I agree. It makes me wonder about their opinions about the food, wine and service in restaurants. The improvements here on Chowhound are great!

, it really helps me (such a visual person) but really would love to see all your efforts!

How about “Serendipity?” It’s not the world’s greatest food, but there’s a wide variety of kid-friendly entrees, and elaborate desserts (mostly ice cream-based). Dave

.M.A.Z.I.N.G. The chocolate really did taste like chocolate – nothing overly sweet or artificial about it. Very clean, pure REAL taste. I also tried the sour cherry and it actually tasted like cherry and not the red food...

, especially my trio of custards: creme brulee, chocolate pudding and cute little flan. Overall, the food was very good. ZThe menu didn’t teem with dishes that were hugely appealing, many of the meat dishes had unexciting...

the surface, but if that’s the purpose, it’s not really necessary to marinate—you can just dredge the meat in the marinade. Salt, OTOH, may work differently. We know for certain that salt pulls liquid out of food...

are an American food, using mexican style ingredients. And, she did not eat many flour tortillas in Mexico, usually corn. I ate dinner with a mexican friend at his father in law’s home. He served seasoned rice, refried...

. They had obviously been part of a dining party. When we asked the manager (Adam) politely about this, he went down to the dining room area to inquire and confirmed that the two persons in jeans had indeed been dining in that...

and fats baste the veggies and make a sinfully delicious side dish. I think I originally got this recipe from the Time Life Foods of the World series. I’ve used this same method in crock pot recipes, where I substitute a pot...

Hello Irwin, I always enjoy hearing from your personal experience in the food industry. I thank you for your part in making tri tip a popular retail cut. So let me see if I heard you right: 1) the USDA guidelines outline the same...

appetizers – mainly cooked preparations of seafood, raw bar choices, and one entree, pig cheeks en cocotte with langoustine. The wine list has a split personality - bottles around $28-$30 on one side, and offerings like La...

different. It’s really along the lines of a Cuban suckling pig roast - Personally, I like my ribs cooked for 12-15 hours with an exterior texture to them. You will not get that at Sweatman’s. Enjoy. Too bad your trip...

I made a main dish for dinner the other night that I’ve served for years. It’s very far from the Zuni Cookbook or Paula Wolfert’s Slow Food.... it teeters on the edge of sleezy. I take a couple of those big...

real pit BBQ and our Cuban food work – that’s about all we can offer you.

Leave it to two men to start an e-mail war over a sandwich. Personally, I think Costello’s is just fine. I’ve always found the service there (at the Lincoln Square location) very friendly. Anyone who claims...