We are planning a Mother’s Day outing to Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, LI. We then would like to take my mom out to a nice dinner (Northern Italian, preferably). Could anyone suggest a moderately-priced (about...

You’ll be travelling up Hwy. 400 in between the 401 and 69. When you go through the Holland Marsh area (just north of Newmarket, you’ll know it by the extremely dark black earth and fields of produce) there is a nice...

to a real nice romantic place to for our anniversary. Places near Wrigley also would be appreciated as we are going to a game there in the afternoon. Thanks in advance from this New Yorker... Alan-Eastchester, N.Y.

Looking for recommendations for fish markets in DC/MD (prefer MD). In particular, some place that doesn’t charge the Fresh Fields premium. Any thoughts?

her daugher has a better education. Her daughter wants to be a translator in the political field someday, and I feel that entails some entrenching in how things are done here. Right now, everything she does in her free time is...

they’re more vegetarian-friendly than other good places such as Alma, Auriga, Lucia. Although I’m not a vegetarian, I was impressed with the "farms and fields" prix-fix menu at Heartland in St.Paul.

Fresh Fields sells several types of sea salt. I get Hain sea salt in a Morton’s-type round container for table shaker and stove-side use. For fleur de sel, look for Maldon’s, also at FF. It is British, comes in a...

For Italian in B'field: Mama Tosca’s - W of 99 (Italian) 6631 Ming Ave (after Ashe Rd) (661) 831 – 1242 Uricchio’s Trattoria. 1400 17th St (661) 326-8870 I’ve only been to the latter, but the person making the...

to try to emulate some of that benefit. Old-time farmers had a tradition of putting some dirt from old bean fields into new bean fields, thereby transferring some of the beneficial bacteria to the new fields. Sympathies on the...

Going to Cleveland and staying downtown to enjoy the Rock and Roll hall of fame plus a game at Jacobs Field. (obviously asking info way in advance. Can you reccomend the following Great breakfast near the two place. Great informal...

That was one of my favorite activities when I lived in the US and in California. Lucky you. Don’t wory about butchering the butchering. The key thing is good field dressing.

's definitely grown using animal products. The various biodynamic “preparations” require such things as the horns, intestines, and peritonea of cattle, the bladders of deer, and the skulls of sheep. These things are...

at Alan Chong’s King St location, but I’m hoping to find some places between this and mall food for the 15 yr olds with us

Alan, one thing that I miss, living in Jackson Heights, is a really good (or even a so-so) Vietnamese sandwich. (The kind with the slices of meat, not the kind with the beef stew.) I just don’t think we have them in Queens....

on Prospect St., The Fields I think. There’s a groovy hangout bar called the Enormous Room, above the restaurant Central Kitchen. Plus in descending order of diviness, the Good Life, Phoenix Landing, Middle East and...