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  1. Well, heck, I sure don't mind trying good ones! No... superior ones. We have moderately good of all of the above in Syracuse but not really great. Got anything in mind? Lonnie ← Check out Elephant Walk--Cambodian/French fusion. Highly rated. Here's the website: http://www.elephantwalk.com/
  2. Yes, the slap of recognition was strong. Vivid memories of my (japanese) mother include digging for tiny clams next to an oil refinery in Tokyo Bay and making a potentially toxic miso soup, and her finest moment: stealing the cook away from the German ambassador when we lived in Bangkok--we ate sauerbraten in 90 degree heat for months...
  3. For a while there, your mom was taking a pretty heavy beating from you on the editor's page (and in your books). I remember going home for the first time after living on my own, and being shocked by how BAD my mother's cooking was. (Whenever I pass a restaurant that has a sign that says "Fine Family Dining" a shiver goes down my spine.) So my question to you: Did your mother make anything that conjures up fond memories?
  4. Nothing--they were very large Italian men. My fear was that I would end up in the fish case next to the scungilli. "WWRRD?"
  5. What do we do about this? Do we stop printing fish recipes in food magazines? I was in a market on Long Island over the weekend where they were featuring Chilean sea bass in a miso marinade, ready for the grill. Clearly somebody had copped the Nobu recipe...and now every trend-driven foodie in Bellmore is going to be serving Chilean sea bass.
  6. I'm pretty much a home cook myself. I don't believe that homes should be like restaurants, and I don't attempt to do much cheffy cooking. Last night I made a Bolognese sauce - which is the sort of standard stuff I do. And although this sounds self-serving, my favorite cookbook is the the Gourmet Cookbook. I use it on an almost daily basis. The thing is, I know that those recipes work. My other default cookbooks are Marcella, Marion Cunningham's Breakfast Book (I made her yeast-raised waffles for breakfast this morning), and Elizabeth David. ← I get the feeling that you're partial to Italian?
  7. So that's why they were calling me "goyishe kopf"...
  8. We had a Lawn Guyland Thanksgiving--day after was bagels, bialys, scallion cream cheese, lox, kippered salmon and creamed pickeled herring for breakfast, hot dogs, krinkle fries and Budweiser at Nathan's in Oceanside for lunch, and leftovers for dinner...I was lying in bed groaning for an hour before passing out. (BTW, for those of you who are confused, "Lawn Guyland" is slightly to the east of New York City.)
  9. What kinds of wine go with turkey? White, presumably. Sancerre might be a little dry. How about a nice Viognier? Is Gewurtz too much? Oh, what the hell, how about a red???
  10. Cut up kielbasa in a sauce made up of a jar of grape jelly and a bottle of chili sauce. Served in a crock pot where it has been congealing for the last 6 hours. Chicken "Tahiti"--chicken chunks with pineapple and candied sweet potatoes. Kind of like having dessert for a main course. I have eaten these things...
  11. One of the beauties of Boston is being able to walk around a charming, manageable city with great neighborhoods like the North End, the Back Bay and the South End. Where will you be staying? It might determine some of your choices. If you have a car, you could even try a "destination" place like Blue Ginger in Wellesley.
  12. My current fave is Petit Robert Bistro, a casual French place on Commonwealth Ave near Kenmore Square. Apps are under $10 (except for the foie gras) and mains are under $20. It has that loud, congenial bistro atmosphere and the food is usually good if not transcendent (if you want transcendent, you pay more and go to Espalier). It's usually full of French people, which I think is a good indication of authenticity. The only thing missing is the blue haze of Gauloise cigarettes. Website: www.petitrobertbistro.com
  13. I worked with a Blood from Pepperell; she was very well-fed...
  14. Though ya gotta love a butcher called Blood Farm
  15. Somebody at work was raving about the meat dept at Roche Brothers. There's one in Burlington MA, and I was wondering if it's worth checking out?
  16. On its cover the "old" Gourmet used to feature impossibly pretentious dishes photographed against the background of some snooty resort in Bermuda or Santa Barbara, whereas Ms. Reichl's Gourmet outraged a lot of readers with a photo of a birthday cake made out of cupcakes...I like the slightly subversive, loopy quality that she has brought to the magazine--it reflects her breathy, confessional style. Case in point being miso-rubbed turkey for Thanksgiving this year, styled in a rich hippie abode with lots of Nakashima furniture and disheveled guests dressed in distressed cashmere.
  17. The Meat House in Bedford NH is very good; a little more glitzy (if a butcher can be glitzy) than Bedford Prime Meats across the street.
  18. Not necessarily: whatever interesting is reachable within 2-3 hours drive - we can stay overnight in some hotel if needed. ← Are you interested in restaurants only, or do you like unusual ethnic markets, etc? Now that the cold weather is finally kicking in, you might want to try some of the ski areas to the north. They usually have good places to eat. There is a wonderful B&B in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire called the Notchland Inn. They have a great made-to-order breakfast and they serve a 5-course gourmet dinner. Rooms have jacuzzis and fireplaces...here's their website: http://www.notchland.com/
  19. On your way to Norwich, be sure to check out Sausage Heaven on S. Elm St in Manchester. He's a high-tech refugee who decided he'd rather make sausage. Also, down Valley St is a Korean market that sells the really thin-sliced frozen beef that's used for bulgogi, if you're into that.
  20. Thanks so much! Having a good butcher is a gift. When we lived in Brooklyn back in the '90s we went to a great place called Staubitz on Court Street, where John Staubitz used to peel a beautiful steak off a side of beef. Our weekend resource was Guido's in Lenox MA, where we actually heard a New York lady say "Why don't the locals shop during the week so we don't have to wait so long!??"
  21. We have two upscale butchers across the street from each other in Bedford, New Hampshire that have USDA Prime steaks for like...$19.95 a lb. We've found rack of veal and lamb filet steaks too. This place in West Groton sounds interesting--what are their prices like?
  22. I like this idea. I can't come up with a common thread though. I think "Basmati" is a Hindi word, and it is commonly associated with Thai food, but I'm not sure it's clever enough to be a name of a restaurant. But there has to be some common thread that would make a great restaurant name. ← I was thinking of the types of rices used for each cuisine, jasmine (thai) and basmati (indian) rice. Jasmati would be a fun name but the name is already owned by Ricetec for a hybrid blend of rice that they market. ← How about playing only jazz music and calling it "Jazzmati"?
  23. Dug through some old favorites and made Alison on Dominick's Lamb Shanks with White Bean Puree last night...you can find the recipe in Molly O'Neill's "Well Seasoned Appetite".
  24. Or how about "Shama-Lama-Delhi-Belly-Ding-Dong"?
  25. We had a $150 dinner served with paper napkins in a caboose in Milford, New Hampshire the other night, so these prices don't seem ridiculously overpriced. Granted, our chef trained with Paul Bocuse, but it seemed a little over the top for a town whose claim to fame is a pumpkin festival. Every upscale restaurant around here seems to have entrees in the $25 - $30 range. Compared to big cities in Europe though, Forbes' restaurants are a relative bargain.
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