own hot dogs and he sold that recipe when he sold the company. I haven’t seen a Lum’s since I left Miami in 72. I was only there for the Democratic & Republican conventions held that year. I was working for a news...

Greetings! I’m in Manhattan on Super Tuesday night – looking for something close to Mardi Gras or Cajun. Midtown area good; but will cab/subway further afield. Lacking that – anyone know where the local pols (...

Must go to Birmingham on biz. What’s the best for that city? Any local specialties I’ve never heard of? I’m staying downtown by the convention center. I’m also scouting for restaurants for a future...

. What I’d like to know is why sticks of butter (and margarine) are long and thin in the east and shorter and fatter in the west. (It’s true that since some brands, like Land O' Lakes, have gone national, you find the...

National Harbor’s dining is all new, soul-less, expensive, difficult, with convention-group and parking issues. And the highways around it clog at rush. Plus if the wind is wrong, the Blue Plains sewage plant upriver is...

for the Democratic convention and I’ve been to Times Square for the ball drop) But I will also assume that if they give me a reservation (on Amtrak or at a restaurant) that they will honor it and I will be able to get to...

I’ve offered to find a Chowhoundish restaurant for dinner for 16. We’re in town for a national convention in April. Some of us are Chowhounds; the rest will go along for the culinary ride. Two years ago our convention...

I’ll be in town from L.A. for the National BBQ Association Conference/Convention in Knoxville, TN form Feb 22-26 and want to stop by the BEST rib joints in the above mentioned areas. What can you folks recommend?

With a 10-15 cab ride, you can access all of San Diego! We like paralled 33, all of the food is derived from different concepts from nations along the parallel. It is located on Washington Street, about 5 minutes from the...

“marketing skills” are we talking about here? Does anyone see Kogi commercials? Bus ads? Billboards? The main “skill” is simply that Kogi was first to market with a new concept and word of mouth did the...

this almost "national" dish. My favorite is the Democratic Labor Day picnic for Tri-tip and often if you find churches or other local booster groups putting on a Tri-Tip BBQ, you can get some very good food at very low prices....

The Democratic speaker of the House who resigned in 1989 because of a scandal? If that’s him, maybe the recipe is in one of those congerssional cook books from the period of the 1980’s. Maybe some hound out there has...

It’s been a loooong time since I’ve been (a Democrat was President) so who knows how much the prices have changed; back then I recall the Grand maybe being around $130 and I don’t have a good grasp on what the...

Today" Public Relations Director, Polish National Alliance Saturday, Sept. 14, 2002 10 a.m. to Noon at The Chicago Historical Society 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, Illinois There’s a lot more than pierogi’s to...

critic for the annual national librarians convention. It is loaded with good information and a real sense of what is in the I-Drive area. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA421031.html This link will connect you to a post...