to see what kinds of meals they served, how they made bread starting from hops to make the yeast, how they were aware of different national traditions of table service, and the phenomenal sugar work they did as part of dessert...

have also put in a request for, say, a wonderful loaf of bread if I know that a stop at a particular bakery is convenient for my guest – but ahead of time, not at the last minute. Or, if I’ve discovered that...

in general – ashkenazim) find northern chinese food more familiar in terms of flavors, varieties and such – a big loaf of the scallion sesame bread from tunglaishun or china islamic is an easier sell than a meal...

thanks much! i’ll have to figure out where i can buy a copy ... maybe borders. The Makansutra is the Hawker guide bible. However it’s very poorly organized. Shockingly it’s not organized by Hawker center. So for...

Once in a near empty restaurant our waiter brought me a water, my wife a pop, and the free bread basket. We ordered two hot sandwiches. He then disappeared. We waited about 40 minutes, he never came back, no refills, no...

updating the Bible to include Darwin or quantum theory. I tend to agree.

Tongue in cheek does not work very well on the internet. For the record, I make all my desserts and breads from scratch and agree with you in principle. Also, as I thought I had expressed in my original post I do know the serious...

a huge batch of his ‘famous’ M&M cookies. He was so happy one year when we bought him a bread maker I thought he’d burst. That man spent his life looking for the perfect cheeseburger. He loved experiencing life...

Interestingly, La Madeleine never made it in Chicago. I thought their location, on the Broadway/Clark/Diversy intersection was good for street traffic, but they never seemed to attract the crowds. The breads were certainly good. I...

fresh chevre. Then it’s bread pudding with chocolate sauce for Allison and a gratin of strawberries, crème and brown sugar for me. This was along with assorted petit fours and meringue cookies that made Allison very happy....

with both hot and mild sauce on the side. White bread and fries invariably came along. There was a high degree of similarity in menus, barbecue pits, fuel, etc but the meats that emerged from each establishment were very...