until 5 minutes before dinner Do stick around after dinner for small talk and coffee, but don’t overstay your welcome – if i’m yawning and stretching, take the hint Do make conversation with other guests, but...

Well, are you looking only for Taiwanese, or open to other options? Just east of Valley and Delta is Banh Mi Che Cali, which is a Vietnamese sandwich store. 3 sandwiches for $3.50, plus $1.00 for iced coffee or $1.00 for che (the...

15% was what my age group (I’m now 52) was taught but it seems that 18-20% is now the norm for those raised in the '90s. Higher salary expectations for blue collar positions probably, but I’m no sociologist. As I...

to minimize the dippy type appetizers and focus on single-bite foods? You can really do anything... from steak, red onion and blue cheese quesadillas, to spinach and artichoke dip, or lobster ceviche to smoked salmon and caviar....

at the Coffee News Cafe in St. Paul (on Grand Ave, West of Snelling), though the toast and potatoes that come with it aren’t extraordinary. Also, for just your day to day weekend breakfast joint, I like Longfellow Grill...

are so manifold it’s hard to know where to start. Let’s try here: [QUOTE]The Cornish Pilchard. The Chilean Blue Egg Hen. The Cypriot Tsamarella and Bosnian Sack Cheese. You haven’t seen these foods at McDon­ald’s because they are...

That looks wonderful. Serving coffee? I’ll be right over!

Wiv called me out of the blue last night from his car and we ended up having three (yes, three!) consecutive dinners. Talk of chowing on the heroic scale! It would have been four dinners in all if Lem’s at 75th had been...

honey tastes with cheese (blue cheese, parmesan, and feta). This is adapted from a recipe I found on Epicurious. All proportions to taste. The combination of salt, sweet, and pepper will keep your mouth happy. 1 pound of good feta...

they started loudly complaining about the smoke, and most people in the bar actually put their cigs out. The game on tv was going well, so the crowd was loud. These people complained to the manager again, this time about the...

I eat very few processed or fast foods, thankfully, so I don’t even have the option to consume trans fat most of the time. HOWEVER, I have an on-again/off-again addiction to my own personal “crack”: General Foods...

see.. cheese and fruit are fine... Nashi with aged cheddar, figs and blue cheese, apricots and marscapone... All good here in PG land. I do however support your goddess-given right NOT to like them.

Piki bread would be my choice—an old traditional food made by Pueblo people in New Mexico. It’s a paper-thin bread made from red or blue cornmeal, folded into layers. One aspect of making it involves rubbing...

In my business, my co-workers are generally blue-collar, but seem to be interested in the finer points of dining. When we lunch in restaurants like Olive Garden (their favorite) I’ve been trying to suppress their urges to...

....and bottled water!