Earlier this year, I resumed the tradition started by Mr. Grub in 2005 of running an annual poll of Chowhounders’ favorite Los Angeles Restaurants. To quote Mr. Grub: "The concept is simple: everyone is asked to list, in rank...

hey miss needle, how do you figure out what is too much salt if you don’t have high blood pressure and don’t feel bloated or groggy? (i wonder if the bloat / grog is because you’ve acclimated to a low salt...

My finacee and I will be traveling to Burgundy, specifically Lyon and Beaunne and then onto Lucerne, Switzerland. I was wondering if anyone had any lodging recommendations for these cities. Also, I was wondering if there were any...

For the past few years, LA hounds have participated in an annual Ultimate Los Angeles Restaurants survey. The concept is simple: everyone is asked to list, in rank order, your top 5 restaurants in LA County that you would...

alcohol (mainly scotch, sometimes vodka, baileys, beer) but not all the time! I’ve had the hives after eating pizza, and subway without grog. I’ve been slack & never kept a food diary which I think might be my next...

My favorite street cart food was when I lived in the Czech Republic. I remember being with my dad on cold nights and we would get Grog and Spiced Wine. Too bad America has alcohol in the streets laws... in Czech is a necessity of...

by the mediocre grog I find all over. Same for wine writers, whose ratings are far from reliable. So, again, finding a restaurant where a really smart wine person has gone overboard ferreting out great $10/glass wines is a...