I won't bore you with the story of Purim (though it is a good one). What's more relevant to this site are the holiday's traditional cookies, Hamantaschen. Sometimes they're huge and sometimes their small, but they are always shaped in triangles and typically filled with either jam or a poppy seed co...

Carolyn Grantham alerts us to the existence of deep-fried cupcakes, at Kick Ass Cupcakes: ... We ate it walking down the street, our faces smeared with chocolate syrup and cream. It's not something one can consume delicately or with any pretense of sophistication. It's also something best shared; a ...

I have solved the TMJ4 Brookfield Perkins "Dirty Dining" mystery that I've been writing about since December 2008. My TV viewing and radio listening habits kept me from finding out the truth sooner. The "NEWS" on TMJ4 can be bought. Last night, I was watching the 10:00 PM news on TMJ4. As usual, Thu...

How’s this for a restaurant with — literally — a shitty theme? Every customer sits on a stylish acrylic toilet (lid down) designed with images of roses, seashells or Renaissance paintings. Everyone dines at a glass table with a sink underneath. The servers bring your meal atop a mi...

We interrupt this broadcast to bring you pictures of cute kids and pretty food; hopefully it will be a nice change from the whining of the previous posts. Thank you for your many kind and sympathetic comments. They really helped cheer me up, as did hibernating at home (where bad things never happen)...

Irishman The Healthy by Chef Gavan Murphy Steamed Mussels and Clams with Fresh Tomatoes and Thyme I love March for many reasons. It’s the beginning of Spring, I’ll be turning 27 again and the ultimate reason—St. Paddy’s Day arrives!  Most people will be drinking their meals that day bu...

At least, according to Esquire Magazine, which put Al's Breakfast and Hell's Kitchen in the best of list. Are they right?...

The stuffed-dough Spanish turnover called the empanada dates back to an ancient Arab dish, first created around the 8th-century. The delicious baked or deep-fried pockets are filled with savory meats and vegetables, or with sweetened fruit and served as a dessert. Fillings vary as much as the cultur...

So remember that piece of furniture I was refinishing? Did you click on the link? Did you notice the title of that post? How it was #1, like there was going to be more posts about it. And then you waited and waited and then you started to think that maybe the buffet fell off the face of the Earth. A...

Time for my weekly TMJ4 "Dirty Dining" update. (These weeks really fly by.) Courtny Gerrish's February 26, 2009, "Dirty Dining" installment spared restaurants bad publicity this week. It was a Blue Ribbon Award day. Owners and staff of restaurants with problem reports could breathe a sigh of relief ...