I need ideas for eating healthy for three dollars a day. The healthy part is the challenge. No salt-laden cream soups in casseroles, fatty cheap cold cuts like bologna, hot dogs, dishes bulked up with lots of potatoes or lots of...

Just wondering how many of y’all have worked in the food and bev industry. Are (were) you are server, cook, wine rep., bartender, etc...? I have done it all. tail waitress, busgirl, cook, bartender, server, barista, the list...

, you can always fight for your dish. Last season, Zoe made a lackluster pasta salad because she didn’t want to make it. Why? Didn’t she have enough creativity to either come up with a version of pasta salad she could...

Based on quality/quantity/service/decor and just overall lack of chowhound-ness, here’s my slate of 5 worst for los angeless. From worst to worstest ... 1. Crustacean 2. Chi 3. Mr. Chow 4. Madre’s 5. Asia de Cuba

Now that the holidays are just a memory, I’m wondering what any of you did about homemade food gifts this past holiday season, whether they were well received, and whether you would make them again. This summer, I canned...

ok now, time to tell the truth do you really not mind paying $15/lb for turkey breast? Spending twice what you would for picture-perfect apples that taste better if you get them at the farmers market? Or purchasing literally the...

I’m a student and am looking for meals that are delicious, but that I can produce on a rather small budget. If anyone has a favourite recipe that they remember from their school days or that they stick to now I would love...

I am sure that in nearly every area of the country there are things people do with food that perhaps aren’t seen or done in other areas of the country. While growing up in eastern North Carolina and working on my...

because the LA visitor season is just starting and because everyone i meet always asks me, i made list of good joints to chow at. i obviously have way too much time on my hands. i thought i’d put my phd in applied culinary...

I know that I am too fat because I love to eat things that taste really good. I don’t stuff my face with anything I can get my hands on, indeed I usually won’t eat if the food’s no good. But, (and this is the...

orchid. Everyone cheered – the kids said “He know what the rules are, you MUST be here each year”. ZoeZ

the impression i have is that basically people interested in cooking at home in today’s America are over the age of 45 and that the younger generation has no time, interest or skills. that we have become a microwave, can...

My boyfriend and I recently made the decision to be adults and start cooking for ourselves. Well, I love going out to eat, so really my boyfriend and my often empty checking account decided. I’ve gone back to college and...

I’m a mom. There, I said it. Don’t EVEN ask me how I find time to read and write on this site. Many people would like to know the answer to that question, and most of them probably think that my time would be better...

is just plain silly. With the exception of places like Zoe' who came out in Bon Appetit as child friendly, it is impossible for parents to tell how restuarants will act toward children. My wife and I make it a habit to call...