"...a Peyton Place-like tell-all memoir would give a better picture of what's going on. "
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For one last moment, I was in Portugal.
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It was a thousand times better than the sandwiches and pizza slices I usually wind up with in this part of town.
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I sought out the proto-diner, the place that offered the food that was eaten here before pizza, dosas and General Tso came along.
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"...a platter of food here would have once been described as "wholesome;" Properly cooked meat, vegetables, and starch served on real plates with real silverware. It's something that was once the norm; both a family restaurant and a bar rolled into one."
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"Our happiest time is to enjoy the dumpling."
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"It's a four-stool snack bar in back of a nice little grocery store filled with Oaxacan specialties." Photos: Brian Yarvin For quite awhile, I'd been trying—and failing—to learn more about La Costeñita, a tiny island of authentic Mexican cooking adrift...
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"Beautiful bellies, bones for soup, ears and intestines, you name it, it's there." Back in July I wrote: "Right now... I believe The Great Wall is the best Chinese supermarket in the state, but rival chain Asian Food Center is...
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