trying to find GREEN stuff just as a side dish in many of them. And good luck trying to find healthy veg food places which also serve meat, so you can get some protein and satiation along with your steamed collards. There are two...

Teamkitty—sorry we missed you and the other kitties on your team, but I’m glad you had fun. I think it’s hard to go wrong at MGMkt—there’s so much to try, and it’s all at such affordable...

There are two questions here. First: If we abolished tipping today, how would that effect server’s incomes? Second: Is the tipping system a fair and efficient way to run a service industry? I don’t know the answer to...

thick-as-a-phone-book Chicago pizza, with less tourist attention than the admirable Pizzeria Uno (where the late Lou once worked) or the less impressive Gino’s. Discussions of best: 14738, 12789, 11186, 8005; North side:...

Not a critique just a side note for reference. The US is one of the few countries not to charge for bread and butter.

this cuisine. But whatever...to each his/her own, right? While I don’t mind savory-and-sweet pairings when the elements remain disparate things that can be judged singly, I don’t enjoy foods that have put the two to...

'll be more effective.

the sweet), maybe ordering too many sweet dishes (we were out of it) and mindset (damn jet-lag!). As a side note, we had a terrific pinot noir rose that paired wonderfully with the food and the anise seed flecked bread was...

Just a side note: being “good with details” is something I’ve really worked at over the years and I’m so flattered when you say I am “good with details” because I pale in comparison to so many...

I would just be very cautious about thinking you can generalize this to what people living on $3/day in food stamps could reasonably do. Sounds like you have used a lot of gas money shopping for bargains— on the south side...

Wegman’s has the same effect on smaller towns in the U. S. The larger Carrefour’s are really like Super Wal Marts and go a long way towards hurting (perhaps fatally) smaller towns in France. Still, Carrefour is an...

Tay, my thoughts exactly. Especially the bit about being able to praise/complain about your server by name. Much more effective than, "Um, that guy, over there, in the white shirt...no, not that white shirt..."

I think it’s better to send flowers before or after the event – the last thing a harried hostess wants to deal with at the last minute is scaring up a vase, clipping stems, etc. - and it’s not like they can be...

i’ve been prretty clear all along in my comments that i think hung is a pompous ass...so i was genuinely surprised – and pleased – to see his ‘human’ side emerge a little bit tonight. the way he...

on the side thing is just a way we invented to keep the oversauced pastas from flinging. Good luck on your paper.