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Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:08:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_265" align="aligncenter" width="177" caption="One Box Rice A Roni - Creamy Four Cheese"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_266" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="1 Large Onion (Yellow)"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_267" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Mazola Oil (Corn or Vegatable)"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_268" align="aligncenter" width="285" caption="1/2 Cup Half and Half"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_269" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="White Sharp Chedder Cheese"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_271" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Penne Rigate"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_272" align="aligncenter" ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/10/04/gastromicals-goulash-recipe/ Now here we have Super Chef Bobby Flay, good guy and all around Bud. Bobby wins most often on Iron Chef but I don't think that he beat Sakai from the Japanese show, I felt that the judges at the time were tasting a bit Provincially at the time ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/09/03/bobby-flay-grills-it-and-new-york-post-interview/ Here's a little ditty about Super Gay, Ted Allen and his new show on The Food Network, The Food Detective. Formerly of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, Mr. Allen has thankfully moved on into more culinary matters that go good with his fine and gentlemanly demeanor. I'm ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/09/03/ted-allen-%e2%80%93-the-gay-detective-and-foodie/ Diners Kiss and Tell at Morimoto’s!     Account             Gastromical     All Reader Reviews of... Morimoto 88 Tenth Ave., New York, NY, 10011 nr. 16th St. 212-989-8883 7.9 "Recommended" Average Reader Rating on a Scale of 10 64% Would go back 71% Would take a date 0% Would take ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/09/01/diners-kiss-and-tell-at-morimoto%e2%80%99s/  September 1, 44 (08 c.c.)    Exclusive: Court Rules Morimoto Shafted Business Partner "You'll have '45 percent' of the company." Grub Street has learned that Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto has taken a big hit in state supreme court. A judge has ruled that Morimoto's original business partner, Donald Fellner, is entitled to 45 percent ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/09/01/iron-chef-morimoto%e2%80%99s-legal-troubles/ FEELING A BREEZE ON EAST FOURTH STREET Perbacco, which has a new chef from Italy, is stretching beyond standard fare. By FRANK BRUNI Published: August 20, 2008 FIRST a friend mentioned it. Then a popular blog mentioned it. And then it came up in a conversation with a new acquaintance, who said he'd ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/08/25/bruni-to-perbacco-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%9cmr-bonelli-not-necessary-%e2%80%93-stay-on-vacation%e2%80%9d/ I've been placing many reviews of restaurants here on Gastromical from other sources, but haven't yet placed anything of my own here.  The fact of the matter is that I haven't gone out to dinner very much these past few years.  I'm a very unique cook, however, but I rarely ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/07/05/the-golden-bull-in-santa-monica-california/ Daphne's is a strip mall near Ontario Mills off of Milliken and the 10 fwy near Sam's Club. This is a chain restaurant of Greek fast food. They have chicken or beef kebobs, rice, Gyros,Fallafal. I went in here for late lunch around 3pm. I ordered the Gyro plate with ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/07/01/daphnes-greek-cafe/ So, I was told to go to this dive of a restaurant from one of it's "regulars". I had driven by the broken down, run down shack for years!! I was encouraged to try it though by one of it's regulars as she claimed it was a real hidden gem.....so ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/06/23/fogcutter-not-in-a-hurry-according-to-diners/ A RESTAURANT critic’s most practiced companions know that the questions to be asked in advance of a meal go beyond the address, the hour and the (fake) reservation name. As I ushered several of my most loyal and keenly inquisitive sidekicks into Bar Q for Visit 2, I tiptoed around the ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/06/20/bar-q-baby-backs-gummy-try-the-duck-says-bruni/   TABLES lined up along the windows at One Pico offer not only an ocean view, but also a glimpse of Santa Monica’s glitzy new Ferris wheel. Its complex computer system dials out the colors, changing light patterns the way a kaleidoscope does when the barrel is turned. In the foreground, ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/06/20/shutters-pico-one-perfect-walnut-meringue-says-virbilia/ Even with restaurants around the country, an armful of books, more product endorsements than Michael Jordan, and plenty of goofy TV footage, Mario Batali is the rare celebrity chef who remains a chef's chef. His food is admired by many professionals and his restaurants receive consistently good reviews. It's only been ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/06/17/batali-busy-having-fun/ Tacos Los Compadres is a small Mexican Restaurant on the corner of Mission and Rubidoux Blvd. in Riverside. I went in there for lunch. I ordered their #1 combo f0r around $5.50. It was 2 tacos rice beans and soda. Not a bad deal at all. The fish taco ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/06/17/tacos-los-compadres-riverside/ TUSCAN TERRA COTTA Ago, in the Greenwich Hotel in TriBeCa, serves dishes from Northern Italy.     BECAUSE our 8:30 p.m. table at Ago wasn’t ready by 8:51, we were still at the bar when the great wave of white wine crashed over it.   Bruni Unhappy at Ago.   Ago (Rating: Poor) I’m talking about the ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/06/12/a-no-go-at-a-go-bruni-takes-the-gloves-off-no-pig-should-perish-for-a-pork-chop-as-dry-as-one-at-ago-says-bruni/ What a rack: Vincenti's lamb, just out of the wood-burning oven, served with potato focaccia, spinach and cherry tomatoes (Photos by Anne Fishbein) Imagine your first trip to Italy, the stumbling journey through the airport, the long train ride into Rome, the jet-lagged taxi ride to your hotel. After a quick ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/06/09/vincentis/ "Ready for its close-up?" Flash! Click! Flash, flash, flash! Digital cameras erupt all over the dining room like popcorn popping. In the next booth, a quartet of young Latinas with a mom in tow crowd closer together, the better to fit in the frame. Smile, says the obliging waiter as he ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/06/05/virbila-at-beso-whats-up-with-the-crudo-she-wonders-stick-with-the-salad-she-advises/   WITH THE surfeit of steakhouses in L.A. right now, I find myself wishing my grandfather, a Nebraska cattleman, were still alive. It would be great fun to take this die-hard meat 'n' potatoes guy around and get his reaction to L.A.'s new breed of steakhouse. I'm pretty sure he'd approve ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/05/28/irene-virbilia-blt-steak-a-place-grandad-would-have-loved-she-says/     The first thing Gordon Ramsay does when he sits down for our interview is tell me how much he likes my jacket. The next thing he does is feel me up. Or rather, he runs his hand over my velvet arm. The world’s most outrageous celebrity chef wants to know ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/05/27/celebrity-chef-ramsay-colorful-language-stays-he-says/     Fry Daddy: Well-Oiled at the Thousand Cranes Tempura Bar Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood has often been considered the cradle of real Japanese cooking in America — birthplace of the California roll, base to century-old confectionery shops, the nurturer of sushi restaurants during decades when the eating of raw fish was ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/05/23/fry-daddy-tempura-legend/     While the expense-account crowd spent most of this year awaiting overblown East Coast imports, the Thai-food cognoscenti paced anxiously outside a gentrifying Norwalk minimall instead, worrying as the crumbling surfaces were rebuilt in stuccoed pastels and the structure rose to resemble a series of potential GameStops. The ancient dive bar ... http://thearcanist.net/gastromical/2008/05/23/renu-nakorn/