. Best turkey sandwich is on good, sturdy white bread, real mayonnaise and the breast meat. We’ll ususally have iced tea or water with the meal and some of us will have a glass of wine.

Digital meat thermometer — my non-chowish in-laws, who grill a lot, loved theirs. Other grill items are good too. If they’re not grillers, I like heat-resistant non-stick spatulas or nesting sets of mixing bowls. Or a...

viruses, SARS, and safety of imported food from China, I think it is bad hygiene that you can stick your used knives in the various sauces (I noticed not everyone in the resto “pouring” the sauce) which stay on the...

was great, I often didn’t leave full and that’s no fun when you’ve just spent $200 or more. Now I seem to stick with ethnic food that fills me up, tastes great, and where I live, it’s hard to spend over...

. And I absolutely hate the Sugar Bean and Tea Leaf. Coffee with cheap Nestlé Quik in it. It’s diabetes in a cup, and it’s disgusting.

/mild vinegarette. Yams were prepared with cream and butter, etc., but also some were sliced in dollar-size disks and steeped in cinnamon apple tea and served plain. They’re good snack bites, too (if you like pumkpin pie)....

the opportunity to perhaps learn even more about food. When looking at those strange clouds ears, tiger lily buds 15 years ago I was really skeptical, but my Chinese cooking teacher Mrs Wu would tell us, "Be like an empty tea...

wanted to eat outside, and our theories about low standards and how people in the neighborhood accept them were borne out right away when I got an iced tea, which was the powdered variety. Anyway, we did like Sotto Voce that one...

of the wine markup? Sorry, it’s not true. The wine markups were originally put into place because....(cue the drumroll) because the restaurant can! For the same reason that they markup liquor, coffee, tea, bottled water:...

, to arbitrarily set a number and stick to it no matter what seems a little rigid and inflexible. There are a lot more effective ways to save money on food than some of the ones this guy suggested. I used to routinely save 18-20%...

of the fancy sakes on offer-which frankly are sort of wasted on me so I usually have tea . I have had nothing but great meals at Nobu and Next Door Nobu but I agree with Wonki that they have much more to offer than sushi-and...

Interesting post. Ah Taipei – actually more specifically Dan Shui – what a great eating place. Actually, Taiwan doesn’t seem to have many bad eateries if you stick to traditional stuff. The places I love, in no...

that fail to impress or don’t live up to the hype: Carnegie Deli, Tavern on the Green, Russian Tea Room (in its day), 21 Club, Joe’s Shanghai, etc. Also, most institutions, even the good ones, have a few items on their...

as it appears. McNamara’s is a decent neighborhood bar with above average bar burgers. Java Thai serves sandwiches and coffee/tea, I think. Have never been, have heard mixed things. Now that I write, I’m not quite sure...

-shaped balls. supposed to be a “lovers dessert” that you have with strong tea. basically melts in your mouth, but it was all about the packaging. don’t know the name of it.