this one come into being? What do you think is its reason for existence? I understand it from the patron’s side: the cachet of being in on a secret society of sorts. But how about for the owner? It’s obviously not a...

That is fast work - getting the post out so quickly. Thanks. As jaweino says, everybody liked everything. For me one of the highlights was the potato appetizer. The textural contrasts between the puffed grain and the smoothness of...

that there is no good Indian food in London is patently ridiculous, ditto Chinese, Ditto Thai. As we have said a million times, London is a vast sprawling city, if younwant to find the best it has to offer, you need to work at it....

I used to suffer from a totally different kind of embarassment. I worked in the fashion industry at one point and lunch with the girls was an agonizing business. The judging of every bit of caloric content, the endless discussion...

pm, so I’d go for lunch...dessert ..coffee..the works and even though I was pleasantly stuffed.. the aroma of the bread on the way home would always get to me and large chewy crusty chunks found their way to my mouth!

of plastic wrap or waxed paper. Working from center, gently pound chicken with flat side of meat mallet or rolling pin until about 1/4-inch thick; remove wrap. In small bowl, combine frozen sauce from meal starter, chili-garlic...

or the high price of the water, but if he works at the place he has to uphold the prices charged by the restaurant, silly or not.

was not overcooked. Cheese- I had never done a course like this but will have to do this again. I don’t think this was the perfect cheese for the prep but it worked good enough. Plus it was pretty and a nice transition to...

eat my fav - “triple play” which they indicate is chicago thin crust style...while working in wisconsin, my fav pizza place made a great sausage pizza where the squares were actually cut almost bite size with one nice...

combos in general? **Black Pearl (ginger, wasabi, dark chocolate, black sesame seeds): Well-conceived, balanced, good snap, not too sweet, wasabi stronger than ginger which was more about aroma. 9/10 (BTW, I think this works well...

a big conspiracy to hose Seattle out of its due. at least we can agree that Seattle can’t hold a candle to NYC or SF—or any other world class cities. You will always be compared to Portland, and that’s the way it...

with the world. Thursday – Lunch – Café 331 - what a delightful place – all sorts of bizarre light fixtures suspended above (and I’ll bet they all work, too – they looked to all be plugged in) and a...

and then combined with a spicy sauce and some assorted vegetables, leeks, red pepper, black bean. The leeks were phenomenally good with the sauce and totally grit free. All the components of this dish really work well together...

Love all of the ideas, living and working in Central Phoenix I am comletely addicted to Pane Biancos, roasted lamb paninni, or his version of a bacon sandwich, traveled all over and have never had a better sandwich. Still...

. There’s really no way to tell, aside from tasting as you go along. But that wouldn’t work with baked goods. Here’s an interesting fact for you. About very formal dinners not serving butter, I watched a PBS...