seasoning, which the lady said was a specialty of the house. It was divine. It was like a pocket of condensed umami with just the right combination of saltiness to highlight all of the subtle umami overtones. I also really like...

I would recommend Jasper’s. In the front of the house he has a deli/informal restaurant their pizza is excellent. D’bronx is also good and the focaccia pizza at Dean and Delucca is worth trying. I am a rocherster...

getting comments about how big she is getting. We’re pros at scanning the menu and finding items appropriate for a 5 year-old who will try almost anything, but dislikes gooey sauces and a few particular spices. Even the...

of pho (as you can see, we’re just a bunch of noodle-lovers). We have plans to go to Swan’s Oyster House, grab some chowder on the Wharf, check out the Ferry Market and spend a day in Napa. We’ve already made...

't think it would have impacted your bill that much... but again, that is just my opinion. Buying a bottle from the 'house' is something I always do when bringing wine, for the practical reason of the fact that rarely does what I...

My first thought on seeing people arriving, voiceovers, walking into the house, introducing them selves, and bunk beds, was ‘Real World’. My favorite line was when the woman exec said something along the lines of that they were...

of baked apple— was inspired; but there was more, a concentration of flavors, subtle spices existing just beyond my tongue’s ability to identify them, that moved it into the realm of the sublime. All of that between...

was pitiful for pizza (with a few exceptions) a generation ago, I’ve noticed improvements and many fine newcomers (Greek pizza excepted — everyone in Boston knows that "[Name of Town] House of Pizza" almost always...

-fed standards. I started paying attention to food outside my mom’s kitchen. First whole fresh fruits and berries, virtually unknown in my house growing up beyond the odd apple or banana, in my early teens. What, no heavy...

offers an extensive menu of some rarer Indian fare. Unlike some of the local Indian joints that put way too much salt in their food (do they think chronic smoking has killed all of our taste buds?), Bombay Brazier lets the spices...

My friend hosted a pot luck dinner at his house a few weeks ago for his daughter’s first grade class. He now refers to it as “pot yuck.” I have to agree.

. 6. Wet Fingers For Everybody. This is my single biggest bugaboo in restaurants from Marie Callender’s all the way up to the houses of gastronomy in the Bay Area. When I order iced tea, which of course never comes...

of his fried chicken. I think when he refers to it as “southern style”, I think he accepts that it isnt. But coating chicken in a spiced seasoned flour before frying it sounds like a sensible way to get tasty fried...

a salad?! Gosh, ladies, I’d better start rethinking my grocery list. I was going to go out for sushi tonight but maybe I’ll hit the local steak house instead in order to realign myself, as I obviously am way overdue...

at Chowhounds has been something i’ve done since it’s inception. Now the opportunity to post and share your site, has allowed me to share and continue my avocation. By the way I phoned "Beach House at Purdy" for lunch...