but the food was strange. I mean the meal was poorly thought out and prepared eg a lobster and calimari special with oriental vegetables and what seemed to be a “sauce” of mostly soy sauce. Not that it was bad but...

all on one menu. We drive up to an all-female team of valets, which I thought was pretty cool. Walking into the restaurant, we were impressed by the Asian-fusioned decor. I did get a bit worried, however, when I realized that we...

Best traditional steak tartare is at the Grill in Beverly Hills (and, I assume, at the new one at Hollywood and Highland). The version at Maple Drive, also in BH, is not bad, either.

in their food handling. Irradiation would offer a safer alternative for those that want it.

I make my mayo – using store bought eggs. I’m not sure that free range antibiotic free would be any safer.

All of my tupperware seems to leak, and it DRIVES ME CRAZY! I also like to bring uncooked oatmeal with milk poured over it so I can heat it up in my microwave at work. Last week the tupperware leaked all over the place and I...

when jfood used to drive the little jfoods to school, he was always upset when the weight challenged classmates showed up with a large bag from Dunks. he sees them in town now ten years later, looking very unhappy, down on their...

I have not; then again, unlike with pet food, I don’t mind transfering leftover tomato paste to a jar (which I think is safer for potentially longer keeping once open), and in fact, I often buy it in tubes.

Unless you have the language skills —and even then lots of patience and persistence — it might just be safer to assume that there is some chicken stock or pork in most dim sum. My FIL speaks Mandarin and when we go...

of special seasoned salt. Shibutani told us “no soy”. The salt is his own concoction with dark flecks of dried kombu lending an earthy/smoky note. Tai (Japanese snapper) with the skin on looked somewhat frazzled in the...

, it was not the kind of place that would make me drive 50 miles from NJ and go across two bridges just so I could have her food (only Jim and a few others on this board are that insane). If it had stayed open we definitely would...

to gluten (celaic) Soy Products and Dairy. It can make dining out quite challengeing. My biggest suggestion is if it is a NON CHAIN restaurant, ask if the chef or sous chef will come out and talk to you, or can you back and talk...

-spinach ravioli refrig section -mushroom ravioli refrig section -red pepper and artichoke tapenade -olive tapenade -tail sauce -raspberry dressing -soy ginger vinagrette dressing dr,.prager’s veg burgers-good price but limited...

, depending on how your sensitivities run, fish sauce and soy sauce are packed with free glutamates by their nature. Coconut milk often has sulphites (and the brand they use at Mengrai, Aroy D, absolutely does), which can...

as well as for the social benefit, but the sad fact of the matter is that doing so would exceed my food budget two-fold, driving me into the poorhouse very quickly. So it’s off to the mass market for me. The USDA does an...