When I growing up, the only italian restaurant in our small Massachusetts town ( maybe the only restaurant at all ) sold their round pizza cut in squares. It wasn’t until I was in High School and a ‘pizza joint’...

view on most experiences (restaurants, movies,music,travel) is that only you can decide – reviews are entertaining, but too subjective to ever be really conclusive. Enjoy! Coachboy

agreed add: - Sottocerne al Tartufo - L'Edel de Cleron - Aged Mahon - Mt. Tam - Black Gold

Heirloom tomatoes quality is all over the place both in appearance and flavor. I regard many varieties as novelties although some of these appeal to restaurants wanting something different in appearance. Striped Zebra mentioned...

Wow, I feel like I must be living in some parallel universe, as apparently the only person in L.A. to have been served a less than “to die for” pastrami sandwich at Langer’s. But I swear my pastrami was more on...

with a rare smile. The next week, they were gone. I hope they re-emerge somewhere... In a town where even humble restaurants can act as if they are doing a big favor by taking one’s money (then wife-to-be having a low blood...

Same here! I T ' S S O O O S L O W! All the ads and videos have to load on the right hand side of the page before I can go to any other board.

and Sunset are probably my two favorite places in the whole darn town. What other places in L.A. have great ice cream? I’d like to branch out beyond Al Gelato and Mashti’s, but I can’t think of any other great...

Houston’s is a chain restaurant, but they have one of the best french dip sandwiches I’ve tasted. They use prime rib cuts... almost melting in your mouth. Just had one over the weekend. :) www.houstons.com

A post on the general topics board reminded me of something that has been floating around in my subconsciousness. I learned to cook back in college, when I couldn’t afford to go out much, and when I worked in a very nice...

Poulet Poele a L'Estragon (Casserole roasted chicken with tarragon) MAFC p 249-251 Made this yesterday.. I probably didn’t brown the chicken enough, and of course I tore the skin in a few places trying to turn it. So it...

Actually, there are some folks that cook their chicken slightly pink (eg. Hainese chicken). And some chefs in more upscale restaurants are cooking chicken that way as well as it preserves the moisture better. Perhaps you were...

we don’t eat meat often), and preserve all our extras (freezing, canning). We also cook larger meals and use the leftovers for lunches- both of us very rarely eat lunch out. We also take advantage of deals like Restaurant...

at a restaurant. "Non es menja fora de l'hora" — No eating outside of the appointed time.

I’m craving Ma Po Dofu, but I don’t have a recipe. Would anyone like to share a recipe, or cite a good cookbook/website that contains one. Thanks so much. -L