Back A Yard is fabulous. It’s a bit of a dive, but the food is delicious, portions are big and prices are reasonable. The chef really knows how to cook. Try the jerk chicken.

temperature for a long time, I’d be cooking the tea/tea leaves indefinitely, and that would taste pretty awful. When I make Gong Fu style tea my tea pot usually holds 2 to 3 ozs at a time. I have my favorite shape and...

a tip genuinely reflects a reward for good service rather than being an essential part of a server’s take-home pay.

I had this about a year ago at Il Borgo, and I figured they made a rolled up log, then slice off 1/2" pieces which they bake or broil, allowing the pasta to cook and a bit of cheese to crisp. This is one of my favorite things...

god our handles sound so terrible together... I have to say that I also had a so so experience there. Maybe I should have asked for a “fatty” cut but mine was fairly lean and the taste was nothing to write home about....

minutes waiting at the bar sure ruined it for us." Babbo is delicious. It’s high end food that’s hearty and in some odd way, always reminds me of the very best flavors of great home cooking. Think the meatiest pot...

speak for itself. (Also, my notes are at home with my non-working computer, Doh!) Sides – We did not vote on sides since they were all different kinds. I thought they were mostly boring. I did notice that the Everett & Jones...

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of lamb he ever tasted and my wild striped bass was memorable. The chef also sent out a dessert on the house (cold soup with 3 home made sorbets). The generosity and care were incredible. Sorry you had such a bad one but I hope...

Depending on what your point of view is on reasonably priced, Cornelia Street is the place to be. There’s Home(American Food), Le Gigot(French) and Po(Italian). All exceptionally good non-pretentious places to eat....

Tiny recipe tweaks make all the difference in texture.

I was at Hilal Chaat House today for lunch and met a man who told me that he is from South Africa; specifically, he’s from the large Indian population in Johannesburg. When I asked him where one can find South African...

You’ll never drink Snapple again.

subject line says, what am I missing? - probably the to-go choice was it. It’s like going to a place specializing in pizza baked in wood-burning brick oven, taking it to go, letting it get soggy in the box on the way home,...

The mods may move this comment to Home Cooking, but... those classic chewy fudge sauces (Schrafft’s in NYC, during my Late Pleistocene boyhood) usually involve corn syrup as a sweetener—not today’s High Fructose...