Skip Barney Greengrass. They have a satellite operation in Beverly Hills. Not the same as the original, but Katz is just a classic. And you can compare it to Langer’s.

's rare, but out here you can find a decent NY pie (not great in the way DiFara in Brooklyn is great— but decent pies where you might be fooled if you closed your eyes). Of course there is the "California Pizza" with...

As kids long ago—wild watercress in the streams in the foothills of the Sierras in the spring and diving for edible seaweed near Chinaman’s Hat near Kaneohe on Oahu. Later: wild blackberries in the hills around Eugene...

against nature. Or worse yet, that “Mexican” up here meant a limp California perversion consisting of humongous, tasteless burrito “wraps”—I shudder even to mention that word! Before we threw in the...

-fries are terrific. She also bottles a salad dressing and has a little store that her mother-in-law still runs in Etna, or did a year ago. Also in Dunsmuir is a little sandwich and soup kind of place across from the tracks that...

are Another good neighborhood Trattoria – a bit off the beaten track, near the Metro Cipro, off a street called Via Marziale – is Sagra del vino. By the way, has anyone had bad experiences at Baffetto...

it might mean ditching the friend I was supposed to dine with. (His tastes run more towards House of Pies. Then again, he’s big on dessert...) Cheesemonger: do you sell at the Cheese store of Bev Hills? Where can we sample...

Oh, no claims about statistical validity or the ability to dig up unknown gems on Zagat. I do, though, find it useful as a means of tracking down a place that is unlikely to dissapoint when I visit a new town.

c oliver, I believe I am 39 – after hitting 16, when I could start to drive, then hitting 18, when I could drink, then 25 when I could rent a car anywhere in the world, I stopped keeping track. Now I am hoping to last long...

my mother who loves the amazing little cookies. Not having the opportunity to try the originals in Paris, I will admit I’ve tried a number here stateside from Keller’s at Bouchon to Paulette’s in Beverly Hills...

Park to have good dim sum, dumplings, etc. There is no Boiling Crab here either... I also kept finding myself driving to westside to go to places like Terroni, Craft, etc. To get good cheese, or gourmet groceries have to go to...

the Beverly Hills Hotel! My wife also gave me a jar of dulce de leche, as a sweet reminder of a recent trip to Argentina. Now, if I could just bend over far enough to tie my sneakers, i’m going out to exercise.......

five or six years. A trip to Cleveland can be a nonstop chow tour- lox, eggs, and onions at Jack’s Deli, then down to the West Side Market to buy a trunk load of insanely cheap produce and eat brats and spicy klobasz with...

sandwiches Yuppie burger on rye or sourdough with sautéed mushrooms, green onion and sour cream Teriyaki burger with bacon, pineapple and teriyaki sauce California burger with Ortega chiles, bacon, avocado, sour cream and jack...