To Kevin and Rafi, I concurn on the desserts she makes, when I was there a week after Rafi’s visit, it was my 2nd visit(first time only had slices of pear to finish off the meal) and I loved the wedge of chocolate tart with...

with spinach, oh my goodness, silky tofu inside, expertly fried omelette texture outside, fresh spinach, worth a second look Aside: the pork kidney dish took me back to my mother’s home cooking, where she would buy kidney from...

in south Louisiana. You’ll find a marked preference for slightly sticky rice—-it should hold the shape of the scoop, yet be fairly easy to separate with a fork. Too loose to be easily eaten with chopsticks, but NOT...

such as the aforementioned honey jar. I always take a cotton bag or two when I go shopping, and in general there is one in my shoulder bag. Usually the wine bag inside a larger one. I have also lived in Europe, so I guess...

fruits. The gray chunks of beef and pork had given up their souls long ago and the two scoops of mashed potatoes were watery and tasteless. I picked at some of the pieces of kielbasa (I agree that the sausage was good) and...

for 30 minutes. But I find that, depending on the temp. of the mixture, a lot of it will stick to the side of the bowl depending how much the liquid inside the canister has melted. So, if the ice cream doesn’t come off the...

, overcooked, greasy and thickly battered salt and pepper calamari, overly sweet curried tomato beef chow mein, and undercooked steamed oysters with black bean sauce. Ocean – it was a pleasant surprise to step inside and...

's Thai food. They have an excellent and peanutty mussaman. My favorite dish, though, is their yellow curry with apples. A nice northwest twist on an excellent version of the standard. They have an excellent dessert, too....

More memories returning re. “Forgotten Foods”.. The lettuce leaf (iceburg) topped with a scoop of cottage cheese topped with half a canned peach topped with a dollop of Thousand Island dressing; this was classic...

of N. Central for a long time—see link. The 3100 block of N. Central is kinda my Mimi’s (inside chowhound reference, sorry). Second, how can you compare one city block, 3100 N., to a whole stretch of blocks, like 16 of...

scoop! Thanks so much for organizing this trip, C. Fox. I had a wonderful time checking out all these places, and meeting everyone. I look forward to future crawls and other Chowhound outings!

everything but knife-work — scooped butter to put in the saute pan, flipped meats, felt them for doneness, plated ... he must have had hands made of teflon, and the fact is there’s no better way to check a steak for...

't keep too well and was difficult to make into steaks so they weren’t going to keep all of it. He then plunges his spoon directly into the middle of the toro and plucks up a scoop like ice cream and pops it in his mouth....

of fresh, white snow. I also wanted to take a piece of Hubbard Squash, spread it with butter and scoop it into my mouth like Laura did. I longed to taste the ambrosial turkish delight described in the Lion, The Witch and the...

a little bit, and then you can see all of the stores inside the building (Acme, Cowgirl Creamery, good chocolate stores, etc.). Brunch on Monday will be a challenge, because most places don’t do Monday brunch, but if you...