basics for $6-7. The hard part in not ordering all the other, non-lunch special stuff. -Via Via on Thayer. I swear, the best slice in Providence. Nice Slice holds the #2 slot for me. -Kafe Lila’s homemade ice cream and ices...

oh agreed! :) watched tonight though. nothing much else on in that time slot so... but certainly wouldn’t make a point to.

I guess I was just taken aback because it seemed like such a simple ingredient by comparison, and one I would assume she’d be familiar with. That, and peanut butter by the spoonful makes a delicious snack...tahini does not....

find his charitable works amazing. A truly big hearted, generous, and loving man. Sarah Moulton is pretty good as a chef/instructor, but she’s in a very inconvenient time slot in my area. I find a lot of today’s dishes...

) Monday breakfast: Olympic Flame Cafe or Moulin Rouge for SO’s favourite: greasy spoon omelette (you know the kind, almost crunchy edges on the eggs, thin, light on the cheese – he loves ‘em, go figure, and it’ll be well past...

Anything by Cake, The Cranberries or Spoon to start with. Others: “Soul Sister,” Sam and Dave (includes the lyrics, “She's brown sugar”) “A Taste of Honey” Lizz Wright or the Herb Alpert version...

interesting – I never got Mexican Kitchen because I already have Diana Kennedy’s books . . . thoughts? Bayless OPAAT fills the shortcut/contemporary slot for me.

I understand what you’re saying – true, it does represent an instituion. As for the McD on La Tijera – yup, that’s the first one I ever went to. We’d go there after a “tough” night of...

Greg’s brother Glen Shaffer had a wildly successful operation in Carmel called Hambones, that we loved, but he overextended himself by attempting a downtown Slop Shop at the old Kona Jack’s slot and ended up folding...

with a little Cointreau and fresh mint thrown in (from The Ultimate Frozen Dessert Book by Bruce Weinstein). I cannot wait to spin this up tomorrow! I had to stick a spoon in to taste before chilling it and it is already FAB! ;)...

. He brought us the bread himself, struggling mightily to manage the fork-and-spoon service; he was just able to get us all bread before the utensils crashed to the floor from his fingers. Water glasses similarly were not filled...

of a grill/metal grating. Usually cast-iron and flat (like a slotted teppan); occasionally chrome-like and convex (like a big aluminum contact lens). Here in the US, I didn’t think you could even use THOSE in a restaurant. I...

Two reflections on salt in breadbaking (I use Greek sea salt, Perla brand, for cooking and baking, because I like the container it comes in – top has shaker, a little spout, and a slot for faster dispensing of larger...

. $225 prix fixe per person (1500 francs) plus wine, etc. Other than the presentation of his baba au rhum dessert (choice of three 25 year old rums over sponge cake with fresh whipped cream dolloped on top in a sterling silver...

jfood busy in the office so exercise caught the 630-800pm time slot last night plus dinner in NYC before a show on Thursday night so needed to average out calories. Pretty boring with high-temp roasted chicken with a frisee salad...