Among the many rigors of working way-way downtown is that a good cup of coffee is impossible to find. It’s gotten so bad that I’ve taken to making tea at work. But sometimes I desperately need a great cup of coffee....

The term “artificially flavored” has long drawn scorn from food lovers. Products besmirched with the term are deemed cheap, vapid, and vaguely evil. Such foods declare themselves to have been produced via methods...

Kids in DC get their own restaurant week.

The carrots in this recipe are mashed, not mushed, so don’t worry— the texture is a far cry from baby food.

probably go back before I comment. (And right now, the Dodger Rally Cry is a silent scream.)

OK, I give up. That horribly annoying pop-up request to participate in a survey now comes intruding in every couple of clicks. I know enough not to participate. How do I get it to go away? Chow, you should know better....

And he likes Knorr stock cubes. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=493291&in_page_id=1879

I had hoped to go back to Les Elysees before chef Briffard went to Le Cinq. I had a reservation for 2 Mai that has just been cancelled. This was to be the one splurge – my other choices are worthy bistros but not the same...

Hi there! Don’t go to Anthony’s as while you want to make father-in-law might cry with joy, he might wind up crying with disappointment. I ate there last night with my husband. The menu entirely way overpriced for the...

Hello! We are celebrating my husband’s birthday and want to know which of the following restaurants (or perhaps you have other suggestions) would be best for us to bring our newborn who is calm and hardly ever cries. This...

So in light of all the recent discussions of Mexican food in Toronto, it’s ironic that Jennifer Bain has an article in today’s Star about visiting Chicago to check out the Mexican food scene there....

I just can’t think of anything interesting for lunch today. I am in Downtown Crossing. Don’t feel like the usual Falafel King or Pho Pasteur. Trying to be moderately healthy, low-ish calorie – don’t want to...

Well, the eating train rolls on! After Blue Ribbon, Shwarma King, & Pho Pasteur, We’ve gone to Hong Kong eatery and T.Lupita. HK Eatery: went there for roast pork. The whole was pretty good — had dumplings and...

My husband and I are coming down to Orlando for a week’s vacation. Lots planned — Epcot, the Mets, the Yankees, Kennedy Space Center, golf and on and on. We’re psyched. We’ve rented a condo in Kissimmee...

“Argentinean food” just means steak to a lot of people, but for more everyday food, there are a bunch of hole-in-the-wall joints that are pretty much like holes-in-the-wall in Buenos Aires. ...