This week’s New York Times Dining section features two loosely related stories on how chefs make their money and build their empires. One is thought-provoking, the other enraging. Which one is by Frank Bruni, d’ya...

Be careful when bringing your baked goods to work. That’s what got one food blogger and high school literacy consultant assigned to teach an elective cooking class at her school—30 minutes, four times a week, without a stove,...

Will blogs kill the cookbook industry? Salon ponders a Joyless world.

It sounds like a late night infomercial—get healthy by drinking soda! As Coke and Pepsi prepare to introduce vitamin-fortified versions of their products, the public debates the concept of “healthy soda.”

How the Skalli family got into wine.

And a great little dinner party.

Talked about restaurants this afternoon with my future mother-in-law, who has been coaching me (when I have some time, not often) on all the special family recipes. While we were talking about the secrets of the oyster dressing...

I’ll be at the Coach Grill this Sunday for an Anniversary gig with a group of 10 with 2 children. I’ll post Monday to let you know how it was, and what kind of setting they have for small rooms, or groups. This will...

Yeah, I guess you’re right. I guess I’m still thinking of the place as The Red Coach Grill, which, as I recall as a little kid, was more middle-class, family friendly, and reasonable. But that was a long time ago. I...

Coach House Restaurant at Harborview Hotel

Purchasing gift certificates for our four amazingly wonderful Little League coaches. Must purchase them this afternoon. Want to purchase the same thing for each, as we don’t know them well enough to justify more targeted...

I fly BA transatlantic about 8-10 times a year, in both business and coach. Their food is generally quite good (as airline meals go) in both classes. I have also had the good fortune to fly in First a few times in the last two...

I remember going to this red sauce place with my family in the '80s. In the past couple years, I have driven by a few times and while it look like the place is still open, there is never anyone there. I’m probably going by...

. For the past several years, he’s been more of a "consulting" psychiatrist, but in this capacity, he’s always catching planes from place to place. I don’t understand how he’s able to get to his plane on...

Actually, in recent time, each was in BC on UAL from LAX to LHR. Going, we had two very nice meals. Coming back, my poor wife had totally inedible mahi-mahi. Charlie Trotter was the consulting chef for UAL, but I’m not sure...