The 2009 edition of the San Francisco, Bay Area, and Wine Country Michelin Guide goes on sale tomorrow. Here's word on the starrage: "The French Laundry remains the sole Michelin three-star selection, Coi joins the ranks of Michelin two-star restaurants, and Murray Circle, Plumed Horse, Trevese and The Village Pub join the Michelin one-star selections." $11.53, from Amazon.com...
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"The French Laundry in Yountville and Cyrus in Healdsburg tied for the top food rating in the entire region (Bay Area, Monterey and Lake Tahoe), with 29 out of 30 possible points." [San Francisco Chronicle]...
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Forget the taco trucks in Los Angeles and the green-chile spots in New Mexico, when it comes to finding the best regional Mexican dining outside of Mexico, Chicago ... is the best spot in America. View Larger Map » The cookbook pimps are out in full force. As is the case every fall, publishers aiming to capitalize on the Christmas shopping season and the subsequent loosening of foodie purse strings, release a trove of culinary related tomes and celebrity driven cookbooks. The authors of said cookbooks get sent on book tours, drop in on big food cities, sign some of their wares, and, depending on their celebrity, get courted in various media outlets and at hot local dining spots. As...
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"Visiting dignitaries may find dining in Washington D.C. to be a staid and stiff affair, but the Beltway's best restaurants come in all sizes, styles, and budgets. From the Hill to Chinatown, here are a few of our favorite eats in the capital city." Fodor's list runs the gamut from the egalitarian Ben's Chili Bowl, which doesn't take credit cards, to the $85-150 tasting menu at Citronelle, where jackets are required, and includes classic spots like The Capital Grille, where senators and congressmen go for their steak lunches....
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It took 12 people from the Chicago Tribune to put together the paper's Insider's Food Guide to Chicago. The paper did so partly for the 2,000 people currently in town for the annual meeting of the International Association of Culinary Professionals and partly for its regular readers: "We want them to stash this guide away somewhere or download it to their hard drive. We want them to come back to it again and again because it's useful and fun and maybe, just maybe, there's something good they don't know about." Fancy-pants restaurants like Alinea and Moto make the list, but so do longtime area stalwarts like Mr. Beef, Hot Doug's, Pizzeria Uno, and the Fox & Obel Food Market....
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