Time to fire up your stove for the Year of the Dragon

You gotta envy the magical, fire-breathing dragon, and the people born under its sign in the Chinese zodiac. The most powerful of the animals that symbolize each of 12 years in the astrological cycle, the dragon is believed to be a deliverer of good fortune, a roaring symbol of wealth and power. Talk about having an edge on the competition.

Practical Nutrition: Make a play for nutritious game-day munchies

Just when you thought you were free from extra holiday calories, football playoffs gear up to mess with your New Year's resolutions. Viewing those big games with friends is often accompanied by the mindless eating of chips, nuts, wings, pizza, etc.

A galaxy of stuffed pizzas awaits diners at Chris's

If you think of stuffed pizza as pizza with extra crust and extra fillings, you're on the right track. But at Chris's New York Pizzeria, Chris Incorvia takes stuffed pizza to a whole new level. These are seriously stuffed pizzas, sometimes as much as two inches. And one slice is a meal in itself. Th...

Bay Weekly’s 2012 Dining Guide & Tasting Menu

Bay Weekly exclusive    Azure          Fresh, local and sustainable have become bywords. But you might still be surprised to find native translations in a nationwide hotel chain: In that, Azure at the Annapolis Westin Hotel, takes the lead under the direction of chef James Barrett. read more

Fort Collins' margaritaville: Three Houston hippies 25 years ago turned a lifestyle into a Colorado Tex-Mex tradition ...

When someone says "The Rio," what's the first thing that comes to mind? The margs, right? The three pals who started a restaurant in a small Fort Collins storefront never dreamed that the tequila concoction they served along with the Tex-Mex foods of their childhood would eventually make them the world's largest customer of Jose Cuervo tequila.