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at home. Chamonix will be full of skiers, I imagine.

I like Smart Dogs too (and our local bar serves them – even better!). I am also a big fan of quorn products. The “naked cutlets” are okay but the breaded cutlets are good and the cutlets with the breading and...

For down home BBQ, go to Uncle Frank’s on Old Middlefield Way in Mountain View. It’s hidden in the back of Francesca’s Bar. It’s funky but genuine bbq, smoked by Uncle Frank himself. And, you gotta get...

in either Naniwa Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar, or Amore Ristorante Italiano, both in opposing corners of Shells. The area is quite lovely, especially when dining on the patio. Not being buffet folk, we opted for the ala carte...

it’s the norm to plant yourself and read (gotta love my Borders for that!). I found it interesting that she says that she’ll sometimes salt certain cuts of meat the moment she gets home from the market, even if she...

I ate at Capp’s Corner last month on my trip to SF expecting a New Jersey style meal. Plus side: The food was plentiful and the bar was occupied by locals. But, soup was tepid and watery, my shrimp and fettucine was almost...

try to have it for breakfast several times a week. Barring that, I can buy Lactovita in any pharmacy, which is the Mexican version of lactobacillius. And if all else fails, remember that one of the functions of lime juice is to...

There are actually three levels of dining rooms at R&G Lounge: street, upstairs and downstairs. The street level has a small dining area behind the bar area and a private dining room.

'm grilling steaks for friends and someone wants it more than medium-rare, I tell them they have to ruin it themselves...I simply won’t do it. I make a pretty mean panini at home, and I’ve found that about three thin...

. Her citron vert (lime) caramels are fabulous, as are the orange-ginger ones. I bought many different bars of chocolate from different regions to try. Have only broken into one from Lyon so far and it was great. And the caramel...

Welcome to the sane side of the asylum door. That stuff is crap. It was a flash in the pan when they expanded out of their home turf and their stock is now in the crapper. Ingenious sugar delivery system though. Do you know that...

Beach Bar & BBQ. I don’t have high expectations but who knows they might surprise me. Anyone ever been??

, but when we arrived we were seated at the first table next to the bar, just behind the hostess station, upon asking to be moved, we were told that all the other tables were reserved. Should have left at that point. We ordered...

nice daily specials. Order at the counter, pick up your freshly-made order, enjoy at one of the tables in the homely but homey dining area. Bonus points: free “lending library” of books and periodicals to peruse while...