an idea of the kitchen and chefs strengths and weaknesses (perhaps a dish from each category). Go on a weeknight vs a weekend, and see for yourself on the quality/consistency. I’m not sure when I will go myself, and it looks...

(3 week stretches), I usually find enough food that for that period, I don’t miss the cheese. Of course, 3 weeks is hardly the rest of your life. . .. Oddly, even though I think my choice would be Japanese, when I am in my...

of the dining room. I’ve even seen them next to the kitchen. And definitely no, if it’s too hot, it’ll be useless to get an ice bucket...

." And it surely does matter which part of the state you’re in, though, I’d say there isn’t a lot of big scale farming going on in International Falls, nor in the Twin Cities proper. My point was that the season...

a positive on our side... again, not looking at anything else. The scale tips one way. No surprise. Well, I agree that he is disorganized and, knowing the man for quite a few years, risk the ire of many when I also agree that Dom...

's book for the definition. http://mexicocooks.typepad.com/mexico_cooks/2007/03/the_quest_for_a.html It says that authentic Mexican food, while varying from region to region and even kitchen to kitchen, is based on specific...

If you do a search on this board you will find perhaps 10+ hours of reading on this subject. The opinions vary widely, but there IS a significant base that feels 20% is the “new 15%”. Some of it seems to depend on how...

and G Diner (amazing carrot cake, open 24 hours), and Brooklyn’s Country Kitchen. I’ve checked out the new, upscale soul-food places like Honeysuckle (especially good for smothered chicken) and Mr. Leo’s...

...scale, gut, bone, and whatever else you do to a fish. It may be more expensive, but I buy fish fillets.

near/off the kitchen. The kitchen itself will also be small, but you will have a formal dining room. Newer versions and gut re-habs often kill a bedroom or the dining room to enlarge the rooms. Vintage buildings will almost...

Trader Vic’s – now under the control of Merv Griffin’s Hilton food & beverage people who clearly never went to a Trader Vic’s restaurant in their lives. The old wait staff is bluntly, unmistakably, ashamed...

. From a Lexington or Barcelona market ambience (a true “food hall”) to virtually every conceivable variety of food presentation or preparation that can be presented under one roof: food courts, demonstration kitchen,...

kitchen - sawtelle - fusiony: where white guys take their asian girlfriends for “cute dinner”. urusawa – old ginza sushi co spot in b hills – for the rarified dining journey. 250/head. before drinks tax or...

boards, I don’t haven’t yet learned which 'hounds share the same tastes as I on the Boston board and I’m not sure how my rating scale compares to theirs (not to insult Baltimore, but I’m pretty certain the...

as good customers! Finding a foreign object in food happens... kitchens aren’t perfect I agree. But, a very serious reaction is what people expect and deserve. One time a guest found a piece of steel wool in a pasta dish...