My parents are mobility-challenged and I can't get there this year to cook a turkey - any suggestions re who might delivery a holiday meal to White Plains (Rosedale area)?

Planning to make pasta con funghi and looking for 'shrooms. Russo's has an interesting variety (I assume farmed) but foraged ones would be fun.

Good to see this place get some love. My meals there have been mixed but mostly good (e.g. the Bolognese pasta), and I would not travel far for it, but its a fine local option, and an antidote to Appetito across the street.

Allandale Farms usually has them, but they ain't cheap.

My favorite dish at Shiki is the sake flight.

Can't imagine Lenny sold a whole lot of them at $35 either.

Other than Market Basket (of which there are none around me in Brookline), where are you seeing $4-5/lb lobs?

Hell, I was half way out the door before the "never mind".

Soulfire is in Brigham Circle?

Curious whether you have had baba from the Family Restaurant in Brookline Village for comparison? Great stuff (although I can't say I'm crazy about the bread they serve it with).

Fish tacos at El Pelon are pretty good.

There are a ton of places on Huntington Ave and Mass Ave near Northeastern - none particularly remarkable but most are cheap. The Squealing Pig is a pub with good food but your son will have to wait a few years for that. El Pelon Taqueria in the Fenway is pretty good by local standards but Boston Mexican food is a bit of an oxymoron. At least he'll see what real pizza is like.

He won't starve.

Is the duck the same at the Brookline King Fung location?

Most of the Russian markets have good pickles, half-sour and otherwise.

Point taken, but I would not equate Pino's with Wonder Bread. Its cheap and tasty, and fills the bill just fine when you are in the neighborhood and want a slice. Sugar has it exactly right.

Who makes a fuss about Pino's? Conan O'Brien? Only because that's where he went in HS. And that is exactly what Pino's is - the place you go after HS soccer practice, or clubbing in Brighton (to the extent one can go clubbing in Boston) or whenever you want a slice. Its not a gourmet destination.

Personally, I'll go there many times before I'd get a mashed potato, bacon, and scallion "pizza".

Going to Sichuan Garden in Brookline with spouse and friends with delicate sensibilities. I plan on getting my usual Chonqin Chicken - any recs for my dining companions?

I'm pretty sure everyone at Bazaar can speak English just fine. Now whether they choose to.....

Family Restaurant has great Baba Ganoush.

No one has mentioned Allandale Farm. Not cheap but support your only in-city working farm. Best apple cider around, Clear Flour bread, u-pick quality (but not price) berries in season, and bags of tomato seconds for $5 in late summer.

Also, while Brookline farmers market has nice variety, parking is a royal pain. If you are in South Brookline, Roslindale market on Saturday mornings may be more convenient.

Nice paying it forward. Legal's takes a lot of hits on this board, but we are fortunate to have a restauranteur here that is very reliable with respect to seafood quality and customer satisfaction. Hope all goes well with your kiddo.

I'll add:

La Morra
Shiki (japanese)
Bottega Fiorentina (sandwiches and pasta)

It also depends on where in Brookline you live - that will direct you towards Allston/Brighton, Newton Center, or JP/West Rox.

You won't starve.

and then pan fried within an hour of harvesting. Amen.

Mandarin Gourmet is suburban Chinese, not bad for what it is, but not authentic. Of the two others, Sichuan Garden is closest to West Rox.

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Mandarin Gourmet
1020 W Roxbury Pkwy, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Sichuan Garden
295 Washington St, Brookline, MA 02445

Not all supermarket salmon is farmed - wild-caught fish is clearly labeled (usually sockeye, not the bestest salmon but pretty good on the grill).

I'll be visiting my kiddo - grad student at UCSC - and I would appreciate some recommendations. I have some wildly disparate categories, so please indulge me.

1. Mexican - decidedly lacking here in Boston. Can be simple but something more than a taqueria.
2. Sushi
3. special dinner. I'm thinking La Posta? We have lots of good Italian here but the locavore take would be interesting.

Thanks for any help.

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La Posta
538 Seabright Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Kudos to them on their nice write-up in the Globe today. Italian home cooking channeled through Argentina. Most everything there looks good to me, but I never get past their Italian sandwich, on great bread.

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Bottega di Capri
41 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02146

Thanks all, they sound great.

The problem is that it is difficult to get a sense of cost for many of the recommended restaurants (except the high end places and the pizzerias), and restaurant web sites generally don't list prices. Your advice regarding sharing is appreciated.

My wife and I have four Sept. nights in Rome (including one Sunday) and would appreciate restaurant recommendations (yes, I have searched the board). We enjoy local fare when we travel but we are not foodies; just looking for simple non-touristic modestly-priced (25-30 Euro pp?) places. Antipasti, pasta, grilled/roasted meats preferred; we'll snack on pizza and, after Rome, we travel to the Amalfi coast so we will do our fish binging there. Wine lists not a factor - we are plonk drinkers and will no doubt be happy with house wines. We are staying on the Corso Vittoria Emanuelle in the historical center, but plan on walking all over the place.

Thanks for your advice.

and tell those kids to get off my lawn.