common, at nice restaurants of all stripes, and in Italian ones (Caffe Vittoria in Boston comes to mind). So my question is, is it still a faux pas at all, or is it just okay to break the rule?

of handmade wheat noodles in black bean sauce, and other Korean/N. Chinese concoctions) Kashmir Grocery and Halal Meat, Edison (Indo-Pak market with remarkable kebab rolls on fresh-baked breads) Grimaldi’s, Hoboken (outpost...

1.) If you’re really unhappy with the table you’re being seated at that’s one thing. If you simply feel like choosing whichever table you’d like the most that’s quite another. There’s a fair amount of planning that goes into...

by the results of extended maceration, lees stirring and aging sparkling wines en triage. Each of these processes results in higher levels of ribonucleotides and sensory descriptors almost identical to the ones used in food...

to my better half. the superior’s wife ordered three bottles of wine for the table and most everyone had a steak (except me: vegan, who had a salad and a vegetable plate) . the table shared salads and sides. since i was...

at my local markets, I can actually get better quality foods at a better price than crappier foods (you have to know the cycle of sales to do it). I think the effort may be worth it to some people in the end.

Chacune a son gout. I like rice pudding _ and I liked this one, I just didn’t love it. I don’t think there’s anything marketed in the U.S. as “pudding rice.” Is there?

of line. $22-23 for roast chicken? That’s higher than Central territory. (And incidentally, on my one visit to Central our large group had excellent service; I wonder whether the top poster might not have visited rather...

. It’s great fun, and you will see every variety of humanity there. Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve always preferred Santa Maria bbq from one of the pits that you see outside many of the markets and/or various...

Cities were too smack in the middle of Dallas. I do have one question about Plano...why are there so many ethnic restaurants (at least from what I’ve read on Chowhound) located there? Are there large immigrant...

with a suspicious attitude. Betty’s is one of the few places i’ve been to whose sides were as good as the cue. why do proprietors serve such drivel? weak sides may be a tradition in the south, but potato salad and...

While food is very important, I seriously would not base your location on whether LA or OC has better food. OC has good food, LA has more options. But the two counties are COMPLETELY different from one another. I’d...

I only tried one bowl so far ...

turnover, try Mexican markets or your local health food bulk bins. I like to soak overnight. Maybe just to save on cooking time, also they seem to cook up better, but in a pinch you don’t have to soak. Cook the beans with...

Word of mouth made Brennans? Far from it. Decades of concerted marketing is more like it. An eponymous cookbook, perpetual billboards on I-10 out by the airport, and even going so far as to sue NYC restaurateur Terrence Brennan...