips for me. I nurtured contacts on the mainland. I drank a lot of coffee, with appreciation, but never with love. I favored Peet’s...

area or you might get seated next to the bar. AR Valentien is also excellent. They also have prix-fixe. Tapenade has very good French food. El Bizcocho is also excellent. Nine-Ten is very good as well. They have a half-baked...

the vinaigrette...the nutty, sweet, savory, and peppery of pine nuts, currants, garlic, scallions, and arugula (I only had parsley though). A truly addictive quality that guarantees no leftovers. For the poster below who wants to...

okay, kind of a mix between biscuit and rolls. As far as adaptations to the Bittman bread, I’ve tried whole wheat, white whole wheat, various herbs, cheeses but keep coming back to the plain old version. And, a year later, I...

more courses. Course 11: Elysian Fields Lamb Chop with Bing Cherries and Marcona Almonds This dish was one nice meaty medium rare cooked lamb chop. The nice fresh cherries and almonds added a nice fuity and nutty bite to the...

anything within a 7-hour drive – less than a day – to be “local.”) I allowed myself coffee and chocolate, salt and spices (but I actually gave up Diet Coke for the whole month – that was a real...

, It was sunshine yellow, metal and very heavy!!) and dredge the cooked rind in sugar. “Crackles” and "Nutty Cookies"! oh yummers! “Spritz Cookies”! Changing the different design disks, making them,...

a little bit, and then you can see all of the stores inside the building (Acme, Cowgirl Creamery, good chocolate stores, etc.). Brunch on Monday will be a challenge, because most places don’t do Monday brunch, but if you...

and a chocolate torte made with expensive, high-quality chocolate. He didn’t eat. DIDN’T EAT A THING. Was I wrong to be offended? I mean, he considers Buca and PFC’s the pinnacle of haute cuisine!

the pecan crusted fish next time- nice contrast between creamy, flaky white fish meat and crunchy dark nutty crust. Desserts were: bread pudding souffle- not really a souffle, as I had thought. More like a bread pudding with...