numbers, and locator links (and sometimes features exclusive to chownews). Incredibly useful and a bargain at only $15 for a six-month subscription (that’s less than a dollar a week — you save that much by avoiding...

Madison’s Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, or something like “Epicure,” which was a Junior League cookbook of my mother’s which has great day-to-day recipes. I’d save the specialty cookbooks like...

). The food and the atmosphere is more modern and crisp, when compared to Olive Garden, which I don’t like at all (save for their Zuppa Toscana – the only thing I would order if I get dragged there).

Oooh, that smell. When I read your post it kicked in immediately! Their chocolate chip cookies were so good that a former camp counselor of mine who went to school at Brown (we’ll call him the Louie Lord) made a little extra...

month add meat pies and meat pasties to the suddenly much larger than expected list. I am amazed how many parents (maybe post-Depression parents?) forced their kids to eat food they clearly reviled. Why? For what purpose?? To save...

, with most places charging $10 or $15. I’d been putting aside money for the past three years—-small Blackjack winnings, birthday checks, etc.-—so I could return without guilt to this palace of fine dining, but...

sorry for her. This is ridiculous. Pathetic. Now Lisa is throwing a hissy fit because people were upset that Antonia left and neglected to congratulate her backing into the finals? Bravo is getting their money's worth out of this...

hectic time. If you want to pay more money for a lunch buffet, but want a “fancier” and “less hectic” environment to eat in (earlier in the week is more relaxed at Royal India), Himalayan and/or Gateway to...

-established places, but in my experiences those places are usually not worth the money, or have declined since they were picked up by the guidebooks, and are now packed with tourists. I’m interested in a few meals –...

the individual quality of the wines. The presentation of the wines was always timely, informative, and the pours were about the right about amount, save me lusting for more of the Lancaster Meritage that accompanied the roast...

This is all pretty much on the money. Local fondness for the Coffee Connection remains strong, well over a decade after George was bought out, and the reason why Dunkin Donuts' ad campaigns for the last several years have been...

thought I didn’t like salmon, but then I remembered tose croquettes. Gosh they were good. My mom didn’t make them, but I worked at a day care at 13, and the cooks would save some for me so I had something to eat after...

, but a little less so. For my money, though, having tried bowls at every stall at least once, this is still my favorite noodle soup in the two malls (J&L, Golden). The noodles themselves have a heartiness, a texture, and even a...

skills young and roped us into prep labor early, but I didn’t do much full-meal cooking until I got my own kitchen after college. I’m getting better all the time, and now saving my pennies has me doing things even my...

and updated décor at one of the street’s Hong Kong-style seafood pioneers. It had been a year or so since I was last here for dim sum (not the best, but good value for the money and cheaper than other sit-down places) and I...