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A Return Visit to Royal Tavern, the Best and Worst Hamburger I Ate in Philadelphia

I'm a Philadelphian, and as far as hamburgers are concerned, I think they're best when they're simplest -- a non-intrusive bun, good beef, a slice or two of American cheese. That's the best part of a burger and all I really want. Sometimes a slice of tomato or a strip of bacon on top.

As for cheesesteaks, try John's Roast Pork http://www.johnsroastpork.com/. They have fantastic cheesesteaks and roast pork sandwiches, the best I've had.

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Served: The Ballsy Waitress

@mh330 - out of all the mean-spirited and petty comments that this post has elicited, yours has to be the meanest and the pettiest. Sure, people in other lines of work work harder and more is asked of them in terms of physical effort or risk, and education or some other qualifier, but please recall that these other people are compensated fairly and receive benefits such as paid vacation, holidays and health insurance. Servers get none of this, and if they are to get any kind of decent wage, must rely on the whim of whoever they serve, sort of like a seller on ebay needing good feedback.

I don't really support what Hannah did, because she said herself, the big tips even out the loss of the small ones, and generally a server does not get that many poor tips. But your cold response, and your attitude toward servers, makes me cheer for her and all the others who have to serve people in order to make a living.

People like you make me glad I'm no longer a waitress. And I got great tips.

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Dear Serious Eats: 'Enough with the Damn Year-End Reviews!'

I like the year-in-review posts. I only became aware of Serious Eats about 4 months ago, so this is not all old stuff for me. Holli's angry post was the first sign of incivility that I have seen on a food site. Even if she was expressing an opinion shared by many other people, she didn't have to be so nasty about it.

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From A Hamburger Today

A Return Visit to Royal Tavern, the Best and Worst Hamburger I Ate in Philadelphia

I'm a Philadelphian, and as far as hamburgers are concerned, I think they're best when they're simplest -- a non-intrusive bun, good beef, a slice or two of American cheese. That's the best part of a burger and all I really want. Sometimes a slice of tomato or a strip of bacon on top.

As for cheesesteaks, try John's Roast Pork http://www.johnsroastpork.com/. They have fantastic cheesesteaks and roast pork sandwiches, the best I've had.

From Serious Eats

Served: The Ballsy Waitress

@mh330 - out of all the mean-spirited and petty comments that this post has elicited, yours has to be the meanest and the pettiest. Sure, people in other lines of work work harder and more is asked of them in terms of physical effort or risk, and education or some other qualifier, but please recall that these other people are compensated fairly and receive benefits such as paid vacation, holidays and health insurance. Servers get none of this, and if they are to get any kind of decent wage, must rely on the whim of whoever they serve, sort of like a seller on ebay needing good feedback.

I don't really support what Hannah did, because she said herself, the big tips even out the loss of the small ones, and generally a server does not get that many poor tips. But your cold response, and your attitude toward servers, makes me cheer for her and all the others who have to serve people in order to make a living.

People like you make me glad I'm no longer a waitress. And I got great tips.

From Serious Eats

Dear Serious Eats: 'Enough with the Damn Year-End Reviews!'

I like the year-in-review posts. I only became aware of Serious Eats about 4 months ago, so this is not all old stuff for me. Holli's angry post was the first sign of incivility that I have seen on a food site. Even if she was expressing an opinion shared by many other people, she didn't have to be so nasty about it.

From Recipes

Eating for Two: Quinoa Chowder with Spinach, Feta, and Scallions

To balance out the conclusions of the study Dr Judson refers to, in which it is suggested that severely obese women might have difficulty conceiving, I would like to mention that there have also been studies which demonstrate clearly that underweight women, among them those who are constantly dieting in order to have the culturally-approved slim body, also have difficulty conceiving. The recommendation that came from those studies was that women should include enough fat and protein in their diets to maintain optimum reproductive conditions, something that cannot be done while dieting.

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Serious Eats City Guide: Philadelphia (Way Beyond the Cheesesteak)

For Best Cheesesteak, I think John's Roast Pork can at least tie with if not surpass Tony Luke's. A few months ago, 10 celebrities, including Georges Perrier and several Philadelphia sports figures, voted John's Roast Pork the best cheesesteak (by a slim margin, admittedly). Here's the link if anyone wants to read about it:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20080421_Philly_celeb_judges_name_best_cheesesteak.html

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Cook the Book: 'Chocolate Epiphany'

The piece of Venezuelan chocolate that I tasted in 1994 that changed my idea of what chocolate could taste like.

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The Most-Stained Cookbooks

The two books I go to most often: Madeleine Kamman's 1978 paperback The Making of a Cook, and Anne Seranne's 1950 The Complete Book of Home Baking. Both books give me great results, every time. Madeleine Kamman spells out the processes for cooking all types of dishes, and when I follow her instructions the food turns out just as I hoped it would. In Anne Seranne's book, I have found recipe gems for some basic dessert foods such as layer cake and pie crust that are about the best I've found anywhere. Both books are stained and worn because they are so reliable.

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Favorite foods: scrambled eggs, homemade chicken soup with noodles, pasta with butter and grated Romano cheese, cheeseburgers, my grandmother's meatballs and sauce, yellow cake with vanilla icing, potato chips.

Last bite on earth: Scrapple, scrambled eggs and home fries (although really, if I knew it was my last day on earth, I wouldn't have an appetite).