to the countertop of the pantry. With my teenage hubris, I wanted to save face, and started shoving layers back on each other, and madly trying to repair the icing. I managed to get the layers to at least be on top of one another,...

's that gets them from Klements. See the article on Chicago’s dogs that I referenced in one of my previous posts. It is an informative article on Chicago Dogs and reviews places that I have not heard of on this forum. For...

Well, Coyote, if you had bet money, you’d be a rich woman now. Consensus among the crawlers was that the Clam Box simply blew away the competition. It was the big bellies (available upon request at no extra charge!) that...

or money there, especially with a Flint’s (the good Flint’s branch) only a few blocks farther south on San Pablo.

loved it. I also remember ordering a delicious cracked dungeness crab at Tarantino’s in SF at about age 7 or 8. Even back then, I knew the good stuff. We’re talking some decades ago, and I love those food memories....

Madison’s Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, or something like “Epicure,” which was a Junior League cookbook of my mother’s which has great day-to-day recipes. I’d save the specialty cookbooks like...

). The food and the atmosphere is more modern and crisp, when compared to Olive Garden, which I don’t like at all (save for their Zuppa Toscana – the only thing I would order if I get dragged there).

I Won’t comment on Zuni, I haven’t been there One of the elements that I love about Chowhound is that it’s posters treat a $4 bowl of noodles with the same anticipation and reverence most folks save for a pricey...

Oooh, that smell. When I read your post it kicked in immediately! Their chocolate chip cookies were so good that a former camp counselor of mine who went to school at Brown (we’ll call him the Louie Lord) made a little extra...

or racism, it’s just surprise and curiosity. If I take a sip of something and make a face, a big door slams shut for every other outsider to walk in the door. Same if I make the restaurant waste money by taking back a dish...

Make my own pasta. Life’s too short. I would rather pay lots of money to eat ravioli made by the pros at a good restaurant.

on the sidewalk gagging down a couple rib tips (the others had retired to the cars in disgust) when a homeless woman approached us for money for food. We gave her the entire big bag of meat and I almost felt guilty about it. Time...

, not only are you learning to cook, you are supporting an organization that puts money back into the community. A double bonus.

. I love food, love to eat out, and am trying to keep my sugar/ cholesterol levels in line. I have also lost a good bit of weight, and want to keep it off. I usually save my calories for a nice night out at a restaurant with a...

in Portland. And Pastaworks puts the name, origin, and a brief description on top of all their cheeses. How much effort would that have saved for the cheese guys who could have avoided my unending questions? ACME BREAD:...