Dinner last night was a feast; it made me realize I need more Mediterranean food in my life. Four of us went to Fadi’s and decided to get sampler platters to split so we could try a little of everything. It was excellent. For $13.99, you should get the Ultimate Sampler. Go through the line [...]
This is less of a review and more of a diatribe. Hey Jack in the Box, it’s one thing to parade your burgers around on the side of big rigs or on your menu looking fantastic, and then deliver a kinda-sorta imitation of them when ordered in the store. But to pretend in the slightest [...]
Night before last I wanted to make a special weeknight dinner as a surprise. As usual, I turned to the domestic goddess, Ina Garten, for some inspiration. If you follow her show, you know that she focuses a lot on chicken as a primary ingredient. I like this because it’s a really easy way to [...]
Spent the evening just relaxing at the house and decided to make homemade caramel sauce for my ice cream! I was delicious and surprisingly really easy to make, especially considering I didn’t use a thermometer as suggested. I just judged it by color and it was fine. I have no idea why Ina’s recipe asks [...]
So I just realized that if you don’t have dinners plans, there’s still time for you to make it to Cliff Cafe before they close tomorrow. Try the previously mentioned life-changing pork shanks; they’re spicy, sweet, and so tender, the meat literally falls away from the bone. It might be a little cruel to fall [...]
Bittersweet news (that’s mostly bitter): Sidedish reported yesterday that Cliff Cafe will be closing its doors for a major overhaul. They’ll open again in September, redesigned and with a “brand-new concept.” While the press release Sidedish reposted didn’t mention any details about this new concept, Observer’s City of Ate blog reports it’s going to be [...]
Oh dear. I had just literally finished writing a review about ALO when I found out that they’re going to be closed for months because of a kitchen fire that happened Sunday! Looks like a visit from the little dish is just too hot to handle. (Bad joke.) Anyway, we’re going to proceed with this [...]