Candy-Nirvana nymph says, “Take it, you won’t find it anywhere else!” New York Times News Service via the Taipei Times Mint and dark chocolate is one of those flavor combinations that is just so Christmas.  At my grandmother’s Christmas Eve…

A tipster tells Meal Ticket that your boy Jake Gyllenhaal, whose girlie Reese Witherspoon will be filming that James L. Brooks movie here till October,was just in Bacchus Market at 2300 Spruce. His order? “A bunch of salads,” says our…

PADMA. You. Me. Bottle of Old Grand-Dad. Sackof Totino’s Pizza Rolls.  Now does that sound like something you’d be interested in? bravotv.com “As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere,” the transcendently beautiful…

CP Choice ’08 Whipped Bakeshop cakelady Zo� Lukas � she did a bunch of awesome work for last year’s CP Choice issue � tells Meal Ticket that she’s looking to October to open a storefront for Whipped at 636 Belgrade…

I’m looking at last night’s Top Chef Masters episode � and next week’s � like I look at the last two tortuous days of work before you bolt for a long-overdue vacation. Conventional wisdom suggests these days are dull, but…

The question that ate at me throughout last night’s Masters episode was not culinary in nature: Am I gonna have to like Neil Patrick Harris less now that I know he’s a hardcore MAGIC ENTHUSIAST? I’m leaning toward yes, and…

… it’s coming! Sorry. I missed the airing and its subsequent re-airing due to a Wednesday evening cocktail marathon 4K that included stops at the new Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co., among other spots. I don’t have DVR. I know…

Photo | Michael T. Regan The Insider’s dropped word that the Oceanaire Seafood Room, the opulent sit-down at 700 Walnut, has shut down. (See our 2007 review.) Word is the restaurant’s employees were informed of the development this morning. This…

bravotv.com Late pass! People got a little prickly on this week’s episode.