the basturma today :). Any book that sends me to the Lebanese market is already a winner! Who has cooked from Spice, and how have you found the dishes? They look relatively simple and I like her writing style, her tales of...

and I had a good notion what to expect. What I didn’t expect was just how good this dish was. Loaded with meat, braised with artichokes and other good stuff (okay, so my notes aren’t so good...). Another absolute winner. Dessert....

. Or give you a call. If your daughter really starts to like cooking, Julia Child’s “The Way to Cook” is a winner. At that point she can start diving into basic ethnic books too, like those by Marcella Hazan or...

Barbara spot prawns are perfectly succulent and plump. Echigo serves the same raw, which is OK, but lightly broiled gives the best flavor. And the winner on the Saturday’s toro report? Got a late start, arrived at Sushi...

Hello all, It’s 2am and I just got home. The Lab was bloody amazing. and the winners were: foie gras custard: not really a custard but more of a slice of foie gras with the fig and fig sauce with corn shoots. Chestnut soup,...

more city of Chicago falafel joints to go, Salam is still the clear winner. Oh, by the way, to the person who wrote me an anonymous private email taking me to task for declaring Vita, in my Lincolnwood VFW Fish Fry post, the...

that I never had any complaints. The motor kept going strong no matter what I threw in there, and I made some chunky ice creams. The winners in our house were cheesecake ice cream and raspberry custard ice cream. (not cheesecake...

% of the bottles on the list of red wine are north of $100 with almost 50% over $200 and many of these at $300 to several thousand and up. Of course this is a Wine Spectator Grand Award winner. I chose a bottle of '97 Campasso...

Although I usually detest pumpkin, this cake is always a winner with all: Golden Pumpkin and Apricot Cake http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/2623 Also, my cousin’s incredible apple pie, fresh fruit, and whatever...

built on the richness of the duck while cutting through it with the bright passion fruit flavor. Very, very good. Quail two ways with Latin spices: This was another winner. The quail was cooked well, two of the four pieces being...

dip or hot chili/bean dip for Thanksgiving? Not so sure about those! But as katecm suggested, maybe you could at least do some fancier stuff. This Barefoot Contessa Pan-Fried Onion dip is a winner... http

, but not a favorite. My roommate had the burger, and he at the entire thing before I got to try it, so I’m assuming it was a winner! All in all, another great night at HK!

not to worry akq, jfood understood. He is just totally frustrated when there is a “trust me” on the price. There is no winner when the gitcha arrives in the form of the bill.

a whole dish of those wonderful boiled kidneys in our order, but when the staff suggested we try this, we went for it, and were glad we did. Perfectly cooked kidneys in a mildly spicy sauce, playing up the coldness in a nice way,...

so you could get a variety and have a better chance of getting winners. I asked about their weekend hours and they said noon to 11-1130pm. I give the range because thats kinda how I got the answer. wray