later post about timing and the tasting menu. Not sure how I’m going to resolve that. We’d planned on doing dinner at Toque'! on Monday, hockey game on Tuesday, symphony on Wednesday, then leaving Thursday free in...

Our posting was not intended as condescending, nor was RST’s (evidenced by the heartfelt apology, which seemed to have zero mollifying effect on you). Furthermore, condescension in and of itself is not against our rules. If...

that really do hit the marks we’d all like them to....but it’s not a sure thing even with accreditation. I’m not by any stretch of the imagination arguing that “organic” means nothing or that we...

chardonnay with roast lamb—does not make said wine ``good'' in any sense of the term. If it did, these message boards wouldn’t exist and we’d all be eating at freaking Cosi every day.

side and just a tad rubbery. The flavor didn’t come through as well. Not bad, exactly, just not the taste treat we’d all set our mouths for. Steamers here were just OK also. 5. Farnham’s in Essex. Sadly, this...

I’m a fool – I have a romantic vision of train travel. Several years ago my husband and I decided to travel to New Orleans via Amtrak. We’d been to New Orleans several times in the past by air, we thought rail...

, and New Delhi. Perhaps this is defensive, but it’s born from despair at trying to find khana that’s made with the same care as it is at home; freshly-fried jalebis and aloo tikkis (only at South Asian American...

At home, actually :) We haven’t found any hot dishes here that we truly love like we have in other cities. If you have recommendations for heat with flavor, we’d love some. He likes Habaneros, for example, for the way...

tables in the market’s noisy mezzanine eating huge, tender crabcakes out of foam boxes and loved every bite. It was far from fancy, but so good and fresh. Faidley’s is at 200 N Paca St in Baltimore; hours are Mon Tues...

I think its funny. A few years ago Dom was serving up pies to the locals with a smile and the occassional song as he’d sing while he made the pizzas. We’d wander in after school and he’d be back there making his...

(as well as the bigger stuff) we’d be better served I believe as consumers. I think that we may have perfected the big beer in the States. Now let’s begin to perfect something else. PS – Dogfish Head HAS perfected the Pumpkin...

. Hsu Xiang Yuan or Fragrant Garden, maybe? (sorry don’t know the english names, but maybe someone can translate) . Actually Prince Seafood in Cerritos has really great high quality dishes (it’s been the best option...

BBQ picnic reception. Obviously, I was going to have it shipped from Texas! Then I thought “It's been at least 10 years, let me give Bay Area BBQ one more chance.” Much research and tastings later, Memphis...

to them! But I’m much more interested, at this point, about this as an incipient trend (for which we’d all thank the food gods) than I am about any one individual store. Hey, food service pros....this MUST have been...

My poor brother developed an allergy to something in spicy food in his early 20s. He can eat it without getting sick but the next day he’ll turn bright red all over and itch all day. It sucks because he used to love spicy...