The Chicago City Council, fresh from its foie gras triumph, considers banning backyard chickens, too.

well, according to the Bridal Association of America, the average cost of a wedding cake in 2006 was $543...and there’s a good chance it’s gone up in the past few years. what are they thinking? David Chang is one of...

AP recommends absolutely gutting any semblance of fun in your company’s holiday party.

Who will dominate the Kitchen Stadium next? Who will reign supreme?

Hello I am planning a very small bridal shower and i need some suggestions of restaurants/caterers/bakeries that can put together and tasty, nice platter of food for our guests. It doesn’t have to be fancy but am hoping to...

The cafeteria at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, a.k.a. Mitsitam Café, seems enticing.

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Tiny Fort Ross Vineyard experiments to perfect a South African varietal.

For all those embroiled in/intrigued by the debate on the nature of Nepalese food on the Manhattan Board: The Nepal Cookbook by the Association of Nepalis in the Americas ISBN 1-55939-060-3. This little book tells what...

it’s technically a kind of sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas – it’s just a specific variety associated with the Caribbean/South America with a lot of staple crops there will be a few broad types of it for different...

Mother’s Day is the single biggest dining-out day in America, having now surpassed even Valentine’s Day. If the National Restaurant Association can be believed, about 40% of the American population will be dining out...

hello chowhounds – there’s a pretty neat traveling eshibit from the Smithsonian Institute called "Key Ingredients - America by Food". The website is www.keyingredients.org for more information. But I suspect that...

I did a search and last September someone asked about the restaurants associated with the WCI – the International Dining Room and the International Bistro. No one responded. I am a huge fan of both the French Culinary...

Sadly, I can’t make it to the class; please e-mail me if you’d like to buy my ticket for $13. The class will be held at 1100 Jefferson Dr., SW, DC in June. I can mail you the ticket or you can pick it up. From the...

" by the James Beard Association. He joins us today to talk about Alinea, about the state of cooking in America today, about the importance of fundamentals and also the importance of looking forward. Is it molecular gastronomy?...