of both Fino and Amontillado in the kitchen, at hand to deglaze a pan. But like the wine question, I wish I knew enough to pick out a better quality one than the Hartley and Gibson that is my "house sherry." I’ve never been...

friends. They’re great people but many of them drink more or order more expensive dishes than I do. For example, the last meal I ordered was a $15 chicken dish and a $6 house wine. I figured with tax and tip, my share...

Vita muffin double chocolate muffins. I just bought 6 boxes. They aren’t cheap (4 to a box and about $1.75 per muffin) but are comparable in price to coffee house prices. Only 100 calories per muffin and they have mega...

California hoping to impress them. I had a better burrito when I wandered into a random shop in my old hometown — and Anaheim Hills is not exactly a culinary mecca. But after three months in New York searching for something...

of the husk. If the kernels don’t look over or under-developed, I stick a thumbnail into one of the kernels near the end. If it squirts juice, I taste my thumbnail to make sure the juice is sweet. If it doesn’t...

is the Courtyard, which looks hip, but really isn’t. Sidetracks is a dance club with horrendous house music from Thursdays through Sundays. I’m reluctant to go in there. There is a possibility of good burgers and...

on State St. has tasty large hunks of gingerbread. I’m not so sure nine dollars is a bargain hamburger, though. The burgers at Waterfront Ale House on Atlantic Ave. are cheaper than that, and very good. I had a nice meal at...

money back to Mexico to build houses. (See the link below) This is not an area where the food has a lot of Mexican-American adaptations, and unlike Fruitvale, it has a low key, suburban feel. We visited four restaurants, one taco...

With its new identity, YC has quite a variety of restaurants today. It has two japanese places, one a sushi bar (sushi on 7th), the other a japanese steakhouse (Koda). An old-school diner just opened, serving breakfast, etc....

Dennis, I may be wrong on this, but my suspicion is that the forces behind this carryout probably don’t consider the chicken with asparagus a particularly proud house specialty, nor do they likely punish those ordering...

I think I know what your daughter is talking about, although in my experience the squares were sort of whitish opaque (but definitely acorn-derived). I would eat it all the time at my friend’s house in high school, and the...

, but ok.) It was very near the subway stop where I met my son. Tabla for dinner on Sat. night,was beyond description. We had the three course tasting menu. The amuse was house cured salmon. I had crab cake with the tamarind...

the neighbor hood that houses your much-lived Peppe Rosso To Go? So, here’s here’s my dream, or rather reality: latte and apple-oat bran muffin or apple-cranberry muffin at ONCE UPON A TART (Sullivan betw. Prince and...

School at Boston Tech on St Botolphe St.) In those days the area where the Prudential is now was a vast railroad yard. We were amazed when they built the old Han Building with its weather lights —before that the tallest...

are having – and start tasting. McDonald’s makes hamburgers – are they authentic? Maybe so, but you’ll find lots of better burgers and a whole lot more at a proper steak or grill house.