. One thing that really annoys me is their sales staff do not know their merchandise or cannot answer questions. Except for a middle-aged salesman on the second floor of the Bloor Street store, who is terrific. I wonder if they...

Having done some shopping at Fulton Street during my catering career, I can assure you of two things: first, as noted in previous posts, it’s hard to get less than wholesale quantities, e.g., a bushel of shellfish, a loin...

://www.foodsecurity.org/currmembers.html Affiliated with Slow Food is a program in Italy at the University of Gastronomic Sciences. This program was awfully tempting for me; however, it seems more like a second college degree and...

Your friend was right to suggest Bemelmans at the Carlyle. It is quite beyond compare. Ace career bartenders, a nice mix of locals and travelers, and sans music unless the piano is being played. (After a certain hour there is a...

I’m kind of surprised that Keller hasn’t tightened things up there given that the Chron took back his fourth star almost two years ago. I guess he’s too busy with his every-expanding restaurant empire (second...

twice, first time was opening week and there were lots of mistakes – over salted pasta, burnt food. We gave it a second try and whilst the execution was better the food was more expensive and no better than, many local...

Excellent book. Good on recipes and, also, has some more general observations on ingredients and his career. Big, as well – just over 600 pages. Cost £28 when it came out here – no doubt on the back of his...

be a little overboard on the creative side but the chef is young. However, he is no spring chicken. His career is by no means just starting...his background is impressive and the perfecting/tailoring of his menu will come with...

specks of vanilla in the bottom of the jar and it was not gritty at all. I really wanted to eat that second jar, but I can wait. The listing on Yelp shows samples of the custards and cheesecake. The coffee custard uses Blue...

I’m changing careers into the food industry, and want to exhibit some savoir-faire in the kitchen—I’m not entirely a novice, but need something that will look good on the resume, as well as teach me some skills...

Ketchup to Caviar is very good as things go in this area. It’s definitely a for the second home type restaurant. Cork and Hearth sucks. Whoever is plugging for that place has a conflict of interest and is not a true hound.

's greatest concentration of “curry restaurants” (about 40 in a few hundred yards of one road). Firstly, cheffing is not a career of choice for many youngsters of Bangladeshi background. And when it is, they look for a...

the high volume purchasing and distribution systems of a chain store. This phenomenon incidently was the beginning of a career path for my grandfather, who managed and grew the largest food cooperative in the States. Co-ops now...

I’ve never had the experience you describe, but as a career restaurant person I applaud you. You may have done the owner of that restaurant a huge favor assuming he or she hears of your experience. The only way a restaurant...

experience-usually brought on by ordering ‘thai-person spicy’. anyone know if they have, or will, reopen elsewhere? if you’re into latenight, greasy chinese, try village walk near the U. VW fueled my...