Even picky eaters will love dinner in a pocket (Pioneer Press)

Even picky eaters will love dinner in a pocket (Pioneer Press)
In Italy, it's called a calzone; in Philadelphia, a stromboli. Something similar is known as an empanada in Latin America. When the Britons fill an individual pastry with meat, potatoes and carrots, they call it a pasty (rhymes with "nasty," but that's where all similarities end).

Restaurant reviews (Contra Costa Times)
The following are edited versions of full-length restaurant reviews that have run in the Times within the past year. The date the original review ran and its fork rating at that time is in parentheses. Early last year, we added star ratings to indicate service and ambience.

Savor Seafood (RedNova)
You've got to love fish. Not only is it tasty and quick to cook, it's good for you too. So good, that the American Heart Association recommends everyone _ man and woman, child and adult _ have two servings every week.

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