This review is for my Baltimore foodies, so many of you travel to New York and we know New York can be a tad expensive. I have a tasty and cost effective solution if you are open to suggestion. Let me refer you to a particular French Bistro in New York that offers multiple preparations of the best mussels I have ever eaten for $14.
How could one not be aware of the ongoing BP oil spill and wondering about its short and long term impact? One New Orleans chef took action, class action. Here is the information from the press release received today.
Da Mimmo Restaurant is having a contest! Win 2 tickets to the International soccer game,dinner for two and limo transportation to and from the game on July 27th.
In an earlier report local chocolatier Glarus had closed their Timonium location. It seems they have changed their minds and can be found at Fairgrounds Discount Beverages in Timonium. Glarus Truffle Boxes, Bars, and Bark will all be available for purchase in the store.
Mark your calendar for this coming Sunday, June 27th from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. for the Little Italy Lodge’s Shrimp Feast and Bull Roast. Pig out on sweet honey ham off the pit, Maryland crab soup, Caesar salad, shrimp scampi, sweet corn casserole, garlic mashed potatoes and more.
In honor of my daddy, I am reposting a story I wrote previously, it is up on my National Food Examiner column. If you haven't read it in the past I hope you will enjoy a daughter's memories of a very special man.
A heart healthy Father's day alternative with Dad receiving a 20% discount at the big Grano on Chestnut Avenue. Something different - it is a brunch/lunch buffet offering alternatives from the typical brunch to deelicious Italian fresh alternatives. 
These are dining bargains you shouldn’t miss. Both the City Café and Blue Hill Tavern are offering $50 worth of food for $25 at Baltimore Half-Off. There is a small shipping fee for the coupon but well worth it. They have other great deals going on at other restaurants.
Whether times are lean or not, here is the perfect gift you and the kids can give dad for Father’s Day. Actually, it is free but for five dollars pop gets to pop the top and enjoy a souvenir pint of beer. Afternoon out with the family
Gather the family, load them in the car and head over to Hollins Ferry Road for an hour and a half tour of the Heavy Seas Brewery.
No lie. Honest. If you love crab cakes and think you can eat a lot of crab cakes in 3 ½ minutes you should enter Phillips Seafood Restaurant crab cake eating contest. They are looking for contestants to participate. If you can’t get enough crab cakes at any given time this just might be your crab cake nirvana.Get the poop and scoop on the crab cake eating contest: All the crab cakes you can eat in 3 ½ minutes
It wasn’t that long ago the red hair, feisty Food Network star and chef of renown, Bobby Flay, came to Baltimore to film an episode of Throwdown.
Don’t have the dollars or euros for that trip to Rome but are in the Italian mindset – consider seeing Fellini’s Roma at the Charles Theatre. Be sure to save your ticket stub for a FREE entree/pasta at Sotto Sopra.
Check out the details on the return of Suburban House Restaurant: Re-opening of the Suburban House Restaurant – latest update
Before gourmet burgers became haute cuisine there was Cheeseburger in Paradise, a small restaurant chain located in 30 plus cities east of the Rockies. The licensed name of the famous Jimmy Buffet song maintains its spirit of the Caribbean and Florida Keys. Tropical in appearance with island murals and following that theme throughout their Tiki Bar and food, you feel swept away to the ‘keys.’ Happy hours, specialty drinks, plenty of chilled beer (even a yard of beer) is there for those who want to indulge. Frozen drinks both alcoholic and non-alcoholic made with fresh fruit juice. The local Cheeseburger in Paradise has the ability to roll up large garage doors for open air when weather permits. Ideal for the traveler on the road, families, date night – they seem to have something for everyone along with a good price point.
Check out the full story, photographs and video:Cheeseburger in Paradise - don't pass one by
For three Baltimore area food bloggers who have been talking the talk it is time to walk the walk in the bacon cooking contest this coming Saturday at Great Grapes being held on June 12th at 1 p.m at Oregon Ridge Park. Your own Dining Examiner (aka Dining Dish) will be emcee of this challenge. Judging will be done by Jessica Kartalija, WJZ Eyewitness News Team, Bernadette Woods, WJZ Meteorologist and Hugh Sisson, Founder/President Heavy Seas Beer & Clipper City Brewery.
The Daily Beast has compiled a list of chain restaurant desserts whose nutritionals will shock you. The same menu or table tent photographs of these deliciously decadent delights that tantalize you in the restaurant to indulge accompany this internet compilation – an apple and eve temptation which comes to no good in the end. This writer is not claiming to have a ‘holier than thou' attitude,.....read the full story and learn what chain restaurants offer killer desserts: You want dessert; do you think it might be 1660 calories & 1020 (mg) sodium?
On June 4, 2010 Michelle Obama and Chef Sam Kass gathered what is now being calculated as over 700 chefs to the south lawn of the White House to promote Chefs Move to Schools campaign part of the Let’s Move program. Chefs came from 37 states to be part of this commitment to the children. The day started with a special breakfast at the JW Marriot put on by Share Our Strength (read earlier story-HERE) and the wave of chefs walked the two blocks over to the southeast entrance to the White House.
For chefs and school food programs it was a monumental day at the White House Friday when over 500 chefs from 37 states came to hear the 1st lady rally the culinary troops for her Chefs Move to Schools campaign.
Bona sera was the greeting, a kiss on both cheeks as Dr. Francesco Luigi Legaluppi, the Consul General of Italy in Baltimore greeted his guest for the celebration of the 64th Anniversary of the Republic of Italy. On this warm hot night, not even the Lutherville wooded area at the Cloisters could come up with a breeze for the black tie optional dressed guests.
Can you create a $10,000 meal out of a mystery basket? If the answer is yes, then it is time to put up as the Food Network is seeking chefs to compete. 
June 2, 1946 Italy went from a monarchy to a republic and today is the 64th anniversary. Why write about this in a food column? One, because this doesn’t get as much play as Cinco de Mayo which is a great excuse for eating Mexican food and two, any excuse to eat Italian food and celebrate with a glass of prosecco is a must.
