was MOST disappointed. English vegetables are supposed to be cooked into a sodden mass of grey-green goo. It’s just not right....the Empire is truly gone.

Matsuitsa. Casual great food is my preferance. I don’t want to wear a suit during August in New York. However, I’ll wear a clown costume and a heavy winter coat if it will insure me a great meal. Also, I prefer meals...

jaunt south a few blocks on Kimball you get Chicago Food Corporation, a massive Korean grocery with a big green sign visible off the Interstate. There is a café in the back that has been written about, most memorably to me by...

picnic tables. I think the several paleterias in the vicinity of 47th may be closed in the winter. Julia’s (45th) serves honest food and is a real neighborhood place. Problem is, one of those Lithuanian lunches could deliver...

of tap water I drink — all those are costs of doing business and should be built into your prices. So you charge $15 for an entree instead of $14. Big deal. Do you charge me more if I come in during the winter for the extra...

that doesnt make them any less delicious – there are also Aussie blends including cabernet which add some structure. Weve had some very warm and friendly shiraz wines over the years, so dont discount their deliciousness as...

-processed foods – pre-washed salad greens, mixes for sauces or cakes, pre-sliced veggies and meats. These maintain the illusion that the buyer is cooking just like mom and grandma used to do.

Hey Cathy, You know, they did give me a little folded paper pouch of sport peppers (to go along with Polish, hamburger and pork chop sandwich that I walked away with). These little green nibs were surprisingly good. I’m...

and arugula. In the winter, kasha cooked with potatoes and onions and topped with a poached egg. When I was a kid I ate ww toast with dijon and two slices of what we called summer sausage way back then. That was probably the...

Oaxcena, I may be with Rene now on this as the top Mexican sandwich, and its only weak point was the winter-grade tomato. Plus, it is not only Mexican places that stock up at this tomato stall. Nearly every middle-eastern place...

with the “Apple-tini?” Best (or worst) example in Los Angeles is at a place called Lulu’s in W. Hollywood. It’s this sticky sweet thing that tastes like a jolly rancher, that they dare serve in a martini...

My favorite condiments are high quality four or five pepper blends (white, black, pink, green, szechuan) freshly ground, ground celery seed, my homemade preserved lemons and limes- sweet, as well as spicy, and herbed, the garlic...

in a winter issue???" Enjoy!

'll also take the vitamins and fish oil with bkfst. Snack is usually a sardine on a few Ry Krisp crackers, or a serving of nuts and fruit Lunch is green salad with 3 oz or so of fish, tomatoes, whatever other fresh vegs I have,...

Cod, we’re still talking sauce... Stewed Abalone with Mustard Greens (I am wetting my pants!!) Stri-Fried pea pod stems, and (Big drum roll please!!) Thanks to Ben’s intervention...... THE WHOLE CHICKEN STUFFED WITH...