Q: I live in northern Pennsylvania, where a popular local dish is called "city chicken." City chicken is seasoned and breaded ground pork and/or other meat prepared on a wooden skewer. I'm curious about the name, especially since it never has any chicken.

- J.H., Minersville, Pa.

A: City chicken is popular in northern and western Pennsylvania, the panhandle of West Virginia into Ohio and parts of Michigan. No one knows for sure how the name originated, but one source suggests that it may have started during the Depression, when people purchased inexpensive scraps of meat and formed what looked like a chicken leg around a skewer and cooked them. You are right - the dish almost never contains chicken.

Q: I have a question about a place I have seen in books and on television: TriBeCa. The dictionary defines it as a section of Lower Manhattan. Is TriBeCa an abbreviation for a place?

- G.M.H., Roseburg, Ore.

A: TriBeCa is a neighborhood in New York City. The name is an abbreviation of Triangle Below Canal Street. At one time, an industrial district, mostly warehouses and other manufacturing facilities, dominated this section of Manhattan. In recent years, the area has gone through a major revitalization, with the warehouses being converted to loft apartments.

Q: Did Perry Como sing the song "Blue Room" in a movie? Which one?

- R.M.H., Ephrata, Pa.

A: He did, for the star-studded 1948 film "Words and Music," starring Mickey Rooney, Ann Sothern, Betty Garrett and Janet Leigh, with guest stars June Allyson, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Mel Torme and Vera-Ellen. As Como sang, Cyd Charisse danced.

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