government programs which were SUPPOSED to help small farmers and ended up enriching ADM and Monsanto. And now the extra wear and tear on the roads from the semis, and the pollution from the trucks and the CAFOs that must be...

in China (Hunan province) for a couple of years in the early '80’s, says that this food tastes like the food in China did. You can’t judge a book by its cover: nothing about this restaurant is remarkable except what...

in the U.S. began life on the Sports desk of your local newspaper, or writing the restaurant reviews, or something equally non-wine related. What they learn, they learn from osmosis. This does NOT mean wine writers are useless....

The first time I ever ate Tilapia was in a restaurant abroad (could have been in Israel) and it was called St. Peter’s Fish there. And I agree with you about catfish.....I have never had catfish where I could not detect...

No sauces. It surprises me that many restaurants do this (even to burritos). But we ate ours with enchiladas, so there was some sauce to drag it through. Use canola or other vegetable oil, about half an inch, you don’t want...

, last summer, I was in New Hampshire, on my way to a lakehouse, and stopped by the side of the road where they were selling corn out of the back of a truck. STill paid $5.00 per dozen! You are lucky with 10 cents an ear!!

The whole point of the Chow Tour is to avoid the well known places and uncover new finds not already discussed on Chowhound. Like the obscure truck stop found via a fender bender in the latest Chow Tour installment, this mission...

, but in Cobble Hill (at Court and Warren next to Frattelli’s). You must engage the proprieters to find what is the best. They are knowledgable and will steer you to what is the best at the moment. They supply a lot of...

as the others," but did not mention Lisa by name. It had to have been Antonia’s table. I think Antonia was disadvantaged by the several months' long break, and the fact that she just opened a restaurant, and so was not as...

. The expirence. In many “better” restaurants you are made, they would like you to feel like you’re in a church or a museum. At CF the managment thanks you for allowing them to feed you. They thank you by...

I don’t know how many people you are planning for, but I had about 70 people and did the reception (in my case, it was in the afternoon) in a small restaurant. We took over the place for the afternoon...you know how...

—I think 3 checkouts there. Lots of space for deli, cheese, sushi, pastry, pizza, etc., and according to plans I saw a sizeable kitchen just behind. Lots of aisles in the rest of the store; must be 15 or so long rows. Six...

We talk a lot here about our misadventures in restaurants across the country— what about in your own kitchen? 'Fess up. Me? I tried to defrost butter in the microwave... with the foil wrapping paper still on. Oh the shame...

and dress identically in frilly pink-with-stripes outfits complete with little pink caps nestled into their large dark brown wigs. The ladies toddle around their domain vigorously, serving up their wares with a dispatch as...

Yep, I saw that moving truck and thought "there goes the neighborhood"