Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, October 19, 1994                   TAG: 9410190027
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: KEVIN KITTREDGE STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

CAPTIVE CUISINE - FOR THOSE WITH LOTS OF TIME ON THEIR HANDS

Did Leona Helmsley? H.R. Haldeman? Feodor Dostoevsky?

With luck, the reader may never have to eat a meal in jail.

And yet one can always slip on that banana peel of fate.

Should the reader ever find himself upon the verge of an illegal act, we would certainly urge him, first and always, to reconsider.

And we would urge him, secondly, to consult this guide.

Assembled over the past several months with great care, if very little expense, and according to the most rigorously objective standards that were convenient, the Roanoke Times &World-News Diner's Guide to Regional Jail Food can help you chart your way through unknown waters.

Looking for a charming table? Home cooking? Great service?

Our guide can help.

If eating behind bars doesn't sound appealing under any circumstances - well, the reader himself must be the judge of that. We might repeat, however, what one of the many friendly jailers we met recently said to us:

"They're shooting people to get in here."

And the food is free.