I’ve had dinner there several times and the food and service are fabulous. Ask for a table near the fireplace. :)

this on the "not about food board" under sociological/ethnographic research while eating!) Continuing only a little bit more on the topic of real rather than imitation: I think Isla, itself, could be more real and daring. New...

What is up with Electric Lotus on Vermont? Sociologically it’s understandable—the hip Indian restaurant-vibe fits perfectly in contemporary Los Feliz. However, I’ve been there both before and after the ownership...

, and an easygoing ambiance. Carmine’s has come to mind, though I’d like to do better for her if I can—somewhere small, intimate & excellent would be ideal. Obviously this is much a sociological as culinary...

for millenia in China in balance in the ecosystem, and yes, in the FOOD chain, with people at the top enjoying snake fish soup and other yummy dishes. In fact, snakefish is not just any food fish, but is considered to impart...

The best lunch spots in Hyde Park are more cultural than culinary — the interesting culture that blends one of the world’s best universities with the South Side African-American experience. The places listed below...

Wow! Today must be your lucky day. There’s a wonderful article in the front/news section of today’s New york Times (page A23) by Nina Bernstein about the influence of Indian and South Asian Immigrants' foods on the...

Back in the late 80s in Boston my broke friends and my broke self would haul ourseves over to the hari krishna dinners for free grub... it was good and an interesting sociological jaunt. It was too long ago for me to give details...

Well! I did the “Men in Black” at the Stoney Nakoda Casino this last weekend (impersonations of Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Garth Brooks) ,... including a buffet dinner before..... all the food was cold except for...

Gundel is architecture, milieu, sociology, history, and nostalgia, with, incidentally, decent food on the side. The other posts say pretty much the same thing, and I only repeat it here to say you may not want to undervalue those...

I get it now! I was looking at this thing all wrong, I was expecting something along the lines of the Al Roker vein, I should have known better. This is definitely not one would expect from the Food Network these days. The idea...

, but you’ll have to choose among those for yourselves. Along the boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle, north of and sort of parallel to the rue Beauregard you’ll find a lot of cafes, like de la Ville, where you could go for...

at prices that’d be fair even before the discount. On a lower level, in the casual dining section, there’s Steeles Deli (a sociologically entertaining spot doing nicely-done diner-style food) off Yonge near Steeles...

To stay ever so remotely in touch with the New Orleans resturant scene and for the heavy vicarious thrill, I get a daily e-mail from a New Orleans food writer, Tom Fitzmorris. In yesterdays issue, he writes at length (for this...

As much as I like the web, I kind of admired their holding out from having a presence in cyberspace. I think it fit their belief in authentic food and culture.