I felt sorry for the person who posted recently about their roommate using their coffee grinder to grind up spices. Families are worse. I started cooking when I was around 9yrs old and took over the family cooking at 12, because...

because of my parents' cooking and enthusiam for food; they loved it and prepared it well, and passed on that love to my sisters and me. Does chowhounding run in your family? Know anyone raised in a chowhound family who failed to...

Family gathering of 8 people on a Sat night. Looking for menu suggestions for and against. I know there are lots of hounds in and around Merrick. Talk to me, please.

into it and go with the flow or you go to 5 Guys (which is also a family place, but the family is older).

wow, I haven’t been to Chino Bandito in ages. I grew up with the family. They have a great vegetable quesadilla and the best sincker doodles. It sounds like it may be several different shows because Joe’s farm grill...

Anyone know the progress on this new venture? Can’t believe they’re coming to Michigan. Blow away any burger in the area. Have been to Five Guys locations in three other states and they’re always consistent and...

For Thanksgiving, we picked up a mixed half gallon of half sours, full sours and tomatoes from each of the Pickle Guys and Guss’s (Orchard St., not Cedarhurst). We had a split decision. The members of our family who’d...

I am a single mom taking my son and his best friend (another guy) to celebrate high school graduation with a superlative meal. These young men really, really love to eat great food and they have pretty sophisticated and...

I hate to do this, but I have been breaking my brain to come up with just the right place for ten mostly big guys to eat in the NB/Fisherman’s Wharf area for dinner. I have thought about the Washbag, Moose’s, Bix,...

Just drove by Stefano’s Two Guys from Italy on Highland near Santa Monica Blvd. Looks pretty funky, just wondering if anyone has been there...is it worth a try?

Here is a very particular request: A good regular place for two married guys with kids who go out to dinner to enjoy a moment of good friendship. One of us is vegetarian and we are looking for a good wine menu. It is hard to...

My family is going to Scranton and we need to find an above average local restaurant for a large group (7adults, 4 kids) early on a Saturday night 7-8:30 PM. Any suggestions? I know you guys will steer me right!

We will soon be in Paris, a family of four, the kids are 16 and 18 yr old boys. Never been to Paris; other parts of France yes. Staying in a friend’s place in the 16eme. Any reasonable, good family places? The guys like...

Another one of these places is opening on Donlands, near Simba Grill. This will be the third in well under a year. The first of these "family" restos seems to have a less than sterling clientele. The second (closer to Pape on...

We are trying to plan a celebratory dinner for late August in or around Baltimore for 10-12 people. The guest of honor would prefer we go to a seafood restaurant (or at a minimum somewhere with oysters on the half shell as an...