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Pinole Restaurant Recap Not Just for Pinoleans
Jackson Cafe won- ton-loving uncle agrees. I have not been very impressed by their “dinner” dishes, but did enjoy gnawing the bones of a tea smoked duck. I confess my favorite Pinole restaurant is Home Town Buffet. I...
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What's up with The Bronx?
would taste good. Meat tip: Ben’s on W. 231 & B’way has great hamburger. On Fri., if you ask, they’ll give you free chicken or beef soup bones. Topdog: Sorry you had a bad Albanian rest. esperience. So are you...
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official chowdown - what is it?
restaurant I pick. Here’s my bone to pick: I really haven’t seen more than a dozen Bay Area board chowdown announcements in the past few months, and THREE out of those were posted by CH Addict. That’s a lot for...
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Divergent opinions unite!
- and I just hated it – very “fishy” and wasn’t expecting bones (shame on me) and have felt guilty about it up until now. It feels great to get this off my chest – just hope GG doesn’t find...
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WSJ: Sushi Bullies
and gnawing on the bone, or a server in a steak house suggesting that ketchup might mask the delicate flavor of a Wagyu ribeye. Certainly there are those in the service industry who have a less reassuring “table-side...
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What would you consider your kitchen essentials?
More good knives...including another chef’s knive, a paring knive, a boning knive and a good serated knive. Kitchen-Aid stand mixer. Cuisinart. Some great pans (I like All-Clad and some non-stick as well). An ice cream maker...
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Languedoc: Turned Away at Restaurant Emile in Toulouse
worldly in texture and flavor. The cuisse of duck confit served on the bone was very meaty, tender and velvety as can be, with well-aged flavor. The Toulouse sausage was softer with a better melding of the seasoning with the pork...
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How much does your chowhounding cost?!
with my more prosperous friends because it meant a lot to me (tho you would have thought someone would throw me a bone now and then LOL). The end result tho was – I got rather hefty for a little person. Finally managed to...
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What are Chowhounds having for dinner tonight?
I’m making a delicious rice dish, I call it “Spanish rice”, but I just made the name up. I roast pablanos, remove the skin, seeds and veins, and dice. I add this to onions and garlic that I sauté. I add cooked...
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Nasty Little Treats
, that sardines packed in olive oil or other low-saturated oil, are incredibly good for you, since you get the fish oil, calcium from the small bones, and low incidence of mercury because the fish are small, and a whole protein....
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Your Best of 2005?
, it def. looked done at the 90 min. mark. Deeply bronzed, meat pulling away from bone at the drumstick, legs splayed and loose. It had a wierd taut look though (as you can see in the pic) like a bird that just went in for botox....
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If you had to choose one national cuisine...
, cheese, bread and wine is simply the ultimate. India and Morocco for their veggies. And how could I forget bbq...whole pig and bones.I am absolutely starving!!!
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Trader Joes
I know, what am I doing buying turkey the week before Thanksgiving, but the Aaron’s kosher whole bone-in (raw) turkey breast they stock sometimes is excellent — since the kosher process is similar to brining,...
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Slow Food Challenge?
I’ll go to my Asian market for local: mushrooms; duckling (head and feet included); local meats; cabbage; kimchi; several types of tofu; honeycomb tripe; pickerel or perch; pork belly; beef bones for stock; fresh noodles;...
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Singapore! Goa! Food! Oh my... [Moved from International board]
in the marrow of his bones. I think fine French food has its place in Singapore, but maybe not for the majority of eaters there. Again, if I were to consider dining there, it would be more for a special occasion. But just being...
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