The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

Mole in the Mountains

A gastronomic adventure in Xalapa, Mexico.

The Other Napa

What’s worth doing in the Napa Valley: a travel guide to the wine country.

Drinking and Eating at Vancouver Izakayas

A raucous crawl through Japanese small-plates-and-beer joints.

The Year in Food 2006

From bad spinach to exploding lattes: The tastiest moments of 2006.

A few questions about how seats sb doled out to those on a waiting list at a small cafe. If there is a counter with 8 stools, is it customary to seat all 8 stools or to seat 3 2’s there with a stool separating each? When I...

I’ve left a restaurant in similar circumstances, Hotoynoodle. To me it’s preposterous — and more to the point — insulting, for the hostess to claim a place will be ‘full in 20 minutes’ & offer...

Win a Trip to an Undisclosed Location

Take your seat on the Jet Mystery plane.

Okay, I’ve read enough about this place to want to try it, but I’ve also read enough to know that getting a table can be difficult. Does anyone have any strategies they can share for getting seated within a reasonable...

OK, our first trip to Asheville (NC, for that matter) is coming up in a couple of weeks. We plan to hit Salsa’s, Zambra, Rezaz (sp?), and La Caterina Trattoria. And probably Marco’s for pizza one night. Also the...

My roommate and I are planning on checking out Downtown Bakery tonight – I’m having a craving for mexican food from this hole in the wall place out by my parents' house on Long Island, and this sounds like a good...

sounds like a plan =/ so where to i snack first to hold out till 9? and what’s the back up plan?

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How to Set Up Your Room for a TV Party

Create stadium seating in your home.

We are visiting LA next month and plan to have dinner at The Ivy at the Shore. Can someone tell me what the best table locations in that restaurant are? We’ve been stuck in the back by the kitchen in the past and...

you run into with the later times is that if the wait is too long they might not be able to seat you before they would close...so I would definitely have a back-up plan.