Dining

Jan 3, 2009

Stephanie Lyness of the New York Times found her dining experience to be comfortable but lacking in attention to detail at a New Haven Italian restaurant.

Jan 2, 2009

From beef bourguignon in a fresh bread bowl to tilapia provençal, enjoy a scrumptious meal at sunset for less than $20

Jan 1, 2009

We gave you ideas of fun activities and many of you hit them up. Now send us your New Year's Eve pics.

Dec 31, 2008

Ring in 2009 with good food, great company and chilled champagne at Firebox Restaurant. Indulge in three courses from Firebox's dinner menu for only $40 or choose to try chef Collin's New Year's Eve specials. After...

Dec 31, 2008

Zinc's five-course prix fixe menu to celebrate the new year includes scallops, duck, gnocchi and more.

Dec 31, 2008

Experience a sophisticated, locally-grown New Year's eve in the 87-seat main dining room of Aspen Restaurant and Bar.

Jan 1, 2009

Sure, the snow was an invited guest, but we'll help you make the most of it. We've got your plans so you won't have to worry about what you're doing New Year's Eve.

Dec 30, 2008

New Year's Eve is Wednesday and there are still open tables at restaurants that have been planning elaborate holiday feasts.

Dec 30, 2008

The economy has stopped the taps at Mory's, a legendary Yale eating and drinking club that traces its roots to the Civil War. Even with a powerful membership that includes two presidents named Bush, times...

Dec 29, 2008

If one were to follow the Clark Kent-Superman logic, then Mark Cavallaro is an engineer for Sikorsky Aircraft by day, and when he slips into a telephone booth to change into his alter ego, Cavallaro comes...

Dec 19, 2008

Join the Max Restaurant Group for a special reception and four-course winter dinner with special guest Jacques Pepin

Dec 21, 2008

Head down to Sauce each Sun. and Mon. to enjoy the restaurant's half-price Italian wine menu.

Dec 21, 2008

Enjoy a four-course Italian meal for only $29.95 per person each Sunday at Sauce.

Dec 19, 2008

In its latest advertising ploy, Burger King is scouring the planet for humans who have never eaten a burger. It appears that BK execs have determined that Whopper virgins are the key to settling the age...

Dec 19, 2008

The September/October issue of Imbibe featured an article on the 100 best places to drink beer in the nation. Since then, one helpful reader has entered all of the picks into Google Maps. He also noted...

Dec 19, 2008

Legendsofbeer.com has rounded up a variety of beer-related myths and presented them in one handy, easy-to-use blog post. Dark beers aren’t necessarily stronger in alcohol, beer usually shouldn’t...

Dec 19, 2008

Can you imagine your fury if you ordered your kid a birthday cake and the bakery refused to write your three-year-old’s name on it? Readers might be thinking, “The bastards!” right about...

Dec 18, 2008

Naomi Starkman is a food policy and media consultant who recently served as the communications and policy director for Slow Food Nation. Here she discusses the growing controversy surrounding Obama’s...

Dec 18, 2008

The New York Times presents a ripping good read in this week’s Dining section, in an article that tells the story of the roots, rise, fall, and potential rebirth of TV chef Rocco DiSpirito. Profiles...

Dec 30, 2008

If you don’t celebrate Christmas Eve or just don’t feel like cooking dinner, you’re not out of luck. You can eat well tonight.

Dec 18, 2008

The line for this year’s annual grocery giveaway at San Francisco’s Glide Memorial United Methodist Church wrapped around the block twice over reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Apparently...

Dec 18, 2008

Head to Mohegan Sun and one thing you will not gamble on is your stomach. Bobby Flay will treated it well. He will open Bobby's Burger Palace in Casino of the Earth and Bar Americain in Casino of the Sky.

Dec 17, 2008

Potlucks are old-fashioned, thrifty, low-key, newly hip, convivial, and deadly. Or so suggests a scaremongering story published in the Los Angeles Times. For some, it says, potlucks are “a minefield...

Dec 17, 2008

This is the kind of story that’s almost entirely immune to intelligent analysis: Burger King has come out with a new body spray that makes you smell like a Whopper. It costs $4, plus an extortionate...