I’ve nothing that specific in mind. I’m just a chowhound. I’m not an MBA or a politician or a string puller. I just pray someone can do something to ensure that The Sainted Arepa Lady can continue to ply her...

the chicken in bamboo leaf (yes I know it’s not bamboo, but I’m Chinese) and the port butt thingy...with plantains and sausage. So...pray for more service interruptions on the 7 and get thee to the Sainted Ecuadorian...

site, and fell and was hurt and almost died. My great-great grandfather prayed to St Joseph, the patron saint of children, to save him. He lived (although he was blind), and in gratitude, my family prepared a feast each St...

it was St.Slythins (sp?) Day that day, the patron saint of umbrellas I believe. We want to indulge his fanciful nature and take him someplace special for a Tuesday afternoon lunch or even late-afternoon high tea, if that is what...

, but can’t get an answer. If anyone nearby can check for us, maybe they’re just busy with a lunch rush and haven’t (pray god) closed. FWIW, here’s the relevant excerpt from my article: "I was for years...

of the martini. Only then did God say “and it was good”. For steaks and martinis, therefore, Tadich would be an excellent choice. Maybe a timely prayer just short of a miracle would allow for them to be open on...

that was formerly the saintly Tobacco Road, I caught a golden glint out of the corner of my eye. There it was. A bright yellow beacon of hope in a world of darkness: Tony Luke’s Old Philly Style Sandwiches had arrived in New...

chicarrones, while the soft blandness of the yucca pillowed every bite. On the hour-long bus ride back to Managua, I prayed to every saint that I wouldn’t get sick, and I was blessed with a peaceful stomach.

Pray tell, where is Dirty South???? I love that someone named a restaurant that—simple genius. Good BBQ—Dunedin—Friday’s and Saturday’s only til he sells out: Eli’s at 360 Skinner Blvd. True...

have to drink the Loire reds young – this is false. If you go to a really good restaurant, try an older Chinon or Bourgueil or Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil (but not more than 25 years old to be safe). These wines can be...

, bad food – we’ve tried so many times to like it) and avoid Plums. and what about gabe’s? and Tavern on Grand? anyone have recent thoughts? Haven’t been to skinners recently – but I always hear good...

Oh Thank you, thank you. I have been searching the internet and have come up with nothing! I will say a prayer to St. Anthony, He’s patron saint of lost items. My sis-in-law had this receipe and can’t find hers. They...

. Sometimes, you have to bite the bullet and enjoy friends for what they do well and not how well they cook. As my sainted grandmother used to remind me, “everyone chooses one room of the house in which to excell.”...

this hilarious considering that Easter is almost upon us, (TIC, I told Mama Gina that I was PRAYING that the poor bunny wasn’t Flopsy, Mopsy or Peter Cottontail’s cousin! And that the Easter Bunny wouldn’t get...

for this Saint's day??? Or is that by any chance a piece of disguised tofu? (just hoping)... Thanks, Gary... I suspect Amata and I will be heading to Borinquen, Marianao and La Unica in the near future (I’m writing to the...