very often nowadays) I have one and the only time it is ever used is to cut wedding cakes...They are impressive to look at. I am just curious....

Parm lover: Thanks for the extensive post. I have to say I have eaten at Radio Maria a bunch of times and it has never been better than okay, and much of the time downright bad. The dishes just seem badly planned and then badly...

will be visiting some schools in California from Saturday August 26 to Friday September 1. We fly into LA and out of SF. — We will be renting a car, so mobility won’t be much of an issue. The plan is to make the drive...

are just waiting for someone to pay' and ‘if we wanted we could wait in the bar’. Well, there were no seats in the bar, so we just said we’d wait near the hostess stand (where there is a huge amount of space...

Went to Sripraphai last weekend and was somewhat disappointed. We’d last been there pre-renovations so it’d been awhile. At that time, we had to go to a deli to buy beer to bring into the restaurant. What I remembered...

for ourselves whether to agree with it or not. In fact, we’d have to decide for ourselves even if the opinion was made after the food was tasted.

the staff apparently knew of the problem. (We’d had a similar experience at JT’s, where we were seated at the same creaky table on three visits.) Why not more care? An attitude like this will eventually catch up with a...

. Provide alternate skins as used to be the case. 2. Provide a font size setting. (Please don’t tell us to increase the font size via our browsers. We’d have to reset it each time we visit and leave the site, since...

political, economic, and cultural relationships with Germany haven’t been particularly remarkable since the end of the Marshall Plan. What there has been has been contentious. We don’t celebrate Air Lifts and...

immediately. The balance of the wine in the bottle is unaffected, so you don’t have to estimate in advance how much wine you plan to consume to dump into a decanter. No need to clean a carafe or blender. Please excuse my...

Fratelli’s Bakery in Quincy—I picked up a selection of treats for a post-dinner party dessert: cannolis, pignoli macaroons, pistachio macaroons and a powdered sugar covered cookie that reminded me of the "Mexican...

at table. this gives them a chance to say “it's all yours, thanks” or “just a five back, please” or “we need one dollar back in quarters for the meter” or "we’d like to talk to a manager...

Aaron — these are great suggestions. I’m working on the "planning ahead" part of easy cooking, and the turkey breast might do it. We shall see. He’s really been enjoying the roasted broccoli/cauliflower around...

champagne glass...and still no food had arrived. I asked my friends (whom, by this time had also become quite aggravated) if it was ok to tell the manager that we’d had enough and would like to leave. They all agreed so we...

production and handling regulations. Such operations must establish, implement, and annually update an organic production or handling system plan that is submitted to an accredited certifying agent. They must permit on-site...