Posts by BenRias

Hopefully, I am not the only one here who does this. But, every 4 or 5 months or so, I get the hankering for Olive Garden. I know the food will suck and/or the service. But to satisfy my craving, I ignore my mind and follow my gut. ...

In-n-Out Burgers and Jack in the Box. I don't know if In-n-Out is elsewhere besides the CA and NV.

We are not rich, but D@mn will we spend money on dinners...and living in Vegas is dangerous for this attitude :) Three most expensive meals for us: 1) Craftsteak at the MGM...my first Kobe beef experience. WONDERFUL! Two people...

In case we were getting tired of the bad service threads..... Tonight we ate at a pretty decent steakhouse. And one thing my wife kept mentioning was how happy the servers were. Further, the servers properly served and removed our...

So for those of you with experience buying/selling restaurant businesses is it something you would recommend? A friend of mine just purchased a restaurant and seems to be enjoying it. Her jumping right into the fire has got my mind...

OK, I finally made them. I don't recall the amount of yeast I used, but I did use an adjusted amount of instant/rapid rise yeast instead of fresh yeast. (I had learned that rapid and instant were 1-to-1 interchangeable, but Julia says...

So after all the experimentations that we have tried on this thread, can someone tell me WHY home ovens don't turn out loaves as nice as professional ovens? From what I understand, the steam only helps within the first few minutes. ...

I kid you not I tried it tonight and I swear I lost 15 pounds. (OK...Maybe not 15, but me and my wife were laughing trying to keep up with her). Here is what you do: 1) Swallow your pride and turn the TV to food network. 2) Wait...

I don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for, but try Vocation Vacation website.--www.vocationvacation.com i think. They have "vacations" where you work in restaurants, vineyards, chocolate kitchens,...

this link should work...if not, just paste it: http://pbs-juliachild.virage.com/cgi...ord=croissants as for cake yeast, can instant be substituted? I have seen instant and active be interchangeable with certain adjustments, but I...