RE: Food For Thought

That's some great grilling there! I do wonder how they get those chops so tender, they must have some sort of tenderizing marinade that does the magic. That chicken tortilla soup looks great! You're wife has a great recipe there and easy to do.

I agree on the steak, it's almost always better when you do it yourself at home with a good cut of meat.

Casseroles could be done in restaurants, they just have to cut them up like your wife and reheat. I used to go to an Italian place that would do their lasagna that way, and it was awesome! It might just be the culture of casseroles are older folks food, my mom used to make them all the time. But nowadays it seems like the culinary palate of the younger generations has moved away from the good old reliable casseroles. And its's a shame!

Never open a restaurant though, very tough business and almost all new ones fail in the first year. I don't the experience in the first place to do so, but a think it's a fools errand! But it might be fun!