a small amount of beef and pork can be very satisfying, and (4) how really good the leftovers can be. I had no intention of buying either book, but the more I read and cooked from LOP the more I decided I had to own it. Not only...

to sell more cheesecakes then anyone in the country. Their training school demands waiters to work for about 3-weeks before going on their own, and to taste every dish they have so it can be explained to the customer. Who else...

There is a dearth of Vietnamese food in NYC. If you head to Little Saigon, stop in to Quan Hy on Bolsa and Brookhurst and have a plate of the steamed, flat rice cakes topped with shredded shrimp. It’s called banh beo....

I will got to SLT before WS any time. WS is the store that is horribley over priced and if they can’t gouge you in the store they will with their shipping. When I complained that the price on shipping on a table cloth and 4...

make your own and go really easy on the flavorings and sugar. Here’s a recipe. You don’t even need to blend and strain, you can just use the liquid and toss the rice after boiling. Link:...

. Also YY easily accomodates mixed parties of both the adventurous and the culinarily conservative, and has two "top 10" lists posted on the walls of those menu items most favored by their Japanese customers and those most...

. Try their Veal with your favourite toppings (onions, mushroom, cheese, sweet peppers etc). Go early or be prepared to wait during peek hours. Etopian House - 4 Irwin Avenue, near Yonge Street - worth the experience if...

always used too much oil. I am saying always a lot and by that I mean during my pizza eating lifetime which would mean back until the 1970’s. 4. I like Difara’s very much, thank you for the recommendation, but would...

, but nothing like what my mother made. Years later, I was working as a sous chef in a French Restaurant and curdled a batch of creme anglaise...which, had it been heavily spiked with brandy, would have been a dead ringer for my...

's probably the best tinga, hell, one of the best Mexican chicken dishes I’ve ever had. The meat was very moist, perfectly seasoned, packed with flavor, with some good rice and beans (not transcendent). But that...

My friends and I (four to six of us) get together every four to six weeks for dinner. Since I’m the most experienced cook, I’m “head chef” and everyone else pitches in. When we have the dinners at others’...

, and that we would be sharing all of the early courses, so it would be great if they could pace them out and not bring them all at once. so, in total by that point we had ordered 3 entrees (1 each) and 4 appetizers (more than...

Dare I prompt a discussion about tipping bartenders $1 for twisting off the top of a $4 beer?

Those Quizno creatures are available, smoked and thinly sliced, in combo sandwich #4.

over and bring friends for a meal. Our huge family get-togethers (pig roasts and holiday meals) are always big events and my husband and I nearly always cook everything ourselves (he’s my sous-chef). I just don’t...