it down, at the counter, find a table and eat some heaven. Yummy! Tiny little place among residential houses one block north of Dundas in Little Italy – 244 Claremont St., 416-603-3317...

with porcini mushroom, ginger and sesame seeds Heck even Los Grisoles has a more interesting menu with a funny, colorful and politically incorrect menu http://www.restaurantelosgirasoles.com/Pag2-1e.html - Pistachio cream soup -...

it is that so much of the knowledge and perception is subconscious, either never rose to the level of consciousness or long since sank out of conscious awareness once thoroughly learned. With the best will in the world your...

on fast food which barely nourishes us as it fattens us (whatever brand) on flavored sugar water; it fills our cupboards with umpteen chemical tails for cleaning when three or four basic ones work as well or better. It makes us...

have seen roses bloom in Bavaria in October. It is much milder than Ontario or the Midwest,so they have a longer growing season than much of North America. Germany actually does grow a large variety of fruits and vegetables, and...

I’ve been thinking about this. It’s certainly an interesting question. It seems to me that in the world of creativity, “art” (general classification) is divided into two categories. There is “fine...

the price. I also buy fresh eggs, which make the most perfect poached eggs, etc. There is also a vendor that makes a golden raspberry jam the color of a great rose champagne - $7.00 for a smallish jar, but a lovely treat. I agree...

? I know Pini’s delivers down here. Coffee – Cafe Rustica – is their cappuccino any good? Other neighborhood coffee shops? I’m adverse to Rose's. Other than Christopher’s and Sully’s, is there...

on the Hudson uses White Plains Linen. No skimping – anywhere. When a restaurant skimps on such a small detail, think they won’t do it with other things? 4. Rail Liquor. Are they serving Red Roses whiskey for their house liquor?...

his food related books and I like his POV. I feel that he isn’t wearing rose colored glasses when he talks about something or someone and I like that. In his book Kitchen Confidential he states, " Vegetarians, and their...

, Spain, from a patron having his morning brandy. [We were in search of real coffee after the pension’s continental breakfast watered-down version of java.] My bad if I forget to mention my preference against the norm...

<Maybe I can stop in and tell him he sucks.> He won’t believe you. He’s so full of himself, I’ll bet he thinks he walks on water.

to thicken the sauce. You may need a bit more than the mentioned 2 teaspoons- use your discretion to get a good hearty thickness. You may want to use a small strainer or mix the flour in a glass with water first so it won’t...

of the menu (why the heck you did that is beyond me, but water under the bridge). Tail wagging ferosiously, tongue slapping from side to side, etc. then the proud husband instinct kicked in. when you placed the line in the sand...

at best a light pink. The “hot” came with a disclaimer "our hot is not very hot." Then ordered a tamale dinner ($10.95) with christmas chile on the side. The tamales were inedible. They had been refrigerated, then...