Murphy’s Mule Barn Review Bigger Is Better There are several distinct phases that occur when you eat a chicken-fried steak. First is the anticipation. The order is placed, the tummy-tum [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ Jun 14, 2007 Read More The stuff that dreams are made of: chicken-fried steak dinner. (Xavier Mascareñas)
Giovanni’s Pizzeria Review Thinner Is Better My first theater experience was in 1986, when I was marched to an off-Broadway production of Animal Farm with several of my classmates. [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ Jun 07, 2007 Read More Giovanni's dishes out a mammoth half-Napoli, half-pepperoni-and-green-chile pizza. (Xavier Mascareñas)
Doña Pepa Mexican Restaurant Review Whip It Good “What do you put in this stuff, crack?!” I asked restaurant co-owner Hector Alcarez while peering at the ice left at the bottom [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ May 31, 2007 Read More Doña Pepa Mexican Restaurant is the place to go for high-quality Mexican chow. (Tabatha Roybal)
Rising Star Chinese Eatery Review Solid, Reliable ... And Predictable Sometimes a girl needs something solid, reliable, even predictable, be it Chinese food or a nice guy. Before the age of 25, a [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ May 24, 2007 Read More Buddha looks on approvingly as Rising Star’s owner tends to business. (Xavier Mascareñas)
Thai Tip Restaurant Review Steven Seagal Gets It Adding coconut milk to a dish is a lot like adding Steven Seagal to a movie: They both come on subtle, but eventually [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ May 17, 2007 Read More Clockwise from front: Thai Tip's "Super Rice" ($13.95), Bobby's green bean tempura salad ($10.95), thom yum seafood soup ($13.95) and spicy noodle seafood ($12.95) (Xavier Mascareñas)
Snack Attack No. 22 Just Another Brick In My Craw I just ate lunch in an elementary school cafeteria, and I have to say I’m disappointed to report that school lunches have not [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ May 17, 2007 Read More Crusty, indeed.
New Menu Stuff At Flying Star ... New Menu Stuff At Flying Star ... I scored an invite to last night’s swanky soiree honoring the winners of the “hot plate” awards by Albuquerque The Magazine and the [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ May 10, 2007 Read More Free food, baby.
Chicago Beef Review They’ve Got The Dude Food The inside of Chicago Beef bears an eerie resemblance to a single guy’s apartment. This restaurant (in what used to be the Doc [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ May 10, 2007 Read More Hoss, owner of Chicago Beef, makes a deep-dish pizza to order. (Tabatha Roybal)
Snack Attack No. 21 Chiquita Fruit Smoothies These things are not good. Seriously soury-grossy-poop. I was roped in while sauntering by the freezer case, bewildered by the idea of premade, [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ May 03, 2007 Read More Hell hath no fury like Carmen Miranda’s scorn.
Snack Attack No. 20 Lay’s Rosemary And Herb Potato Chips There’s a new snack chip every five minutes. There’s a sucker born every fifteen, but a new chip every five. Most of them [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ May 03, 2007 Read More Snack the herb, mon.