-knows-what to take the place of the exiting Coliseum Books; and a million tourists (people from out of town who are not familiar with the terrain) checking their maps where the entrance to my subway station used to be, then I...

dessert in all of Louisiana, maybe the world. And it was only available about once a month as a special order. Has anyone had K-Paul’s fresh coconut cake lately there? The recipe, by the way, is in the Prudhomme Family Cook...

an excerpt in a book that reminded me of how a chowhound could be regarded in the world. It had nothing to do with this site, but could! "There are two kinds of travelers. There is the kind who goes to see what there is to see and...

House in Brooklyn (for more info on this...and lots of other great eats all over the NYC area, check out my book at link below). For dim sum, Ping’s in Elmhurst, Queens, is my current favorite, but the Nice on East Broadway...

I think you’ve hit the source of their success. If you have to wait in a line to get something, it must be good. My mother-in-law only reads books that are on the NYT Bestseller list because they must be good since they...

In a review of Patricia Wells book..author of Food Lover’s Guide to Paris/France in today’s Boston Herald, she (correctly in my opinion) says that the dining experience begins when she makes the reservation...if the...

I should have said British. Puerile. [Anyone remember, Cheeky, the comic book?]

're looking for, but is damn good in my book. I also really liked the fish curry at Tamarind. My opinions are perhaps irreparably tainted by the fact that I absolutely adore Tabla in NYC, (my friend’s mother trained the...

on Adams, the one in Hyde Park on 47th, and all the others I’ve seen have the same logo. I don’t know if they are true franchises but the phone book lists about 25, virtually all on the south side. I kind of think of...

I started using it at the recommendation of Rose Levy Berenbaum in her book “The Cake Bible,” and I’ve never gone back to plain, iodized salt. I really can taste and smell the difference. Iodized has a distinct...

“Stellwagen” Zinfandel I’d promised my new friend in wine, Balacz, who’d helped me the day before. Bought a few bottles I’d not seen elsewhere and two books. From the deli around the block I grabbed a ham...

I have a friend who just published a book called the Chocoholic Traveler. She claims someone in Santa Cruz makes the best chocolate. Have to go look up the name. I think he came from Israel. vicki in new orleans

Paul Prudhomme’s Cajun meatloaf recipe (from his Louisiana Kitchen book) is our favorite. It was one of the recipes my daughter requested before she moved into her first off-campus house this year and she always wants it...

", which means “You can register him.” At that point, she asked my name. Apparently there is another Andy who goes there, so she gave me a nickname so they can keep us straight. Then she wrote my name down in a book...

They are a southern green that comes in a can – John T. Edge raved about them in his Southern Belly book so I was curious – they taste like canned greens – not my cup of tea (so now they are in the earthquake...