And, at the end of the block, the owner of Donna's Diner, taking orders, cooking food, trying to stay open.
I majored in short-order cooking.
The fish monger and the produce area (where a "vegetable butcher" will prep your artichokes and such to order for cooking at home) will also have restaurants with waiter service.
So was the invitation into the kitchen to observe short-order cooking of the Burmese kind.
Marooned on a lonesome block, at the corner of 21st Street and 49th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens, the M. Wells diner serves a Québécois take on short-order cooking: from crab and egg hash to pickled pork tongue.
He notes the "excruciating banality" of Ian Fleming and writes about him, hilariously: "He has the cordon-bleu nerve to attack one of my favorite discoveries: American short-order cooking".
Tea stops in that part of the world were a joyous introduction to Persian short-order cooking, but there have been places where I stared in disbelief at the horrible disgusting mess that one was expected to shovel down.
The company said its 200 regional franchisee operator groups would be offered a selection of more than 40 items, including specialty sandwiches and desserts, that could be made by the company's new custom-order cooking system.
But perhaps we'll seek safer menu options, where haphazard to-order cooking might be less of an issue.
Make a list of everything you need to buy, chop up the vegetables in advance, make dessert the day before, and be sure to choose an entrée that doesn't require 'to-order' cooking.
So when I read on the Internet about a new book which deals with this subject, I immediately ordered COOKING WITH ELLAMARIE, CELEBRITIES AND KIDS (Amazon and Barnes & Noble, about $37).
