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The Three Stages of Beer Appreciation
overall have a tea-like flavor with rose petal and orange. They also have noticeable malt flavor and lower carbonation creating a smooth and almost fluffy mouthfeel. Finally, due to their lower alcohol content, they can be...
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Whats wrong with Tex-Mex?
— or at least tacos al carbon. It’s not Mexican, but it can be mighty good. The enchiladas or tamales or burritos on such a menu are likely to disappoint.
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Entertaining - some etiquette and misc questions
are not carbon copies of one another—thank goodness. Whenever this has happened, either one of the parties realized things were getting too heated and would make a joke or effort to cease the conversation, or someone else...
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Can a chain ever be good?
I’m sorry you had a lousy experience at Le B. I’ve only been there once for lunch, but it was memorable, pristine seafood and perfect service. I love Babbo, too, and you make a good point that none of his restaurants...
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do you get crabby when hungry?
Rather than eating a snack, if I’m home, or if it’s available, I will drink a glass of anywhere from 1/3-1/2 fruit juice and 1/2-2/3- seltzer. The sugar bounces my blood sugar, the mix cuts the caloric content. As for...
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Organic foods, exactly what does that mean?
“Organic” in farming means pretty much the exact opposite of what it means in chemistry. In chemistry, “organic” means "composed of oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon". Hydrocarbons. Gasoline is...
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Also disappointed in The Linkery
the carbon footprint (talk about a trendy concept) or tend to be fairly labor intensive or time consuming. Any of these will escalate the price of the finished product(s), and sustainably produced foods are costlier than mass...
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Farmers Markets : A massive rip-off?
for me with a FM is that there is no middleman. So even if the price is the same as at my local coop, I know that the carbon footprint is smaller by definition and that our local struggling farmers are getting a few extra bucks...
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MARCH COOKBOOK OF MONTH: Fuchsia Dunlop
The nice thing about the carbon steel wok (yes it will rust if not cared for properly) is that they heat up so well, distributing the heat evenly. And as you cook rather than use a lot of pans, you use one pan. You can push and...
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Top Chef #4
also enjoyed that a few of the teams did do some sort of tableside service, i.e., tableside saucing and the carbonated drink in the first course. I think in the past episodes they always called people out on not doing something...
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Mom's Chowhound annoyances
carbon steel ones [all of which I stole out of her kitchen years ago]) were dull as letter openers. That’s how I once nearly cut my thumb off trying to make a sandwich. She has been known to strop a knife on the cement step...
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New World dishes Question
be surprised if Closed Pit cooking originated in Hawaii or among the Maori.. no. For now Mexico has oldest carbon dated Closed Pits found in Tabasco... of course Mexico’s weather & building materials is also archeologically...
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The 3 Grand Cuisines
, Mexico gave the world corn and that’s an ingredient. It also gave the world the process (or technique if you will) for making the corn edible. Corn has to be slacked in lime in order for it to be workable and digestible....
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Carlo Petrini disinvited from Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market
't care about organic, if I didn’t care about local, and if I didn’t care about carbon emissions, I would still shop there as a 'hound. The produce, the milk, the eggs, and the meat just taste better.
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Which snacks to beat pre-dinner munchies/diet sabotage?
i definitely understand. i agree with past replies on drinking a big glass of water or diet carbonated drink or something that fills you up instantly. and then go about your business, opening mail, answering phone messages, etc....
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