jillita, you’re my kind of poet. "AND chicken-fried steak/gravy/mashed potatoes w/deliciously non-“tender-crisp” green beans, and liver w/onions and bacon,......." Diners are still easy to find in Maine, I’m...

oh goodness... even if aunt mabel put cool whip on the tiramisu i wouldn’t eat it... aunt mabel shouldn’t be making tiramisu... she needs to bring the bright green “salad” that somehow gets included as a...

per day to stake 'em out and watch for the delivery truck (and note the name)? Even these aren’t like the really old-fashioned ones. All the bagels in town are lightning/puffing up. Hey, people like them that way. You can no...

, worked an insane number of hours per week, and smoked like a chimney stuffed with green wood. I didn’t want that life.

I’m with you on Heritage India. I’ve been there a total of 3x over a roughly 3 or 4 year period (the last time was over 3 years ago, so, unfortunately, I don’t have any specifics), but I’ve always been...

diced roasted potatoes topped with diced tomatoes and green onions. Your friend orders her eggs florentine because she’s on a diet. You don’t say anything because it’s a beautiful sunday, she’s beautiful...

carts at the bowl don’t have those magic lock-up-when-leaving-the-parking-lot wheels so if you’ve parked in front of Crixa you can wheel your stuff right across the street. It’s polite to take the cart back,...

Might also try China Islamic for Uighur type “da-bing”, i.e. the thick sesame, green onion bread Also, might want to consider Liuzhou cuisine and get some “Luo Si Fen” at NRN Noodle. China Islamic 7727...

Not a deal breaker. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again... When I first met my husband, he ate spaghetti with Kraft parmesan “cheese” from the green can every night for dinner. He had never even...

my hands. The green stuff on the plants burns. Tomatoes are related to deadly nightshade. Next morning I did it all over again. I admit I was an idealistic English lit. major and I did listen to Tolstoy-on-tape during the drives,...

'll always pick the most vibrantly bright color (or the shmancy wood-oven torta roll). But stuff’s got to work together, and sometimes Nebbishy Beige or Suburban Refrigerator Green (or a supermarket torta roll) is...

that taco truck back there?" “Yeah.” “Want to go?” “Yeah, I thought you'd freak out if I said something.” “Oh no...no way. Lets go.” “Really? Cool.” Instant friendship.

of the name has both a mustard and a catsup bottle on the table — there’s a reason for that, and it’s not that kids spend a lot of time in diners and truck stops. Me, I prefer mustard, but I can’t stand by...

whatever you buy is going to get ‘shared’ by other people in the house. So in that sense, you ain’t saving money if someone else is eating your food. Even so after a day in the fields probably followed by...

, Mission 261, NBC, Capital Seafood Noodles/Dumplings: Dumpling 10053, Dai Ho, Heavy Noodling Szechuan (the real stuff, not NYC Szechuan/Hunan): Lucky Dragon, Chung King Shanghai: Mei Long Village, Green City 3) Korean BBQ: Chosun...