green peas with lots of butter and freshly ground black pepper tasted pretty good to me. Being brought up with a southern/southwestern background the Miss Minerva and William Green Hill books and some Little Colonel always were...

time I tried, I read that you have to use LOTS of oil. This definitely made the noodles better, but the flavor still isn’t the same.

in the Deep South. Sundays are days for loving your family (and the Lawd) and most people do not want to be lovin' the barbecue pit beginning at 4 in the morning. As most Southern states put county names on their license plates,...

, having eaten overseas and returned to D. C. where there were still temporary buildings on the Mall and La Salle du Bois was an Americanized French restaurant and our best, superlative cuisine was totally non existent in this...

or an antisipatory look into the desert case. I’ve ordered a portion of the creamy garlicly house salad dressing to dip the corners of the the sandwich into for an extra little hit of, I don’t know how to say, creamy...

I agree that the coastal thing of casually slamming midwesterners is a bit tiring. We need to stand up with pride! And traditional american cooking, midwestern, southern, whatever is always going to be part of the chowhound...

You poor thing...and this is also supposed to be “fun”? As a Midwesterner, I still find almost any issue of "Southern Living" a retro resource. Always weird hors d’oeuvres, odd little bites with pimento (bleah.)...

special at the Orleans coffee shop. Good hash browns, toast, eggs and sausage is just about all you might want for the price. I then had a Southern Comfort and Ginger Ale (told the Barkeeper to surprise me) for another coupon....

Without disagreeing, let me just add a few pesonal favorites: Lou Mitchell’s (565 W. Jackson) Legendary portions, quality, atmosphere. Wishbone (1001 W. Washington)Southern style. Ina’s (1235 W. Randolph) Yuppified, to...

) Best place to take a group of 10 or more: Zaytinya Best place to dress up and act filthy rich while having a drink in their bar: Willard Best Hamburger: Dulles airport for plane to southern California for In 'n Out Burger which is...

for their delicious flavor. It’s more likely to be some profit-driven quality like ability to live in a 5x5 pen and get fat eating the cheapest possible “food”. I guarantee cloned meat will not lead to tastier...

of these are for the food alone, some are a combo of atmosphere/clientele/history/etc., and yes, Tommy’s gives most people heartburn): Musso & Frank Dan Tana’s Langer’s (pastrami) Nate 'n Al’s (Beverly Hills...

for previously brewed tea really derives from using full-leaf tea, where it is more feasible than with tea bags made most with fannings and dust, where the flavors and oils leach out more quickly and intensely in the first...

" on the Food Network these days, where’s the pleasure in watching that, I’d rather be in the kitchen. Admittedly I do still enjoy Ellie Krieger when I happen to catch her. I think she offers flavorful healthy cooking...

to know. (There aren’t any here in Philadelphia.) If you’re visiting Philadelphia, I’d be glad to return the flavor. Thanks, Tom (tsherman@libertynet.org)