Sam’s Club is a spin-off of WalMart (Sam Walton) and is membership only – don’t know what determines eligibility. We were killing time recently near a club and they wouldn’t even give us a free tour to see...

here in California to the wild strawberries and blueberries that my mother can get (hardwon with bugbites and scratches) in Minnesota, but maybe if I learn the techniques out here on some good local organic berries, some summer I...

a desirable picnic spot in the gigantic parking lot.

of a “dining room.” It’s definitely not a place for a slow paced meal where you linger afterwards. When I do LC’s, I generally grab and go home or picnic. BB’s 'que is tasty, the ambience very...

of parmesean cheese (don’t kill me) the canned version, sour cream, and fresh salsa. I don’t add taco seasoning to the turkey, just my mojo spice; red chili flakes and california chilie powder, garlic, and cayenne....

discussion and content – I can tell you that I’m visiting (and contributing) less since these threads started appearing. They’re just too hard to keep track of, and have so little staying power. I’ve...

My only food industry work was a summer in the marketing dept. of the NYC-area branch of Sysco — editing catalogs, tracking sales and organizing food shows of new products for the sales staff — yummy! I gained a lot...

backwaters of the chow jungle for hidden treasure. But each hound has a different tolerance for risk. Some will want to only frequent establishments with an undisputed track record for both chow & service, while others will be...

't occured to these ‘hosts’ yet to ask guests to bring a picnic basket along – I mean, why shouldn’t they bring their own food, drink, plates, glasses, utensils and napkins! That would make the whole thing...

. Apart from the lovely picnictable ambience out on the sidewalk especially late at night, much of the experience owes to the polite and courteous ladies behind the counter ;) Joel Wiener Circle 2622 N. Clark Street

Hi, Of the people surveyed, I did not have a GI-track problem from Thai Avenue. However, I also went way out of my way to avoid any chili intenseness. Regards, Cathy2

it at Trader Joe’s or Andronico’s or many other good food markets. Or make one yourself following the directions in Maggie Glezer’s books or any other classic bread making book. (My starter is from Russian...

Tina, welcome. FYI, the Cheesecake Factory is a chain, from California I think. I’m certainly not the arbiter of what is “Chowhound” but this corporate tourist feed-hall is the antithesis of the kinds of places...

, because I made pulled pork, chicken salad, potato salad, pasta salad, cole slaw and cookies for my part of a family picnic for 120 on Saturday.

from my Grandma. Growing up in the heartland of Nebraska, she first learned to make pies. Then, as the wife of a Methodist minister in Red Bluff, CA. (up in one of the large agricultural centers of California - Northern...