DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have recently come across a locally owned Chinese restaurant that's affordable. The food is quite delicious. My wife takes issue with the Styrofoam containers the restaurant provides for leftovers. She claims they leak chemicals into the leftovers on top of being environmentally unfriendly.
On our last visit, to my surprise and consternation, she brought her own glass food storage container with her to the restaurant. Is it appropriate to bring your own container to restaurants for leftovers? -- LEFTOVERS TO GO
DEAR LEFTOVERS: I'm wracking my brain trying to come up with a reason why it would be inappropriate, if the patron doesn't mind the hassle of bringing it. In fact, it seems like an intelligent, environmentally friendly solution to an overcrowded landfill problem, as long as the restaurant doesn't object.