and unwelcome being there. Worst dining experience of my life because of their condescending snobby attitudes. I remember the food being just OK, nothing that lived up to the rep, and the place being an obvious...

Lived in SF all my life and finally realized after moving away, how much I miss it. In the early days, the only place most people would get dim sum was in Chinatown. Recently, the good dim sum restaurants can be found in the...

for my social gaffe), with everything done properly and graciously. The service was impeccable and the stemware was very nice. This was the second “perfect” meal that I have had at Bali, basically two years in a row. I am so glad...

I began cooking “one-pot” meals for that same reason. A pot and a spoon, maybe a knife, eat out of the pot...ah, the simple things in life. (It was the reduced clean-up I liked the best). It has had a long lasting...

Social obligation flows both ways. A host “invites people to spend time with them” as you say, but you also accept an invitation to spend time with the host and the other guests. No host “makes” guests eat...

I have been a ‘foodie’ all my life, having eaten in food mecca capitals all over the world from Hong Kong, Tokyo to Paris, London, Milan, Madrid to NYC, San Francisco etc. In my humble opinion, I believe NYC offers...

), consider the social costs of shopping at the chains, and knowing I’m going to have to return to the Co-op at least occasionally, I see little advantage going elsewhere. (Well, I do like specialty grocers for some items,...

I think I remember reading a few days ago in Toronto Life (maybe, ???) that this restaurant was taken over by Oprah’s (again ???) personal chef and is serving great food now. All these ??? are surely a sign I’m...

of mexican people have also found NYC attractive (and now i know many are from the puebla region). to maintain that there is no good mexican food here, in face of the realities of social geography, would be ridiculous...

once you’ve becomed enlightened. Eating at a great sushi restaurant is about more than just filling your stomach. The social aspects alone – conversing with the chef and the customers seated at the bar — make it...

I PROMISE this isn’t like “pick on Pamela day”! But I actually don’t much like the “we donate X% to charity” routine. I feel like it’s just a marketing line. There are all sorts of ways...

subtlety flavored. The polenta was extremely rich and butter with powerful sundried tomatoes, olives, and rosemary. I’ve had polenta about two dozen times in my life and have always found it so lacking in flavor that it was...

1999), with Churchill’s Ten Year Old Tawny Port This dish was average. The panna cotta was mundane, and the caramelized popcorn did not elevate the otherwise mundane nature of this dish. DiSpirito came by, and was his usual...

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