Jim’s account of his recent re-discovery of his beloved Arepa Lady is killing me since I’m here and not there. Do we have an LA equivalent? Is there an arepa that good around here? Thanks.

An everyday hip flask.

Shucks. I’ll be a week too late for this. Louisa, I saw your recommendation for a fois gras place on the Ile St. Louis and wanted to find out if you know if it’s open for breakfast. I would love to try and have a fois...

Louisa, My husband and I are moving to London in the last week of August, but we are food and Paris lovers and would be happy to jump over the channel via train or plane for the weekend at any given moment (as long as our...

Wayne’s description got me salivating...vodka sauce is one of my favorites......will you share your recipe or give the source of it????? I once had it made w/ground proscuitto, ever had it like this? Thanx

Will be passing thru Carpenteria in August and need addresses for great Mexican food.

I just saw a blurb on the BBC site that Lionel Polaine, the great bread baker is missing. it seems as if his private plane dissapeared off the radar screens.

I was enjoying an incredible dinner of File Gumbo from Stevie’s with my girlfriend Sandra, who told me about this site. She told me that there is a “food caravan” today – can anyone help me find out how to...

Can anyone tell me where to buy braesola, preferably via internet? Thanks.

Just got my newsletter in the mail – forwarded to Paris, thanks USPS – so you all may already know this, but Corti Brothers now sells guanciale for $11.99 for about a half pound. It doesn’t say where it’s...

Does anyone know of any good casual place – any kind of Japanese food – with outdoor seating right in Japantown? Thanks.

Where in So. Cal. can pain Poilane be purchased? I’ve heard at Bristol Farms. Anywhere else?

Do I remember correctly that in NYC they serve you a complimentary tray of their sweet spreads with your bread? Or is it only in Europe? Thanks.

I checked with my Chinese food expert, my friend Nancy who is Chinese/Cantonese, about chiu chow fun. Here is a distillation of what she said: Chiu Chow Fun has been incorrectly translated. Whoever wrote chiu chow fun mixed up...

I listen to Good Food and The Splendid Table, but what are the others? My husband once heard a great one in the Northeast, I’ve read about a couple in Saveur and a friend told me about two in Cincinatti. What are your...