with organic vegetables from the farmers market at $30, vs. $17 before tip for ravioli puttanesca at a restaurant. Apples and oranges there. Then there’s a manager-instructor at a restaurant run by college students who says...

construction (who also constructed Mozza) is, well, heading up construction. But for some reason, the LA Mill element of the deal is still very hush hush as I was not able to find it in any of my usual stops for restaurant gossip....

Check out the thrift shops too. They don’t have the mark-up the antique malls and dealers gouge you for. You might be able to pick up a really cruddy burned on grease coated skillet for $3.00-$5.00 and bring it home, burn...

from one of the artisan bakeries and keep the markup reasonable if not a real bargain in an expensive way. Wow that was an interesting way to describe it! Anyway I have overhounded today – this must be about the 6th time...

been for as long as I’ve been buying butter (25 years). The best butter I’ve tasted recently, though, was a Czech butter called Jana Valley served in a restaurant in the Napa Valley. If I ever see it in a store...

to find a places that served good quality Japanese or Chinese or Taiwanese green teas. I’m always suprised that even high end asian restaurants tend to serve mediocre teas. Anyway, I saw a place in Westwood called the Green...

Be real, Stanley. The Saturday Market hasn’t really been a Farmers' Market for a long time, if ever. The Alemany Market and the UN Plaza Market can claim to be “wet markets” but the Ferry Plaza Market is the...

would suggest buying fairly inexpensive or moderately priced wines to try at home with meals rather than only learning about wines by paying some of the outrageous mark-ups at some restaurants. I used to cook dinner for a group...

, because I love it and because I think it’s timeless. We added a long steel table from a restaurant supply store in place of an island, and the result was that hot things could be set down anywhere in the kitchen. It was...

restaurant and went nuts over it. My mom informed me later (timing is key) that it was mostly egg. So now I like eggs a lot. I also learned to like broccoli from having broccoli in stir fry. For small children I have had success...

good ethnic oriental restaurants inside and out.

" prices or mark-ups, which are strictly not allowed. Having said that, I find the prices for the gorgeous produce to be exorbitant. I have no doubt that it’s all organic and local (and beautiful!) but so, so expensive. I...

topic of the other thread) - Jfood likes Turkey Hill and Edys. Yes, they have changed the size of the container, but he is paying $3/per or buy one get one free, so the relative expense delta is no biggie. Another point is...

the amount to be put on that card and then leave the cash with the card slip. I think this also works for two cards without having to ask the server first. Good work leaving more for the tip, but wow, that’s a fairly serious...

at a restaurant, where the rudeness of other patrons or some other factor beyond the management’s control ruins your experience more than once or twice in a short period.) I would expect them to take the spoiled marscapone...