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Dinner at the Mill St. Brewpub
Ugh. Don’t do it. Stick with the pints. Go to Pure Spirits instead.
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Lot 1: tasting menu is on!
No byob, apparently that slows down the license process.
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Leg of Lamb in a Dutch Oven?
shoulder would be better suited to this method? BTW Paula Wolfert has an excellent recipe for slow-cooked leg of lamb in her book The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen. I made it in December. It calls for the lamb to be put into a very...
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Where to take visiting Italians?
Well, in the spirit of Swan, Tadich is something they can’t replicate at home. If not Mission taquerias, maybe a more upscale Mexican place, like Colibri or Mexico DF. Something American? Town Hall? Bix?
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Looking For An Interesting Dining Experience In Montreal
that the last time I went the service was a bit slow. But we enjoyed the mock beef satay, the tofu with coriander and cucumber, the pad thai. For an interesting ambiance you could try Couscous Royale on Duluth – they have...
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big green egg
Howler, I’ve had a Big Green Egg for years (I actually have two now, a large and a small), and I find it is the ultimate cooker. You can use it as as a grill to cook amazing steaks, chops, seafood, etc., you can use it as a...
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PISCO SOURS!
Second. Everything I have had there is good. Service is S – L – O – W, however (could be slow in a charming way, but SLOW nonetheless)!!!!!
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2 Cookbook searches
I am looking for 2 cookbooks: The first thing I need is a crockpot cookbook. I just bought my first crock pot, kind of on a whim. I found references to a "Gourmet Slow Cooker" cookbook by Alley, but it does not appear to meet my...
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Koda review from Metromix
to open a new restaurant, right?), owners Patrick and Janice Daley have decided to slow things down a notch. Until it gets its sea legs, Koda will be closed Mondays. So how does Tuesday sound? “Tuesday? Forget it,” he...
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help with tough curried goat meat
Goat usually needs 1.5 hours to simmer anyway. Unless you are doing it in the pressure cooker, that is the only way to do it...slow simmer until tender. Remove the veg. from the gravy, add some water, and stew the goat longer,...
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Just back from eating our way through Chicago
. Table 52 (recommend with caveat) - Great home cooking as always (I could live on those herb goat cheese biscuits) but somewhat spotty service. Pretty slow and not very professional compared to what I’ve had there before....
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Researching Nebraska, Dakotas, upstate MN
Folks on ChowHound were so helpful during my previous research trips, I thought I’d try again. I am writing a book, to be published later this year by UI Press, about people in the Midwest who are living Slow Food’s...
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Taste Pavilions
Just got back from the Taste Pavilions at Fort Mason. When I first got the email about the "slow dough", I was a little disappointed at the late notification and also skeptical that it would live up to the hype. But I must say I...
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Vegas Trip Report (long)
. It is called the Spirit of Cuba, at 2540 S. Decatur, also located in a shopping center. We walked in a little after noon, and were the only customers there. It’s a large place and looks like they have live music there in...
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Has the Whole Craft Cocktail Thing Gone Too Far?
on a frequent basis, with some success, I like to think that there are still some great as-yet undiscovered classics still out there. Until then, give me old whiskey, young women, fast cars and slow dances, and drinks where I can...
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