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5 days in August: I've done my research, will you look over my itinerary?
, which were all very tasty. Also, I’ve heard complaints about the dining room at Chez Panisse (prix fixe with a set menu) but I’ve always had a marvelous time at the Cafe upstairs and highly recommend it — in...
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An Expat’s Dining Survival Guide to Tulsa Updated 9-2007
Tulsa menus rarely change with the seasons or with the years. Is it laziness? Do Tulsa diners just expect the cuisine to stay the same? I’m really not sure. • Enjoy! Best Dressy Restaurants Stonehorse Cafe and Market 1748 Utica...
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Suggestions for upscale San Diego restaurant
Pierre White. In 2002, he returned to the United States and began working at El Bizcocho at the Rancho Bernardo Inn and within two years was named chef de cuisine. Kaysen’s menu is French-inspired and fanatically seasonal. El...
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pie crust
My great Aunt in Montana’s recipe uses a bit of vinegar in her pie crust and that recipe produces a very flakey crust, tender and tasty (you don’t taste any vinegar). I’d have to go get the exact recipe from the...
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Point Richmond Restaurants & Spectacular Shoreline Picnic Area
year old Chinese artifacts and is named after the city the owners come from in Shanhai, In the link to the Chron review it says they serve unusual food, such as five-spice-seasoned boiled peanuts and mud-baked...
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DiFara's: Terrific, but too slow
I suspect there were no slices up simply because it was busy. Seasoned DiFara’s vets in a hurry peek over the counter and order regular or square depending on what’s sitting there. People coming in by car for the...
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Seattle unsung food heros?
for bringing national attention to Seattle’s food culture. That’s why they’re so respected here, and why they get so much press. Because of their focus and attention on local/seasonal Washington products,...
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Venice -- Thanks, Report, Questions
, but with white truffles whose aroma filled the air gloriously. I, although tempted by the truffles (now in season) contented myself by stealing from both of them. I ordered a pasta made with a ‘sarde’ sauce, and it...
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Going to Paris & Italy - Restaurant's not to be missed.
especially the 2000 year old coliseum where they have operatic performances in season. Although I am not into Opera, in Verona, it is magical and an experience unlike any other, anywhere on earth. Do not leave Italy without going...
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How do you eat so well and control your weight?
with good-quality oils, cheeses, butter, pancettta, whole grains, and tons of seasonal vegetables (ramps, rhubarb, asparagus) so I feel like I’m eating “gourmet” every day. And when I do go out, I eat for...
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New Step-Mom & picky eaters: What's for dinner?
and that was that I hate fish, but I always choked down my salmon. I can’t eat brocolli (it produces a gag reflex that is just horrible) and I always ate a small piece of brocolli cheese pie. Basically, in my family it was...
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Radishes & Radish greens - Roasted, sautéed, pickled, , mashed, etc .
m thinking of putting it in my will as I suspect I wont fini in my own lifetime. So there I am in a produce store with seven different types of radishes nestled in lovely deep green leaves. Pretty multi-colored...
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How did your Mom make food ... "Kid Friendly?"
Laugh at this please. They hate fruit, hate vegetables, hate hot dogs and hamburgers, wont touch PB&J, only velveeta on white bread (NOT grilled) cold, One eats steak ... well done thin sliced no seasoning, the other likes fish...
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Sope-lirious still
nejos, like the corundas of Michoacan, are made of masa cooked with ash (ceniza) to produce a very dense, almost rubbery cake. These tamales nejos are flat as a plate (!), perhaps 1/3 of an inch thick, 7 inches in diameter, so...
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Reconcito Cubano Lunch
machine. It produced a good cafe con leche, that wasn’t really cafe con leche, IMO, because it was very foamy. I prefer a bigger cup of scalded, not steamed, milk. Rinconcito makes more of a latte. I ordered congri (aka...
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