Thanks Pat, but the big question is... WHERE did you go??? :) New Rochelle? if you can divulge your little secret, mosey on over to the Tristate board and let us all in to your chinese porridge secret...

::::Sigh::::: The Elmwood Park Diner. I remember. And the Hillside Diner in Oakland, the Suburban Diner in Paramus, the Rochelle Park Diner, the Park Ridge Diner....ah yes, I remember. :-) But I agree – the Agawam IS really...

) and Dobb’s Ferry, Hastings, etc all on the Hudson river are quaint too. So, GCguy – to make a long post even longer, I’d suggest not one town but a few – pick an area – ie, Sound Shore (New Rochelle...

The SF hounds are holding a picnic on October 4 that we hope will be an “ultimate” food event. Can you recommend a specialty, perhaps local food item for inclusion in a “Hounds Favorites” tasting (and for use...

Didn’t your mother always tell you to wear clean underwear and look presentable when going out, because you never know who you might meet? And, like me, you didn’t listen. Last week I needed a Chowhound fix. I’d...

Both places were represented in the BBQ tasting we had last spring. I’ve attached BBQ maven Rochelle's write-up of the tasting — it was quite a lively discussion! Link: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/show/19139#63047

and the photographer Chris Rochelle did a crawl with me last winter during the “research” for this article. 3 Bison – I have never cooked bison, but a good butcher will set you straight on the most tender cut....

? Notably good takeout food around here? I’m hoping for options other than pizza or Subway if I get home at 10 and am too tired to cook. Thanks again! —Chris

No one has mentioned Ruth’s Chris as yet — over at the Westchester Marriott on Tarrytown Road. Not spectacular, but reliable, and I think preferable to Morton’s as far as fancy steack chains in this area go.

, everything that goes into a class-A operation, was at our disposal and offered to us as an experience, and we enjoyed it and left. Is it fair to ask for more? Is it fair to demand “magic”? Guy Savoy, in Paris, was...

Downstairs – Chef Chris of Kelsey Oliveto – Chef Paul Bertolli There are some other hook-ups in town, but these are on the “eat first here” list. Over the counter pastries worth trying at: Citizen Cake and...

I’m gonna post this and step back, knowing the passion Krispy Kreme posts can conjure... Link: http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/living/0331krispy.html

Did anyone catch the Iron Chef USA battle tonight on UPN. It was so cheesy it was unbelievable. I don’t know why I didn’t know it was going to be on. They mustn’t have promoted it much. I’ve never eaten a...

school” butchers long enough; you’ll learn that such a practice is sacrilegious. Every time I’m in Tarrytown I stop by Ruth Chris for a cold beer. I love to inquire abut their practice of freezing their meat during transit. I...

Thanks sixe – looks like a GREAT place (and you went there on my birthday, if you posted same night as going there [grin]). I Mapquested to see where Campania is located, as I grew up in Ridgewood/Wyckoff and also lived in...