We get lots of mail from readers about their favorite restaurants, and that's a good thing. We want feedback, and with all the food activity going on, we might not be aware of a new venture in town...
Celebrate St. Paddy’s Day—or any day—with Guinness stew.
Supposedly, everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, so we figured a little Celtic comfort food would get the party going for the March 17 festivities. We turned to Anne Rowley, chef/owner of Patrick’s...
Tsunami ’tinis share space with superior Asian fusion.
Whoa—when did all this happen? That was our reaction one frigid winter night when a friend of ours told us to meet him for drinks at Lemongrass/Tsunami on Central and Bank. Yes, that Lemongrass/...
After 14 years of turning out delectable baked goods for The Classic Catering People, pastry chef Robert Gonzalez traded his corporate apron for a piece of his own pie in Carroll County. He and his...
There’s something about a crackling fire in winter that stirs the appetite—for romance. Add good food, a glass of wine, and a great companion, and what could be a better recipe for Valentine’s Day?...
It’s a cliché gift this month, but nonetheless, I simply adore chocolate. Always have, always will.
Perhaps not surprisingly, my favorite chocolates can be found at some of Baltimore’s best wine...
There was a certain amount of déjà vu as I walked into Patrick’s of Cockeysville on a recent visit. The familiar shamrocks are still on the door, and the traditional décor hasn’t changed much since I...
Chef reinvents Middle Eastern cuisine in glitzy waterside setting.
Michael Tabrizi’s eponymous restaurant was a wildly popular Federal Hill eatery back in the day, specifically the 1990s, when ethnic cuisine beyond Chinese and Italian was still relatively new to...
Some locals joke that there's a sushi place for every 10 people along the York Road corridor from Towson to Hunt Valley. That might not be such an exaggeration. We noticed quite a few Asian eateries...
Cynthia Shea is too nice to be compared to Seinfeld's Soup Nazi, but her soul-warming elixirs rank right up there with the best. Shea, a CIA grad and San Francisco transplant, opened Soup's On (...
