by making a product not from powder for people they hope will understand and love that. this is their livelihood, how they put food on the table for their families, pay the shop’s rent and employees. for a poster to...

Why would I do that? The tip reflects the quality of the service and food, not whether we’ll be intending to go back. They only get a sucky tip if they really suck! If anything, we’re MORE generous on vacation because...

As all chowhounds know, the really worthwhile Chinese restaurants generally have a section of their menu that’s only written in Chinese. Often it’s posted in handwritten signs on the wall. That’s the stuff that...

It is only my hunch, but i spose its possible that if you aren’t ordering wine, you aren’t welcome as long...just a guess. Taste menu lasts hours in my experience. I have had that experience at North 44

What happens when the owners of a much-loved restaurant get ready to retire?

That’s a tough one...here’s my off the cuff list in no particular order: Mary’s Fish Camp Le Gigot Sigiri (Sri Lankan) Good Gotham Bar & Grill Mercer Kitchen Provence Ariana Afghan Katz’s Paladar Bereket The Odeon...

or taste are off, it gets tossed only because I don’t want to eat it for flavour reasons, not food safety reasons. If it looks, smells, tastes ok, whoo hoo! Time to eat! 2. Items lost in the back of the...

Hmmm... well, my first experience with juicy/soup dumplings was at Din Tai Fung. I loved the pork, but thought the crab & pork were only fair. I researched dumplings on the NYC board before I went... there were three places in...

Small-town workers get the news that fast food is bad for you.

Calvin Trillin on Snow’s BBQ, the place where all good Texas briskets go when they die.

A cop arrested a fast-food employee for serving an overseasoned burger, creating a firestorm of controversy and bad puns.

A new computer game will have you cookin’ with gas.

Working at a fast-food joint isn’t as bad as you might think.

Apparently people like to drive through fast-food joints naked.

CSA produce box programs are booming.