. However, if you’re into Northern Chinese food, there is a great dumpling and noodle place called Dumpling Inn, on Convoy Ave in the Clairemont Mesa area. About 15 min east of La Jolla. Hole in the wall, tiny place. Get...

While not the best food, it IS a lovely experience: The Inn of the Seventh Ray in the Malibu/Topanga area. Exceptionally charming, beautiful restaurant in the Malibu/Topanga hills... very lush and green.. nearby running brook.....

I might also add in one of the Indian places on Curry Hill or E.6th St. Which one? For me, I’d go to Brick Lane. It is one of the more expensive spots on e 6th, but I have never had somethign terrible.

Here in Los Angeles, my top picks in this category would be three Mexican chains: Poquito Mas, Baja Fresh, and El Torito (at least the ET branches in Beverly Hills and Marina Del Rey). I also give honorable mentions to Cheesecake...

think the best bbq anywhere-and I am factoring ambience or the lack thereof into this-is at one of two places: The Skylight Inn in Ayden, NC and, mentioned above, the Luling City Market in Luling, TX. The first for exemplery...

to you both! AVGOLEMONO (Greek lemon soup) 3 cans of College Inn Chicken Broth 1/4 cup long grain rice 2 eggs 1/3 to 1/2 lemon or lime juice (depending on how much you like your lemon!) cooked chicken, chopped (optional) In a large pot

"...Slippery shrimp is light, sweet and crunchy." Sweet? Definitely. Light? No way. I have to say after hearing people rave about the slippery shrimp I went to Yang Chow to try it (the Woodland Hills location). Basically tasted...

HOLY S***! Murphy’s is still in business?? Still on the west edge of town? I was stationed at the USAF radar site that was on the hill just west of the airport in 1960, and had the deep pleasure of treating myself to a...

about 12-14 years ago. We were with a group of 10 at the original Spago in Beverly Hills and a very thin man accompanied by an extremely attractive woman walked in. Soon as I spied him I nudged my wife and the others at the table...

of insects, which freaked out my less adventurous parents the one time I took them there. The original location on Beverly near downtown was much better than the “noveau” version they opened later further down on...

We were eager to try Slanted Door, always looking for upscale ethnic. Also did a lot of the basics like Chinatown, Nob Hill, Lombard, and other touristy things before meeting family for dinner at Fifth Floor. SLANTED DOOR: Got...

Years ago my husband and I stayed at an inn outside of Montreal called L’eau a la Bouche with a phenomenal restaurant. I had a tabouli there in which ground up cauliflower was substituted for the bulgar wheat. It was...

Mario’s pizza started going down hill in the early '70’s. In the early and mid '60’s Mario’s was a really BIG deal here. There was a lot of chauvinism from Virginians that Mario’s was better than...

Sweetbreads are one of my all-time favorite foods. Are you lucky enough to get them fresh, or do you have to settle for frozen, as I do? I first had them at The Inn at Little Washington with a sauce of “three...

about the new place. I like Sallee Tee’s in Monmouth Beach, despite their dinner plates that are the size of something you could use to snowboard down a hill. They fill them up, too. It can be another summertime nightmare....