Mel's Hot Dogs is hard to miss, with its red awnings and wiener mobile, a converted Volkswagen Beetle, parked out front. ...more

December 29, 2007

Fun "The Food Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Gastronomical Knowledge," by David Kamp and Marion Rosenfeld (Broadway Books, $12.95). This book's definition of a food snob? "A food obsessive for whom the actual joy of eating and cooking is but a side dish to the accumulation of arcane knowledge about these subjects." The rest of the book is equally as irreverent. ...more

November 28, 2007

Looking for a fun and informative gift for a food lover on your holiday list? Consider this selection of culinary books. ...more

November 27, 2007

Bloody Maria. Voodoo Caesar. Clammy Mary. Bloody Shame. These might sound like the cast and crew of some grisly horror flick, but they actually are contemporary cousins of the classic cocktail, the Bloody Mary. And you thought you had strange relatives. Imagine this family reunion! ...more

October 31, 2007

Bloody Maria. Voodoo Caesar. Clammy Mary. Bloody Shame. These might sound like the cast and crew of some grisly horror flick, but they actually are contemporary cousins of the classic cocktail, the Bloody Mary. And you thought you had strange relatives. Imagine this family reunion! ...more

October 31, 2007