“If you don’t like it, there’s the door. Pay your bill and go. And don’t come back,” says Alex Salmassi, the owner of Portofino Ristorante Italiano, pointing to the exit. I seem to have a knack for ...

What do you think the odds are that my wife, Lucy, and I would attend three dinner parties given by three different hosts -- none of whom knew us or each other -- in three different parts of the Los ...

WHERE IT'S AT Inn of the Seasons, 4311 W. Seneca Turnpike, Onondaga; 492-4001. Brad Wiese and his wife, Carole Marino-Wiese, have operated this historic inn at the top of a big hill in Onondaga for 22 ...

Osso buco hasa pedestrian name if there ever was one—it translates literally to bone-with-a-hole. This is a bit like calling the finest caviar "fish eggs," for what is in that hole is sublime marrow ...

What do you think the odds are that my wife, Lucy, and I would attend three dinner parties given by three different hosts -- none of whom knew us or each other -- in three different parts of the Los ...

It is almost magical the way a chewy, tough hunk of meat becomes velvet-on-your-tongue tender when you cook it right. But that's the way it is with osso buco, a northern Italian specialty made with ...

The last column discussed breakfast casseroles as an option for feeding a crowd for the first meal of the day. Today we will look at a classic dish from Milan that can be perfect for a romantic dinner ...

Plate up Here’s a dish that, on face value at least, has no right to be so delicious. There is just zero textural balance to osso buco with risotto Milanese, nothing to break up the moosh of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Osso buco is very much a peasant meal in Italy as it is made from a cheap cut of meat. Use very tender veal from an animal not more than three months old. However, as Australia produces such excellent ...