The Waiting Game Dear Readers: This was my experience recently in a well-known area restaurant. The names have been changed, but I just knew you would delight in the absurd theater as much as I d  

The names are enough to make me veer from my itinerary: Pete's Eats; Junior's Ribs, Real Estate and Ammo; Grandpa's Cheese Barn; Annie's Dutch Diner -- Live Bait and Entertainment in the Rear! (ahem  

Recently a girlfriend asked for advice on preparing a simple yet "potent" meal for a man she'd been lusting after for several weeks. "I don't want to merely get him liquored up and sloppy. I want to  

Good Reading You don't have to be a total food geek to appreciate the many wonderful books written on the art of gastronomy. (Of course, some might argue that using the words "art" and "gastronom  

Since I've been in the culinary profession most of my adult life, people naturally assume I was raised in a household where a lineage of culinary genes resides. "Your mother must be a fabulous cook,