. Let me know if you get by there. I did not have time to go anywhere else but I will surely post when do. I have a mission to find that Japanese place. You gotta' love this Napa Spring, huh? See ya'

want. Sliced zucchini, works too. i think having them lightly steamed and flavorful makes a big difference. I also do a bean sprout salad that has similar ingredients, with some chopped scallions. As someone mentioned, salsa is...

) but these recipes are based on Indian restaurant fare in the UK, which serves my purposes. If I can recreate some yummy restaurant meals without having to use 97 ingredients, then it works for me! And for the price it might...

there last weekend, and I really liked it, the crispy viet spring rolls were excellent, and the fish boulliabase was tangy and delicious! For another suggestion, how about a Filipino restaurant? There is a nice small one in...

. Simple, great ingredients, and not so exciting, in my opinion. I would recommend Susur but at $140 per person, it is pretty far beyond your estimated price range. JK Wine Bar is great, and so is Scaramouche, for a classic,...

I’m liking the empanadas, but would strongly caution the vegans among us to read the ingredients—at least one tofu version I bought also had dairy.

-range. Also, I did prefer the blend some years earlier, as the floral aspects were more pronounced. Reminded me of a Spring night, in the Deep South. Hunt

of the best food we ate in NYC this spring was from food carts – where we were lucky if we got a thin paper napkin. Completely agree with the bathroom blower too. And if I were running a busy kitchen, the last thing I would...

but was super stale. My first course, the fricassee of spring vegetables, was a bowl of frozen peas and fava beans, with one limp artichoke heart and two morel mushrooms.... Moules Frites were also very disappointed, the broth...

Thanks for a terrific report. Several vendors offer purslane at the Union Square Farmer’s Market during the spring; it is very good and very nutritious. Not as odd as it sounds.

year long. Every Christmas. Every spring, every summer. I throw parties cuz I like to cook and I like to see my friends. Recipriocal parties? Regulary only two: Passover and Hanukah. (And I’m not Jewish.) Let’s face it:...

Let me add my voice to the chorus recommending tongs—I’d get a couple of pair, they’re not expensive (at a restaurant supply house) and I find them absolutely indispensable. What you want are the spring-loaded...

I think of Creemore Springs in Ontario, Big Rock in Alberta, Blanche du Chambly from Quebec, Maudite from Quebec. Fort Garry Dark Ale from Manitoba. There’s many more. And I do like some of the Pacific Northwest and...

of 13th Street, which also carries various Mexican products (chiles, Mexican frijoles, quesa fresca). Kitchen Market on Eighth Avenue between 21st and 22nd has most other Mexican ingredients (212/243-4433), and some of their...

the price. Of course, when Maggies starts selling Lola’s chicken, Raley’s won’t be in the running. Never thought to check for an organic section it the big Safeways. Raley’s does that. I know that the GOOD...