's Market in Alhambra specializes in Asian fruits and vegetables. I never realized there were so many varieties of Asian pears. Vietnamese food is great around Garden Grove—better than San Jose. My Vietnamese in-laws rave...

when I drive by the local Olive Garden and see the parking lot packed every night. I suggest you make a pilgramidge to the FatherLand and immerse yourself in more research. It will be time well spent.

Speaking of wallop, the Victory Hop Wallop is also great and available at Premier Gourmet! I find when I cross, as long as the only alcohol you have is beer, they never make you pay duties. I don’t necessarily tell them the...

The heirloom corn varieties are not the ones used for HFCS in the US. They’re very small artisanal farm production in the East Coast and South at least. Some are only home garden produce now. I have no idea what corn they...

to Garden Grove and Little Saigon for a Vietnamese food fix. With good traffic, should be less than an hour. With bad traffic, well, that could be anyone’s guess. I believe there is still a large Cambodian population in...

calamari) ... but her peppercorn dipping sauce? oh my gosh. i would eat it on crackers if i could. she said she stole the idea from an Olive Garden, and tweaked it. its so good.

(Ginger Man), tasting rooms (Troegs, Capt Lawrence), larger brewpubs (Dogfish, Victory), small brewpub shops (Harvest Moon, Triumph) and I have an incredible passion for it. Love Beer Advocate, brewing my own, trying new beers,...

've been eating there (and their other location on 135th and Western) for 20 years. Green Burrito – Again, go to the source. The only Green Burrito worth eating at is the original one in Hawaiian Gardens on Carson St....

head to head competition just completed on the all-beef Hummel versus Elmer. Major one-sided victory for the Elmer. The only thing the Hummel won was the smokiness of the smell. Flavor, texture, crunch, size had 15 rounds for the...

Most of the shops on 4th st are independently owned; Berkeley is pretty anti-chain. Sur La Table and Peets are chains, but high quality ones. Napa Style has just four retail outlets. Many of the smaller shops – The Gardener...

Victory Cafe on Markham St. beside Honest Ed’s do a great burger, not huge though

quota of Chinese immigrants to Hong Kong. And many merchants from Shanghai etc moved to Hong Kong just prior to the victory of Communist Party so it is not an exclusive Cantonese zone like the way you think. As to you talking to...

there just after a football victory; there goes solidarity! Perhaps a tip was necessary? We intended to grill them, so I didn’t worry much because degutting is easy (but yeah, messy). But for the recipe that moh made, the...

"Not to be a smartass, but I don’t understand how you can dismiss stuff as crap if you are ignoring it"   I don’t turn my head at Home Depot, Lara Croft movies, Madonna records, Kenny G concerts, or Olive Garden....

are encouraged by the second and third reports and the place rises to favorite status. What more do you expect? A place was discovered. People are eating better. vittus got his thank you from rameniac. I call that a victory for...