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Why we review mediocre restaurants

I would rather discover that Pete's Grille in Glen Burnie has fabulous boeuf bourguignon and be the first to announce it to the world than be yet another reviewer raving about Volt. First, I don't want to prejudge a restaurant. Of course, it's hard ...

From ELIZABETH LARGE, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  23 Nov 2009

Vegetarian dinner No. 1

Faithful readers know that my daughter is off meat and poultry at the moment, so I decided I should try to cook vegetarian dinners every night until Thanksgiving. If I weren't on vacation, I would tell her to suck it up and eat what's on the table ...

From ELIZABETH LARGE, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  22 Nov 2009

Next Sunday's review

Next Sunday I won't have a review in the paper because I'm on vacation this week. I think it's the first time the actual vacation has coincided with the announcement. That's because I always worked further ahead, but when I got the stomach flu this ...

From ELIZABETH LARGE, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  22 Nov 2009

The most fabulous pumpkin pie in the universe

I woke up this morning thinking about the pumpkin pie discussion, and whether there could be a fabulous pumpkin pie. I decided if anyone could make one, it would be James Beard. Which is why I was in the basement going through my old cookbooks at 5:30 ...

From ELIZABETH LARGE, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: James Beard

Comment of the Week

Deep (and true, IMHO) thought from Garrison Keillor two weeks ago: "Pumpkin pie is the essence of mediocrity. The very best pumpkin pie you ever tasted is practically indistinguishable from the very worst pumpkin pie you ever tasted." I happen to like ...

From ELIZABETH LARGE, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Garrison Keillor

T - 5: What are you doing today?

If i were cooking Thanksgiving dinner and working this week, I'd be shopping for as much I could five days in advance, making the carrot souffle and freezing it (see earlier Thanksgiving menu), cooking the cranberry sauce and cutting the bread in cubes ...

From ELIZABETH LARGE, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  21 Nov 2009

A decade of oysters and beer

Somehow I missed the first nine Oyster and Microbrew Tastings; but next Saturday, Nov. 28, the 10th Annual will be held at Kooper's Tavern in Fells Point from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are sold the day of the event. They cost $40 and there are 100 of ...

From ELIZABETH LARGE, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  21 Nov 2009

Looking ahead to next week

I'm taking next week off to do something I haven't done in forever: Have a week off at home. There are chores to be done, and my daughter and I have a movie list a yard long; but I'll still have time to blog with the help of some virtual friends. I'm ...

From ELIZABETH LARGE, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  20 Nov 2009

Robert goes Hawaiian

Philippine food is something you don’t see a lot of in Baltimore, and I don’t think you really see a lot of it in the rest of the country either.  It often seems that presence of different types of Asian cuisine is either feast or famine.  Obviously ...

From ELIZABETH LARGE, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  20 Nov 2009

One more reasonably priced Thanksgiving dinner

Crossroads is a nice little restaurant -- more than a hotel coffee shop but not fancy. It's been fairly recently renovated and is cheerful and bright. Anyway, I see that it will be serving its regular menu on Thanksgiving Day from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p. ...

From ELIZABETH LARGE, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  20 Nov 2009

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