I’ve been hearing a lot of complaints about San Miguel supermarket meat lately. And I must admit I don’t have much sympathy. Because I think there’s a lot better place to buy meat, particularly beef, and particularly steak. With the odd exception,...
Maybe it’s the scarcity of good sushi in this town. Maybe that’s why someone would get excited about an appetizer that uses frozen fish. Or maybe it’s because it’s yellowfin tuna and like all firm fish it handles freezing well. Don Day’s...
We thought we were lost. Perhaps had the wrong address. There was this little cafe on the corner. No tablecloths, no gleaming silverware, no Riedel crystal, no linen napkins. This couldn’t be it, could it? This sure didn’t look like the best restaurant in...
I admit it. I watch cooking shows. Too many cooking shows. I’ve been watching them since I was 12 years old. When the other guys were out playing street hockey. It definitely wasn’t cool for a guy to watch cooking shows then. And I remember my dad telling my mom that...
I’ve been excited about Hallowe’en ever since that very first time my mother held me by my shoulders, bent over, looked deep in my eyes and uttered those magic words, “Tonight it’s OK to take candy from strangers.” I continued to be enthralled by Hallowe’en right...
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