Didn’t your mother always tell you to wear clean underwear and look presentable when going out, because you never know who you might meet? And, like me, you didn’t listen. Last week I needed a Chowhound fix. I’d...

're not asking if it’s any good compared to Mystic River, you’re asking if it’s any good compared to The Punisher. And my answer would be, on a scale of one to four, if Superman is four, then Hellboy is three...

on top of your requirements. I love the Rogers and Gray books. (ie Italian Easy, Italian Two Easy—beautiful photos, gorgeous food and simple recipes) I lived in Champaign/Urbana for a few years and they had one of the best...

I just wrote this in the new bride post but will repeat here: Appetite by Nigel Slater. One of my all-time favourite cookbooks! The River Cafe cookbooks by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers are also lovely, there are several to choose...

cassis or lemon basil. Plus they have happy hour drink specials (soju tails, prosecco, beer, plates of pretzels) with mellow music, and the furniture is stylin'. Roger was so right. Cafe Algiers on Beale near Mission, where...

Mickelsen, executive chef, has trained with Jacques Pepin, Roger Verge, Guiliano Bugially, and Masatake Kaboyoski. Greg Regan" It also says it got some excellent reviews from various credible magazines including one by Patricia...

Thanks for the info, I can’t remember ever eating at Arby’s before. I do recall years ago eating at a Roy Rogers and being impressed that it seemed to be real roast beef. Of course that was long ago, and I’d...

...is that the one where the Roy Rogers used to be, kitty-corner from McDonalds?

I used to really like BW-3 alot, (I know, someone like Ruth Lafler will come around and knock another stripe off my chowhound rank), but I have not been there in a few years. The place is hugely crowded, especially on nights with...

The Complete Asian Cookbook(Charmaine Solomon) 1,000 Mexican Recipes(Marge Poore) A Book of Middle Eastern Food(Claudia Roden) Everybody Eats Well in Belgium(Ruth van Waerebeek-Gonzalez) Texas Home Cooking(Cheryl Alters Jamison and...

I’ve only been to the Limelight once, the venue in the Tower District (on Olive?) near Roger Rocka’s, and I won’t return there. The service was perfunctory, the food taste and quality below average, the ambiance...

, Gorats; same next night, Bohemian Cafe; North Platte, Knoll’s Country Inn,Rogers Fine Foods Custer,Sylvan Lake, Lakoda; Rapid City, Audrie’s, Alpine Inn; same next night, Corn Exchange; Medora, Rough Riders, Rough...

influx of diners. Amazingly, this spectacular symphony of cuisine, wine, and ambience was only $78 for the tasting menu and $35 for wine pairings. Are you kidding me? World class experience at a Ruth’s Chris price point! I’m...

Chipotle Houston’s Ruth's Chris If I am in Texas and in the Houston College Station area it’s Freebird’s World Burritos

I’ve really enjoyed Ruth Reichl’s series of memoirs.