pm, 5-9pm Draw: $8.95 lunch buffet Sonoma Chicken Coop 31 North Market Street San Jose, CA 95113 Phone: (408) 287-4098 Draw: wonderful roast chicken dinners Chaat Cafe 834 Blossom Hill Rd San Jose, CA 95123 Draw: tasty, cheap Indian

. The Corte Ingles is Spain’s only department store and often has a good supermarket in the basement. If you require something familiar, VIPS is a chain of diners with passable food (there’s one across from the Prado)....

How about Panificio in Beacon Hill for a breakfast? It’s pretty central for meandering around the area, or heading for the T to Harvad Square if you’re doing some sightseeing there.

What is your intended route through Tuscany to Lucca? up the coast or up the center? Will you be going into the hills north of Lucca?

If you’re like me and sit around reading On Food and Cooking, then you will definitely love cooking ATK recipes. The Cook’s Illustrated pumpkin cheesecake and the ATK’s shrimp fra diavolo and four cheese baked...

Hmmm, I don’t disparage Tex-Mex – love it! It’s just like any other food (Italian, French, American) - it’s what you’re in the mood to eat. Give me a really good margarita and a beef and double...

and operated. their motto: “nothin' but Blues and Bar-B-Q” there is a sister place in Rochester Doug’s Fish Fry 6812 East Manlius Center Road, route 290, East Syracuse fresh fish delivered from the coast every...

In defense of jalapeno poppers: Maybe this makes me less 'Hound-ish, but I like jalapeno poppers—at least the way they used to be (containing something resembling real Cheddar cheese). More recently, the so-called Cheddar...

reasonably priced alternative: Gramercy Tavern has a “new chef”, who used to work as executive chef at Blue Hill at Stone Barns. After a shaky beginning, he has found his groove at GM, and we just recently had an...

was well worth it. the burger was absolutely delicious. we also had the very yummy spicy olives and goat cheese gratin to start. two not so high notes were the peppercorn shrimp, which was kind of flavorless and the french fries...

I might also add in one of the Indian places on Curry Hill or E.6th St. Which one? For me, I’d go to Brick Lane. It is one of the more expensive spots on e 6th, but I have never had somethign terrible.

orginal with a store stil there. Highly reccomend the Grandma’s Pie. Fedrici’s in Frehold. Ultra Thin Crust. We have family in S.I. and Brooklyn, so my wife constantly brings home some of the missed good eats. We do...

8 years old. My mother making a “freezer” batch of mac and cheese (so we could make our own dinner). I decide to add some spice and go for the most colorful thing in the rack. The mint extract. My mother made me eat a...

concur with the rec for Plotkins book as a clue to stores, also Faith Willinger’s of course. There are also little notes in Slow Food and Gambero Rosso about special food sources.

What stage is it when you realize most micro and craft brewed beer on store shelves is outdated/stale/oxidized and you get fed up with getting burned buying unfresh six packs for $8-$15 and end up brewing your own delicious beer...