are vastly overrated except for the $1.50 price tag. There’s a little Halal Grocery one block east of Franklin Street Bakery that has my favorite Gyro in town. The name of the place might just be “Halal Grocery”...

. That and the figs. Has anyone a good recipe for peach ice cream? or any other for that matter? Do you use it for any other chilly desserts or savory food items? Talk to me!

So I keep reading about these two great foods. Chefs are waxing rhapsodic about gorgonzola and polenta. Gorgonzola tastes bilious, polenta is just mush. Polenta with gorgonzola ends up as bilious mush. Will someone please explain...

Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti (Allrecipes), Chocolate chip butter cookies (LA Times food section), Mocha Slice Cookies from Martha Stewart, and Oreo rum balls (from Chowhounders).

'm doing a larger production project, Uncle Eddies have done me well. They are available at Whole Foods and my little neighborhood store even has them, which is super convenient. If you’re in Berkeley, the gentleman at the...

of that can go a long way. Regardless, the food still comes first. I really, really, really, wanted to like this place. I was a bit thrown off by the lack of any English-speaking staff, and my expectations of...

at the variety of potato to be found (hundreds) and if you happen to know a good local cook, she will prepare them in the way for which they are best suited, and then, indeed you will taste a difference. In the US food is grown...

No need to be embarrassed, embee – I think What a Bagel (Spadina and Eglinton West locations) has some excellent breads. Next to Harbord Bakery, the best challah in town, for one (and about 1/2 the price!) As for...

the day before but what recipes are prep friendly and considering that the suggestion of a five course meal, make it through the dinner? Last year was a fiasco since food was either cooked too early and reheating proved difficult...

affinities: tails, authentic Chinese food, Latin places, brunch, late night, new but not yet open, etc. My most-consulted and -updated is my “hot list”, which comprises the twenty or so places I am most interested in...

I do hope you spoke to the maître d' or the restaurant manager about your poor experience. No one wants a rushed and bad dinner, but I agree – at that price point, you REALLY don’t want to be rushed nor have a bad...

Wow-your experience and opinion are almost EXACTLY the same as mine with FL.I the same reservation problem and probably the same witchy woman. When I went, the food was just okay, the pricing of drinks(water included)insane-I had...

in a convenience store on S. Lamar across from Half Price Books, just south of Phonecia, and they’re opening a third location in a trailer where the old 6th St Artists Market was. I think he has some of the best tacos in...

we’ve picked our food to order it & I have never felt a vibe of annoyance from the wait person. Never. Hadn’t even occurred to me that they would be annoyed. On the other hand, if you want to curb the reaction you...

, with imported cheese, good ice cream, etc. They stock plenty of juice and soda to mix with the liquors you buy. The nice little bar area serves great food as well. The gumbo brimmed with seafood, we ate and some of the best...