Running into an iceberg at dinner - Zach Porter

Sometimes eating out can be a scary excursion into the unknown. You have to chose your restaurants carefully or you might wind up ordering a Caesar salad bowl filled with iceberg lettuce topped with a few prized scraps of romaine, as if you were a fool. And allow me a moment to tell you that iceberg lettuce has absolutely no nutritional value and if you like it then don't waste your time reading this column. You have no taste, just like the lettuce you eat.

Yes, going out can be more of a hassle than staying in. The other night my fianc?e and I went to the movies and after that we tried to decide on a good place to eat. As we went into the first big chain eatery that came to mind, it felt more like a daycare center than a restaurant. As we looked around, every table was overrun with little kids in highchairs throwing food and temper tantrums. I can't enjoy dinner with a bunch of kids running around and their parents yelling at them to keep their fingers out of their food.