kids i find myself finding more and more shortcuts acceptable. What’s not okay for me: any baking mixes, ie. for pancakes ,cake, muffins, etc. premade pie shells, and any readymade packaged dinners. Here in new york, if i...

is wonderful and authentic. Brown’s just reopened after a major reburfishment and change of ownership. Their tea used to be wonderful. Although I haven’t tried their new tea service I can tell you that the place...

dined at Czehoski yet...check 'em out! ...I’ll have to try that new Dominion stock...thanks

In 1980 I had to go on an extended business trip to New York with several other people from my office. We spent three weeks somewhere on Long Island (Garden City, I think), and then three weeks in Manhattan. While on Long Island,...

La Llar de l’all i oli was terrific, Jim. I am in your debt. First, I loved the area and the atmosphere. It was nice not sitting next to a bunch of Americans with their copies of Jacqueline Friedrich’s New York Times...

many of them are not something you’d want to put in your mouth? My wife, a food professional who is now familiar with both the Sterling store and the Wegman’s outlets in New York, has concluded that the Sterling...

.larkbooks.com ) ISBN 1-57990-092-5 (paper [back]) or go to 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016. (Distributor in Canada is Sterling Publishing in Ontario ; in Australia by Capricorn Link in Baulkam Hills, NSW

Here are a few more (I second Mario’s Deli, Porto’s, Cinnabar and, for kitsch value, Damons.) POLKA – At the corner of York and Verdugo, in a tiny mini-mall, is this wonderful little polish place with the best...

that they are only sold here in MN. the texture is very similar to custard buns, and with a yellow middle as well. but it is a bit more savory instead of just sweet as they said it is made with salted egg york instead (tho the...

a ferry from York Street. Fabulous views of the city, great staff, reasonable priced drinks, not alot of tourists and great fun. Oh, pretty bad food but the views, the patio and the drinks more than make up for it. Yeah for summer...

I’ve lived in Central New York, and I can tell you that any product, such as “Salt Potatoes” which contain 4 pounds potatoes to 1 pound salt cannot be good for anybody.

, it was on the customer to say, “I'm sorry, I ordered the ____________.” I presume the customer would not eat the filet mignon and, later, say, "I’m not paying for the filet — I ordered the New York Strip...

of Lyonaise restaurants. And today’s New York Times has what looks like an interested assortment of restaurants in Paris. Have a wonderful trip. Happy Planning.

After fifteen years spent living in NYC, I have moved back to L.A. (two weeks before 9/11) with my husband and small son, who are newcomers to California. I did love living in New York, though my cravings for tacos, Thai, and...

to visit (even on the same items). That said, while the inconsistency is something I’m willing to gamble on (living fairly close by, convenience sometimes trumps certainty), it’s not a place I can in good conscience...