't be the only one not smoking) 7. The Water Grill (see number 1 above) 8. Chuck’s Steakhouse, Marina Del Rey, circa 1974 (perhaps it’s a trick of memory, but there was something about going to dinner with my dad and...

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(blueberry), lemon cream...that’s all i can remember. didn’t have, didn’t need dinner that night.

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-star before that. A noisy, rude party of 12 were nearby, hosted by old game-show host Jan Murray, if anyone is old enough to remember him. I was surprised that he was still living. Murray’s group finally left, and waiters...

Jacques Pepin made a comment on his show once about how he used to chase down chickens to make his dinners. He said most Americans open a package of chicken breasts, a pack of spinach and call that cooking. Everyone has a...

I have given Wholefoods a second chance after buying a stale moldy peach pie. I was serving the pie to dinner guests but upon closer examination, we saw molds on the pie. It was a good thing I had ice cream to serve. When I...

of Bridgeport just before the Mexicans and Salvadorans started opening up shops. And rarely ate in Hartford. Just about every “Mexican” place I’ve been to in CT offered combo plates – a very...

Seriously, do people actually like Girl Scout Cookies? The renowned Thin Mints taste like a glorified after-dinner mint. The samoas are so cloyingly sweet they make my teeth ache just typing this. And, honestly, I would rather eat a...

Breakfast: Longboarder(avoid the 101 Cafe...the food there i or miss at best) Lunch/Dinner: Johnny Manana’s Ruby’s(normally I don’t like chain restaraunts but the Ruby’s at the end of the Oceanside Pier has...

chocolate with a strong candy corn scent. I think it could be fun to use as the center of cookies baked for a halloween party. Now that someone mentioned it, I am going to have to get some Mary Janes and candy corn for my...

My dad loves Ruth Richel’s “Tender At The Bone” and got a great raspberry custard tart recipe out of it. Campanile (a local restaurant here) did a great comfort-foodish dinner based on her food. He’s a big...

-boggling schedule of street fairs, neighborhood block parties, garden walks, free concerts at Grant Park, free films at the park, music festivals, art fairs etc. We just mentioned (on another thread) the free shuttle that the...

close a resemblance to death to happily accommodate a loud party of Chowhounds. Likewise, death seemed a distinct possibility at the Serbian restaurant if seven or eight of us came in flashing digital cameras and insisting on...

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