such as tomatoes, cheese, mushrooms, soy sauce, red meat, red whine. http://www.glutamate.org/media/a_natural_part_of_food.asp Here is my "Fifth Element Spaghetti Sauce", and as for all my recipes amounts are to taste. :) ground...

Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave., between Union St. and Berkeley Place) is pricey, but the staff are very knowledgeable; New Beer Wholesale (retail, too; 167 Chrystie St., between Rivington and Delancey) is much less expensive and still...

had one teeny tiny criticism, it would be that I missed the horseradish element in the beef on weck. Maybe it was there, but the beef is so flavorful that it must have gotten lost. But altogether, a really great place, and fun to...

in Sonoma County, and there was a pretty well established community of fifth generation Portugeuse there, surely responsible for some of the killer locally made sausage (or linguisa). Nothing like that here, AFAIK.

Spirito (287 9th St., between Fourth and Fifth Avenues), apparently open less than a week, features Italian cuisine, with special inspiration from the Veneto region. We tried it this evening and here’s a brief recap:...

The dining room at the Ritz-Carlton fits your 5-star requirements, but if it were my money I would go to Trois for truly delicious french food. If in the mood for molecular gastronomy, you could try Element. And, finally, for...

Fave: Vetri’s Neighborhood Gems: Tony Luke’s; Django; Alma de Cuba; Standard Tap Phoenix & Scottsdale Business: Mary Elaine’s Buzz: Elements Personal Fave: Rancho Pinot Neighborhood Gems: Los Dos Molinos; Pizzeria...

Cool topic! For the “Fear-Factor” element: Horseflesh ice cream Flavors that I would actually eat: cherryblossom, tomato, and red wine

that there are four basic tastes — sweet, salty, sour and bitter. But what describes the taste of chicken soup?” As the article explains, the best way to describe it is “umami” (pronounced oo-MA-mee), the so-called “fifth taste.”...

We just had dinner with a large group at Lulu’s (on Folsom between Fourth and Fifth. It was a lot of fun and very good food. Mussels, goat cheese raviolis, grilled tuna, excellent desserts.

grained pot-roast type of meat for this) and some other pickable cold food. The jellyfish should be marinaded in a very piquant mustard dressing along with the cucumber. Each of these elements should be arranged around a huge...

the overwhelming sense of touristy self-awareness, it’s still the best Pastrami for a very great distance, but insist of having the meat hand-cut. If the walk is important, and you’d like to walk up through Central...

. However, I think they may have eased up just a touch on that requirement – their website now says, "In order to retain an element of past traditions and to keep the occasion special, visitors are requested to dress in a...

After hearing so much about Susur, my wife and I finally decided to give it a try. We recently moved to Toronto from New York and are big foodies. After having tried several of the better restaurants in Toronto (e.g. Avalon, the...

to be the real deal. The price doesn’t concern me. Is there better sushi in town? Element - We were supposed to be in Chicaco and go to Alinea over the summer. We didn’t make it. Anywhere else in ATL for molecular...