's, owned by a pair of brothers. Don’t ask me how a town of 10,000 ends up with two Greek pizza places within a half-mile of each other. Well, okay, you can ask. There were apocryphal stories that Bill had started...

Couldn’t agree more re Tito’s. Many years ago, my husband and I lived in Palms and would often bring home food from Tito’s. "For old time’s sake", we brought food home from there a year or so ago when we...

sense is that the Check Please crew is looking for regular folks, and let’s face it, that’s what they got and that’s what you’re not. Thank goodness for that, Mr. Mare, for the sake of all of us in the...

by many more), and a few years after that before you could easily find Thai and Vietnamese food. And I’m talking about Boston/Cambridge, hardly the boondocks. Ever seen the movie “The Big Night”? It’s a...

that are too big for their needs. A four bedroom house with 5 1/2 baths? What? More cars than people because somebody wants a sports car for the weekend. Ten pairs of designer jeans. Maxed out credit cards. Mortgages we...

and up. 2 people can get comfortably full (including a bottle of sake) for less than $70 total.

TOUCHED it for heaven’s sake! And it wasn’t like we requested MORE bread, it was the basket brought to nibble on when we sat down. So, after the first visit, on subsequent visits we just emptied the basket, wrapped it...

! And, though I didn’t order any wine, I love their wine list. It’s full of food-friendly, Asian-dish-loving wines. Whoever picked out the wines really knows about pairing wine with Vietnamese food. I can’t wait...

, but the others are pretty good too. Mirin is sweet rice wine, which will be in your grocery stores “ethnic” aisle next to the soy sauce, sesame oil, and rice wine vinegar. Don’t try to substitute with regular...

ate until we were thoroughly stuffed at Yasuda. We didn’t drink anything, not even sake.

in your stocking feet. Or buy a pair of flip flops while you are out shopping...or grin and bear it. But don’t sulk about it.

, but about the only tiime that I get “deals,” with B-T-G. Now, I will say that a good sommelier will research the B-T-G selection, against the chef’s menus. That’s why I usually get the sommelier’s...

that is for a little kid. Then again, all bets are off if it’s a just a useless slab of butter on a serving dish that was rescued from the freezer and been paired with knife whose only reply at your efforts to secure a...

well everyday and exercise...I don’t mean to run a 10k everyday, just don’t be lazy. Cuz when your daily habits are healthy, you don’t have to worry when you splurge on a 16 course tasing with wine pairing. I...

too quickly on her dessert. I guess perhaps her description on the menu should have been less specific. The chocolate chicken liver thing was just wierd. I would have liked to have heard more about the judges opinions of the wine...