Hello internet! We're off to California for a couple of weeks, so no posts from us for a while. We're going to plenty of restaurants including The Bazaar by Jose Andres, Chez Panisse (home of... Click the post title to read the full...

Hello! The address of this blog has changed to http://www.palace-foods.com The RSS feed and all of that stuff should still work, and any links to http://palacefoods.blogspot.com or individual... Click the post title to read the full post

I don't think I'll ever lose the feeling of being out of place in restaurants more expensive than Red Rooster. Childhood special occasions were celebrated in suburban Chinese restaurants,... Click the post title to read the full post

Last week's episode of Top Chef was Restaurant Wars and to celebrate (geez we are so lame?) we had some friends over and set the mild challenge of each cooking something that had been featured on Top... Click the post title to read the full post

Goddamn summer. When the temperature gets above 30 degrees or so, a lot of the things that I like to cook and eat stop being quite so attractive. No more long, slow braises, no more soft polenta... Click the post title to read the full post