real truffles: yes. truffle oil: never. never on anything.

Including prices for all the milk would be helpful on all these taste tests, you know.

Addition...Rotel is definitely available in NYC. It's in grocery stores in Williamsburg for sure. Thing is you never know where it's gonna be on the shelves. It's usually not with canned tomatoes, but in the "taco section" or the dip section.

Have any of you AHTers hit The Commodore yet? You gotta try their burger. And bring Mimi Sheraton with you...she'll love it.

@RICHYRICH

they have beer for sure, so must have wine of some sort.

@adam,

oh man, Chicken Littles. I miss those sooo much.

AHT needs to get its butt to The Commodore for their burger. (Among other things.)

For chiles and other dried ingredients, I think the best place is actually -- really -- Kalustyans which has a great selection of stuff that is near impossible to find in NYC, like cascabels and New Mexico reds. Big bags on Mexican oregano, etc etc etc.

NYC should stop making stop selling chilidogs until it leans how to make hot dog chili... no beans! Katz's hotdogs don't need it anyway, too good on their own.

while we have yet to see her reaction, i wonder what adriana would've said about the new crust if it was still focus group oriented.

Yeah, the marionette bowling pin action is totally weak. Food is good though, and it's not a bad place to see a show. I recommend everything but actually bowling there.

As someone whose followed this guy's career since his days at NY Press, it seems pretty obvious Sam's a dream choice. Funny, smart, and actually knows what he's talking about. Any bloggers/yelpers/whatever whose egos might have been bruised by that quoted statement need to get over themselves. He's awesome.