) in a traditional shallow clay “cazuela” and presented with a wooden fork (so that the tongue is not burned) is celebrated throughout the world as “Angulas a la bilbaina (Bilbao-style elvers)”. This is a...

"But you’ve got to admit that there are way too many places that lop a side of beans/rice on a plate and then wrap some cheese in corn tortillas, pour on some blah sauce, and call it a combo dish worth $7.99" Maybe but I...

: picked up my kid at the (quite upscale) home of one of her friends after a birthday party. A few parents were chatting and the host offered me a glass of wine, then went off to the kitchen, came back and put a glass of slightly...

dove pin that I promptly affixed to my lapel. After a pause that was just a shade too long (especially since we didn’t yet have menus), we were approached by a manager who said he had a party of three who were waiting to be...

really can’t get elsewhere, and you won’t forget. Finding the place itself can be an adventure. Yongsusan is good. If you’re a party of 4 or more, order a private room. The set menu from $22 up is good. I...

and very refreshing, and a great pre-dinner drink because it really piqued the appetite. On the non-alcoholic side, on a hot day, some homemade watermelon lemonade really hit the spot.

We recently tried Paw Paw Bar & Grill at 12151 Westheimer. It’s a Persian & Greek restaurant. Because we had a party of 8, we sampled a variety of appetizers, cheeses and grilled meats (all chef’s choice). The Halloumi grilled...

incredible dinner party) and commented to Roy, the head pit man (is their any nobler title?) that I’d heard it might not taste the same after the move. My test question got the response “Man, it'll be better,”...

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

These are the weighty sorts of questions with which we chowhounds must struggle mightily, Dennis (for an example, see the 10/14 entry in my dining diary...which you can find linked on our home page as "What Jim Had For Dinner")....

. Literally. He taught me that there’s a reason some places aren’t popular. That said, many of my best meals were at no presense establishments — and, for that matter, state fairs and fund-raising dinners. To me,...

there with a large party and even the more Cantonese-style dishes were excellent. Giang Nan is another Chinese outpost that has never disappointed.

and an elderly woman cooking. Then one night—boom! different wait staff, different chef, and voila, lousy dinner. It was a huge disappointment, almost enough to keep me from returning. In fact, I’ve only since been...

looking into diets which could lower my cholesterol and I am confronted with a bewildering array of contradictory information. The party line, of course, is that diets high in saturated fats are bad, bad, bad — no more sour...

I’m surprised at the treatment at Darya. I’ve been at many parties they’ve catered, and the food is excellent, with lots and lots of vegetarian options. Sorry you didn’t get the chance to sample any of...