FREE Dessert Day

Double D Alert: What's the best way to promote a dessert TV show? Offer FREE desserts, of course! In honor of the season premiere of "Top Chef: Just Desserts" on the Bravo network, OpenTable.com will offer users a FREE dessert on Wednesday, Sept. 15, to coincide with the show's premiere.

To take advantage of the promotion:

• Click here to view the list of participating restaurants.
  
• Make a Sept. 15 reservation for at least 2 people for lunch or dinner (not all restaurants offer lunch for this deal) through the page with the list of restaurants. You'll get a free dessert for every 2 guests in your party.
  
• Each diner must order a meal. Sorry, no splitting a meal just because you're going to order a calorie-laden dessert!

Here's my tip for men: Find a restaurant on the list, then tell the special lady in your life that you heard about this great restaurant and you want to take her there on Wednesday. Tell her you'll make a reservation, which will sound impressive. When you get to the restaurant and she goes to order a salad tell her that she looks so thin that she should really go with a regular meal. Then as your girl rejects dessert because she's being modest -- you know she really wants it -- tell her that you've already made arrangements for dessert, then have the server come out with the most-expensive dessert on the menu!