dining

Including the sweet, tropical liliko’i (passion fruit) margarita at Revolucion.

For dessert at The Legend, order two warmed cookies and pop for a scoop of ice cream (cross your fingers it’s Graham Central Station, as sweet and cinnamony as a Yankee Candle).

Sonja and Alex Overhiser spend a lot of time in their kitchen, creating whole-food recipes that jibe with their all-natural, “flexitarian” (modified vegetarian) lifestyle.

A slightly edited menu makes finding the best dishes easier. Familiar Chinese takeout fare is serviceable, but it’s the namesake Vietnamese soup that’s the real treasure here now.

Including a feta-topped lamb burger from The Pantry by Brad Gates.

Best Buffets of the city: India Garden, El Puerto De San Blas, Thai Taste, Barcelona Tapas, and Judge’s Bar-B-Que.

If one of the $5 froufrou cocktails at Palomino doesn’t immediately take the edge off of your day, you probably just need to get some food in your stomach.

For one, turn those little white boxes of take-home Chinese rice languishing in the back of the refrigerator into a comforting yet elegant dessert.

Wine advice from Trad Ireland at Fleming’s, Late Harvest Kitchen’s Ryan Nelson, and Denis Lynch at Vine & Table Gourmet Market.

Visit the Alexander hotel’s stunning Cerulean restaurant during its quiet lunch run, when Caleb France’s molecular gastronomy is pared down to bento-box proportions.

Including the vegan fish and chips at Broad Ripple Brewpub.

Sunday marked yet another Dig IN festival in White River State Park.

The kitchen churns out macaroni and cheese from scratch, smothered pork chops, boiled cabbage, banana pudding, and hunks of iced cake. There’s even Kool-Aid to wash it all down.

Maxine’s standard down-home recipe begins with peaches cooked with butter, sugar, nutmeg, and vanilla. That and three more takes on the treat here.

Szechwan Garden offers a daily taste of dim sum, the midday snacks popular from Shanghai to Brooklyn.