gourmetgrazer

Wow! Pretentious much? I hope you can find some folks elite enough to step up and earn their graduate degree. Then they can go toe to toe with the very best huh? Maybe a textbook is in order to inform the amateurish. Sycophants feel free to chime in.

agreed...winner!

Don Rockwell.com is trite

even money an old hand comes back

Sign Seen on Door "WE'VE NEVER ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING BUT FRANCHISES NOW AVAILABLE!....FREE PRODUCT PACK: INCLUDES COMPILED JOHNNY ROCKETS/APPLEBEE'S/FARM SCHTICK PRIMER IN A SNAZZY THREE RING BINDER!.....FREE HAT TO EVERY FRANCHISEE! BE LIKE SPIKE THE FIFTH LOSER ON AN OVEREXPOSED SHOW. "I touched padma"-Chef Spike..." *the wedge salad is a trademark of mediocrity everywhere. all rights reserved PS-The chef from Rover's in Seattle wants his hat gimmick back

is a souffle that hard? it should be in a contestant's repetoire. PS who would we like to see from DC on this show?

The simple quetsion is, "what is the average per person check at Dino outrside of RW?" if it is less than 30.08, you are obviously going to do better. Moderately priced restaurants are going to see less of a drop in margin than more expensive ones. It's the restaurants choice to participate, and I would expect that they would deliver the same level of quality and service regardless of RW. H&R Block is kind of like the Olive Garden of Tax Preparation so the analagy doesn't hold water.

I had very similar preparation called general tso's sweetbreads at circle bistro back in 05-06, any correlation?

Alain Ducasse at the St. Regis, its happening soon. Just too add another absentee landlord to the mix

i thought miles vadan(sp?) was cooking at sonoma

Why, JoeH, do I and my wife and three kids need to be educated? I don't live in Ashburn, I live in Alexandria, but how unseemly it is to make a derogatory generalization about "families". The assumption here is not that Ashburn is a hick town, but it is populated by people too stupid to appreciate good food. Irregardless of the economic standing of individuals and families in Loudoun County JoeH has made the case that families who live in the suburbs are stupid and boring. I know those two words do not appear in his posts, but there is an unwritten subtext at the core of his argument. Basically it states that this pizza joint for whatever reason is wasted on people in the suburbs. I do not agree. A great meal should be an everyday thing for all people, and what constitutes a good meal is defined by individuals who eat them. Are you saying that my in-laws are stupid because they wouldn't pay 20 dollars for any pizza, let alone 16, that they are unfrefined because they like to eat at a local meat and three that you wouldn't include in your superfluous fluff pieces singing the praises of has been celebrity chefs? I think you forget that people are entitled to enjoy what they want without having to hear about how wrong they are from others. tatse is an individual thing, subjective and free from outside coinstraints. When you comment on how people don't get what they are missing, or need to be educated, you fall into the political trap of "if people only knew what I know, they'd think like me", how boring a world where we all eat chain made BBQ pizza. PS- What is the problem with vans in the parking lot as well? What the f does it matter what people drive, are my kids ruining your enjoyment of a BBQ pizza, which having never tried it nor planning to, smacks of CPK mish mash, a suprise that someone so effusive in his praise for absentee chefs and their brand of hyper regionality would find comfort and joy in a BBQ pizza. I think BBQ is BBQ and Pizza should be pizza, sauage and peppers, sure, pepperoni, great, oh god I may just like plain cheese don't tell Jose or I may never get a table at minibar again...

i believe the reference is for piment d'esplette, a dried ground pepper from southern france

what would qualify as the wrong sides?

seconds to Eat Drink Man Woman, Tampopo(a ramen western), Mostly Martha (awesome for its food scenes but a bit sacchrine), Big Night is a killer(best soundtrack for food movie), Like water fo Chocolate(I mean naked on horseback how cool is that) New entries: Scent of Green Papaya, good story, meditative pace, kick ass vietnamese food Dinner Rush(if only for the "what is this shit, these are chives not fucking snowflakes, gimme your knife...this knife is a dull piece of shit, your fired.")or giving the world the term "food nymph(o)" Spanglish(I know, not the best film, but "I'll have a side of Paz Vega"and Keller was the "technical advisor" for the restaurant scenes, and how could you not love Sandler "eating to cope" by sitting in the cheese cooler with a mountain of Epoisses) Delicatessan Soylent Green And the two Coreys/Kiefer Sutherland/Dianne Wiest/Edward Herrman/Jason Patric/Jamie Gertz vehicle, The Lost Boys

chef? last name blankenship(sp)