October 2006

This month, Frank Bruni of the New York Times is writing about his experiences eating in Rome on his Diner's Journal blog. One of things he mentions is what he perceives as the inferior level of service in most Rome restaurants. A number of commenters chime in, some claiming variations of "it's because Europeans hate Americans".

Filed under:  restaurants
Ed Levine Eats: Tim Zagat Likes Close to Home Cooking I agree with everything Ed says here about the Zagat guide. It's really handy mostly for its listing of addresses and phone numbers, and the "comments" are "too cute"...

If you live in the U.K., (or elsewhere where they sell U.K. newspapers complete with inserts) get ready for a week of food-related inserts starting tomorrow in The Guardian.

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Filed under:  books and media uk
When grapes get under foot | GenevaLunch Terrific pictures and story of a small Swiss winemaker who still smooshes the grapes with human feet. (tags: wine grapes switzerland) British people eat the worst food (health wise) in Europe "The...

I've been living with my new refrigerator for about a month now, and I love it. What I particularly like about it are the "Biofresh" compartments - the sealed drawers with adjustable humidity for storing fresh food. (Biofresh is term used by the manufacturer, Liebherr, but other manufacturers use other terms for it.) The humidity can be set to low for meats, fish and cheeses, and high for fruit and vegetables. And, there are three big drawers - way more than a regular refrigerator.

Filed under:  equipment

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Set your TiVos or iTunes Music Store reminders. The second season of our favorite American cooking competition show is just a week away! New host, more contestants, change of venue to Los Angeles -- could be exciting! (Or, a disaster. We'll find out.)

Filed under:  top chef tv
My Virtual Model shows the diet ‘after,’ before See yourself in an "after" (the diet) picture. (tags: diets bodyimage) Chocolate & Zucchini: C&Z Birthday Party Clothilde is having a birthday party for her wildly successful blog! If you happen...
How to haggle over your restaurant bill … before you book A web site in Scotland will let people name the price for what they'd be willing to pay for a meal, priceline.com style. (tags: restaurants scotland uk priceline)...

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