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Gift from Dallas/TX
I bought everything at Central Market except the jerky, which I picked up at a souvenir shop, and the liquor, which came from Goody Goody. Have fun!
Gift from Dallas/TX
I've been musing on this very question, since I'm about to embark on a trip that will require a few host gifts. I had to eliminate many of the items that first occurred to me -- including kolaches and hot guts -- because they'd need to be eaten immediately or kept frozen. I ended up putting together baskets with pickled jalapenos, queso, corn chips (all bearing the Go Texan seal), Cowtown cookies, Hail Merry chili pecans (made in Dallas, although I'm not certain the pecans were grown in state), Dr Pepper beef jerky and Balcones Baby Blue corn whiskey. Good luck.
Food delivery in Albany
A friend of mine in Albany is dealing with a family crisis this week, and understandably doesn't feel like cooking. But since it seems pretty silly to bake, freeze and send a lasagna from my North Carolina kitchen, I'm wondering whether I might instead be able to purchase an applicable gift certificate. Does Albany have a restaurant delivery service, or a reliable purveyor of pre-made dinners?
Thanks!
Does Chicago have a black market for restaurant reservations?
Success! We're in at North Pond at an almost reasonable 6:45 p.m. Thank you all!
Does Chicago have a black market for restaurant reservations?
No go at Alinea. But the staffer couldn't have been nicer; I assumed she'd spit and hang up. Good advice.
Does Chicago have a black market for restaurant reservations?
So funny to encounter a fellow Southern chowhounder here. Delta: I found the ticket through cheapoair.com.
I'm going to call Alinea right now.
Does Chicago have a black market for restaurant reservations?
While I suppose posting on Chowhound isn't the most discreet way to discover an underground reservations trading scene, I figured it was worth asking: I just booked tickets for an impromptu Valentine's trip to Chicago (priced at an irresistable $135 roundtrip from Asheville, N.C.), and am now trying to weasel my way into one of the city's best restaurants with two days notice. My wish list is remarkably predictable: Alinea, Blackbird, L20, North Pond. I was able to score the last available seating at DB Primehouse (5 p.m.), but would happily pay for a better time and table.
Where might I advertise for this sort of thing? Surely there's a Chicago couple somewhere who had a horrendous fight yesterday, and would gladly scrap its celebratory plans. Less optimistically, is there an overlooked restaurant I ought to consider? A bit of background: I work as a food writer, and am enthusiastic about anything delicious. My husband's a pretty conservative eater, and likely won't want to dip into any authentic international cuisine for Valentine's.
Thanks so much!
Looking for late-night dining in San Jose
I'm headed to the Bay Area for the Fancy Food Show next week, and am trying not to waste a single meal. I land at SJO on Friday around 9:30 p.m. and -- since my flight leaves from there at dawn Monday morning -- am staying at The Montgomery. While I plan to spend the bulk of the weekend in SF, exploring suggestions culled from this board, is there any chance of my doing any memorable eating in San Jose on Friday night?
Thanks in advance. Y'all make us Southern hounds seem sated.
Disappointing meal at Grange, Ann Arbor
Is anyone actually eating at this place? From the website, this sounds like the type of restaurant that would generate tremendous buzz just about anywhere else. But when I asked fellow Chowhounders a few days back to advise whether the Grange was a good choice for my one meal out when visiting my parents later this month, I received nary a response. What's going on?
Grange Kitchen and Bar -- Ann Arbor, Mich.
I'm headed to A2 (my hometown, although I haven't lived there since 1994) at the end of September to cheer on the Wolverines, observe Yom Kippur and eat. My family's offered to treat me to one great meal while I'm there. My default choice is always the Roadhouse, but I'm intrigued by preliminary reports from the Grange. Will I have any regrets if I go there?
Eating our way up Michigan's western coast
Although I'm a native Michigander, I left for college a few short months after receiving my drivers license, and never had the chance to thoroughly explore my home state. I'm looking to rectify that in conjunction with my brother's wedding next month, as I meander up from my parents' house in Ann Arbor (where I'm picking up the wedding booze) to the venue near Traverse City. I have a full two days to make the trip.
I'm hoping to build my itinerary around edible destinations, and would love fellow Chowhounders' suggestions. I'm clear on what to eat once I'm north of Sleeping Bear dunes (like many metro Detroiters, I've spent plenty of time in the TC area), but have no idea what lies between there and A2. Thoughts?
Thanks in advance for all your help.
Where do the Tigers fans go? - Detroit
Great suggestions all. I too thought the rotten economy would mean a surfeit of tickets, but I'm happy to do my cheering and drinking down the road. Thanks for all the ideas. Go Tigers!
Where do the Tigers fans go? - Detroit
I'll be visiting family in Ann Arbor for the Passover holiday, and am looking for the perfect bar at which to watch the Tigers' home opener (I was originally looking for actual tickets, but long ago abandoned that heartbreaking quest.) Any suggestions for a Detroit-area watering hole with local character and a reliably large crowd of Tigers fans? Thanks!
Chasing inauguration craziness, 1/19
As one of the gazillion outlanders descending on the Capitol region next weekend, I'm looking for the perfect place to eat on Inauguration Eve. Thanks to Chowhound, I've collected plenty of suggestions for D.C. restaurants that serve great food, memorable food, authentic food and affordable food, but what I'm really seeking is Inaugural ambiance. What's the quintessential eatery for Democratic dining on Monday night? Many thanks in advance from North Carolina.
Is it mad to stuff an apple with sausage?
Thanks so much for all the good ideas. I think hollowing out the apples a bit deeper and experimenting with well-seasoned chicken sausage (and possibly adding some chicken broth to prevent the cereal from drying out the stuffing) might be just the ticket. If I win the Malt-O-Meal coupons, I owe one to each of you.
Is it mad to stuff an apple with sausage?
I spend far more time in restaurants than my own kitchen -- for me, figuring out how many shakes of salt and pepper to add to a prepared dish counts as cooking -- so I probably shouldn't have accepted a challenge to create a recipe for an upcoming state fair contest. But accept I did, and now I'm in desperate need of expert advice.
The rules of this sponsored contest require the entrant to use one of the company's cold cereals in the recipe. I settled on Apple Zings, mostly because it was the first name on the list. I started out by trying to recall recipes that called for something like bread crumbs, thinking crushed Zings could be a worthy subsitute. I thought about meatloaf. And then, since this is apple cereal, I thought about pork loaf. Finally, I came up with the idea of stuffing apples with cooked sausage mixed with crushed apple cereal and baking them.
Needless to say, the results weren't exactly blue ribbon-worthy. The flavors failed to meld, and the whole dish just seemed, well, weird.
Where did I go wrong? Should I be using ground pork instead of sausage? Is there a certain kind of sausage or apple that would help? Do I need to add some liquid?
Can this recipe be saved???
