POSTED // Jul 1,2009 - Readers of this column frequently ask how I choose restaurants to review. Unfortunately, I don't have much to say to them. It's not a very scientific or structured process ...

POSTED // Jun 24,2009 - It takes balls to call your book Serious Barbecue (Hyperion, $35), as though every barbecue book that came before was mere fiery foreplay...

POSTED // Jun 17,2009 - Once you've reached the half-century mark, one's birthdays become less a matter of joyous celebration and more a sinister reminder that you're another year older and deeper in debt...

POSTED // Jun 10,2009 - The restaurant space in the Radisson hotel (formerly the Doubletree, Hilton, etc.) on South Temple has been home to so many different eateries ...

POSTED // Jun 3,2009 - Some of my most delectable food memories take me back to Mexico. I've traveled and lived for short periods far and wide in that country, but I especially relish camping trips through Sonora...

POSTED // May 27,2009 - It's difficult to think of The Last Samurai without thinking of Tom Cruise as an American-accented samurai warrior. That's unfortunate ...

POSTED // May 20,2009 - The search for a good sandwich is an unending one. Unfortunately, with the demise of more and more mom pop cafes, the sandwich quest leads me these days, increasingly, to chain operations...

POSTED // May 13,2009 - Once primarily the purview of the Spanish, the tapas/small plates trend in American restaurants has been with us for a while now. Unfortunately, small plates aren't always synonymous with small prices...

POSTED // May 6,2009 - In tandem with an incremental greening of America has come the greening of our dinner tables, both at home and in restaurants ...

POSTED // Apr 29,2009 - It seemed like a no-brainer at the time: cruise up to Park City for the Sarah Vowell performance at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts and, while I was up there, review the snazzy new restaurant/club Tatou. Unfortunately...