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Street food longings
, hand you the crepe and a huge bottle of Grand Marnier and tell you to help yourself.
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Contrarian views on "popular" restaurants?
I was there on a busy night. Waitress didn’t know the menu. All the dishes could have come out of a can. Owner or manager didn’t care about feed back on totally bland, poorly executed food (and we were recommended by...
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How many fellow Chowhounders are or have been in the biz?
" department of the student activity council. We had to manage the food and beverages for all organized campus parties as well as handle all the bands that played the school. Not only shop, cook, feed and clean up after but hang...
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catering client expectation too high!!
it bargaining or haggling. They quoted me a price with open bar and unlimited wine. DH was not happy with the wine choices. So we negotiated a deal where we had the open bar and paid for the wine by the bottle. I had to negotiate...
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Your Top 5 "must visit" chow-related stores in Manhattan
. The parking gods were with us as we found a spot on the same block. As we were trying to feed the meter there was a shout from a man entering his building - “you don't need to pay on Sunday”. “Thanks!”...
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Disturbing example of CH insider-ism and why it might discourage new members
who’ll drink a bottle of rubbing alcohol in a pinch...lol. on a side note.....a recent response to one of my older posts has left me smarting a little as it was a negative generalization type response to a well known food...
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[MSP] One-dish wonders
— except good. Roosters was one of the 3-4 places she recommended. Since it is 2 blocks off my homeward commuting route, I stopped in and got a whole smoked/roasted chicken. I was very disappointed — the smoke tasted...
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What etiquette do you expect of your dinner guests?
or personal beliefs Do bring a hostess gift if you want, but don’t upstage me with a showstopping cake or a $500 bottle of wine
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Your Most Requested Dish Recipe
tablepsoons of chinese rice wine (mijiu) add one package of cubed silken tofu (silken is the softest tofu) i usually taste and add more chili bean paste. pull out ginger and of course enjoy over rice. this will probably feed 4...
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Your favorite resturant in Champaign-Urbana, IL and why
Anyone else have an opinion on the new turkish place in SW Champaign? In the meantime, I am trying to figure out a way to get the people at Cafe Luna to adopt me and feed me things all day.
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Do-not-miss dining: Toronto
for free, and cheese, mushrooms, sautéed onions for a little extra. The italian steak, chicken cutlet, and meatball sandwiches are all great, too, but veal is the specialty of the house, line up to order it, and a bottle of...
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Top Chef - Puerto Rico II - finale (possible spoilers)
Not to nit pick but I think she did cross her arms at one point when they started to give her negative feed back (which was lucky for her limited)...which I thought was interesting. Not complaining...I’m also more or less...
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"I made ____ myself!" - the Thrill of Home Cooking Victory
I just used the rye to get the starter going. Organic rye flour contains natural sourdough yeasts. After several days of feeding the starter, I switched the flour feeder to all purpose white flour. I make sourdough from ap flour.
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Arabesque: Starters, Kemia, Meze, and Mezze
version) and add more toastiness to it. I cut the recipe in half… because the one linked above would feed an army! But this would be an interesting picnic dish, especially if your group is already familiar with Tabouli. I will...
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belated report- & a helpful amalgamation for you to print!
chocolate. The thing is 3 times bigger than I’m used to seeing. And the crossaint itself has no discernable crisp or flakiness. I’m sorry, I can’t just eat colored doughy greasy bread. I pick out the chocolate...
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