has historically (Im talking of the last 50 years, the only part I know about) been on the margins, just hanging on in the NE, for example with cheddar and colby traditions and some other places, until recent years when the boom...

Great insights! I have heard the tipping stereotype as well. I could be wrong but the U.S. might be the only place where a 15% Tip has historically been considered average. (In Mexico away from the Touristy areas its a “few...

the island. The large, high-ceilinged room that will contain the kitchen, dining, and living areas used to be a historically significant theater, and a vent hanging down would look profane. My partner is usually the one who takes...

, Champaign (http://www.sunsingerwines.com) Wine bar café. I just love this place and I don’t even drink. Terrific creative menu for lunch or dinner (menu is the same for both) and wines by the glass. Tables inside and...

1) I agree.. make your own bread and pasta.... fun, and keeps you busy, so you aren’t spending money on driving cars and drinking expensive martinis. If you want to go crazy, try a sourdough starter and/or some Mother of...

a price list they can fax to you (at least in my experience, they all did). Then you can compare the different menus, etc. I think depending on the food choices, it will be between $300-600/table of 10, which should fit in your...

Zuni has a really nice selection of oysters and its a cool california scene. We have taken our kids there early without reservations and you can sit in the bar area and eat and drink and people watch.

the vegetarian cuisine which takes about 5 times the labor. As well, there are different cultural views, historically, taken to eating out in China and in the industrial west. That being said, there are plenty of elegant eating...

, but you can guess] The chief pastime is drinking thick, black coffee and playing cards. You will find nearly every nationality subjected to similar humiliation in this book— it’s great fun. If you can digest such.

overly-sweet fruit juices and drinks and hot dogs. This has to be one of the most poplular misunderstandings accepted as gospel by an otherwise reasonably astute populace. This, not volume of hot dogs sold, is how Grey’s...

....well, she was good for a few drinking games with double shots designated for each “yamm-O” and “delish”. Needless to say my liver couldn’t withstand the onslaught. I was, on the other hand, quite...

Very funny! I couldn’t stand the sight of the cylindrical foodstuff plopped from a can into a bowl. Then, when I started drinking cranberry juice, I thought I should try the sauce. I bought a bag of fresh berries the niight...

was held in a historic house and museum and museum patrons were asked to lend their family tea services for the event. Boyle decided she liked hosting teas in a turn of the century setting (although on a smaller scale). The...

. There should also be agua frescas to drink - things like jamaica, horchata, tamarindo, or other fruit-based beverages. I would expect an “authentic” restaurant to offer more caldos, like menudo, caldo de res, or siete...

Four days in Las Vegas for someone who doesn’t like to gamble and doesn’t drink alcohol? Darn right, Vegas has something for everyone and for myself from 09/24/08 – 09/27/08 that was the Olympia, the Los Angeles...