-
Board Topic
Gourmet Food Shops in Chicago? Pastoral, Fox and Obel, and...
many high-end stores that sell a wide variety of all foods. Our stores tend to be more specialized, with high-end butchers, high-end fish markets, markets that specialize in fresh produce, bakeries, cheese shops, wine/liquor...
-
Board Topic
Funnest food ever
to make arms and the bottom will curl to make two legs. Always a crowd pleaser... Dirt pudding. Put a gummi worm in chocolate pudding, top with crushed oreos and green sprinkles.
-
Board Topic
"Pesto Day 2006".....SERIOUS "Pesto-age" Can You Guess...? (w/PHOTO)
I would guess between 5 and 6 cups. Do you quit growing at the end of summer? This is our first year growing. We planted in a square foot garden. What did you use to keep the bugs off? We had those green worms that would feast...
-
Board Topic
Best Pizza in the City
of years. So it’s a continuous search for “good za”. Our current late night and delivery fave is Nizario’s on Geary. The sauce and crust are excellent, just the right cheese, all in all, a good pizza. Add...
-
Board Topic
italian beef/deep dish or stuffed pizza
Boy, did you just open a can of worms. These two topics have been discussed to deathon this board (and everywhere else in town). My vote for best beef is Carm’s on Polk street. In my opinion, the best Chicago style pan...
-
Board Topic
Finger foods for 9 year old birthday party
) - stuffed cherry tomatoes, zucchini, mushrooms - mini crab cakes - buffalo chicken tenders with blue cheese dip - frittata bites that should get you started...
-
Board Topic
Big turn-off at Whole Foods
Bought some Monkfish at Whole Foods. Put it on a cutting baord and cut it into pieces. Left it for a min. and came back and saw a tiny thin white worm moving away for the fish on the board. THAT WAS A BIG BIG TURN OFF. MONK FISH...
-
Board Topic
Manhattan visit with 9-year-olds
is a disaster. If the kids will eat Asian, Ruby Foos on Broadway has a kids menu which caters to picky children and even has a gummy worm in oreo “dirt” dessert. Its right near your hotel. Seredipity is a huge thrill...
-
Board Topic
Semi-homemade: is the chain as strong as its weakest link?
Or, more accurately, is the food only as good as its weakest component? I just made those dishes of dirt for my daughter’s halloween party (brownies layered w/ pudding layered w/ crushed chocolate cookies and gummy worms,...
-
Board Topic
Economy and local restaurants
It was our first time dining at La Folie and enjoyed the menu choices. I like vegetarian options and ordered 1st course goat cheese,pickled beets,walnuts frisee,2nd course -vegetable cannelloni (I remember it had cabbage),and...
-
Board Topic
What to do with a box of "Famous Chocolate Wafers"?
Have Kids? Crunch them up then top a cup of chocolate pudding. Stick in a few gummy worms and bugs - Worms and bugs in dirt. Kids love it. :) kq
-
Board Topic
El Huarache Azteca, Oakland report w/ pics and Dia de Los Muertos Oakland Fruitvale
to me and I usually like lamb, B. liked it. huarache w/ chicken tinga-the huarache is lighly fried and covered w/ chicken and cheese. It was pretty good. huitlacoche quesadillas-black corn mushroom. Didn’t have much taste but...
-
Board Topic
Epoisses and the rest of my afternoon's chowhounding
corn. Eureka! So fresh the worms were still wiggling. The kernels aren’t completely red, though. They’re white with ruby red “shoulders.” At three for a dollar, a real chowhound bargain! Then finally, the...
-
Board Topic
Best street food in NYC
I agree. I have been touting Kwik Meal for about two years now, and I was back there last Wednesday. The food is as good as ever but I should warn you to not bother with the cheese steak. In my opinion it’s awful even...
-
Board Topic
Lala's - PK's Review
, with various toppings (like cheese, garlic, herbs, etc.) BREAD Slightly stale rather tastless french bread slices awaited – the olive oil dipping sauce was thankfully stuffed to the hilt with garlic, so we snacked merrily....
Close x
Basic examples:
Match a word............................................................artichokes
Match all words.........................................................artichoke heart
Match an exact phrase..................................................."artichoke hearts"
Match any words.........................................................artichoke OR hearts


