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Chinese Restaurants Today
is a dream to others because it can cure their pain. What is an obnoxious smell to you, may be a flower to the one whose now feels good enough to enjoy the scent.
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8 nights, 9 days of eating myself silly in the Bay Area (a long report)
bread roll, lean & thinly sliced farmhouse ham, eggs, a nicely sharp yellow cheddar that complimented everything. Not your New York $2 egg sandwich next to the subway (then again, it wasnt $2 ) I visited seven wineries...
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Portugal: The Central Roast Suckling Pig Belt
to get into. In Rua Diário de Noticias is Restuarante Vá e Volte, a very unprepossessing joint with excellent, cheap food (try the ervilhas com ovos escalfados—peas stewed with pork, ham, bacon, chouriço, onion, and carrot,...
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Toronto - San Francisco = ?
that they had substituted an inferior ham from Portugal when he visited). And it has an amazing (expensive) wine list Lai Wah Heen has been better for dim sum at lunch recently, compared with their evening menu. And their wine...
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Clement Street Chow Update (Richmond District, SF): D&A Cafe
and will stay partially crunchy in the broth. Theyre generously filled with juicy ground pork. Lee Hou makes two kinds: Hung tao yee fu won ton ($5) made with beaten egg whites, copious amounts of cilantro leaves and small...
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Provence & Paris Travel Log
to climb to the top, but Allison points out how long the line is and we make an executive decision to skip the tower climb. From Isle de la Cite we walk over to the Pompidou Center. This is the building that houses the museum of...
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what to bring on a 12 hour flight
Lets please add bacon, salami and cured meats to the smelly list – oh and any dried fish.
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Old Irving - any chow ideas?
Never been, never really wanted to, but the other day at Pinay Deli I noticed a friendly sign promising ham off the bone. Addison, Elston to Milwaukee Not a whole lot going on here, thankfully, since this post is extending...
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What to do about bad hosts?
. I have worked at a museum with very social people who worked for little more than minimum wage. The party ethic there was bring “Something to grill, something to drink and something to share.” It meant that you could...
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Your culinary history?
to currently be in a position where I can devote a huge patrt of my day to hunting down ingredients and making elaborate dishes on a daily basis. My husband loves it too. he was also having some serious health problems, but with...
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Eating with Non-CH's
go there and not worry about what they were receiving when they ordered. When they discovered the quality of the ham and eggs in their egg McMuffins was much better than home, they started to make it a regular habit........
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Authentic-What Does It Mean To You?
a bit of a red flag for me, because it doesn’t allow those cuisines as much room to evolve with both the times and the changing tastes of the people in those cultures. It reminds me of a story I saw in a textile museum in...
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LA Newbie - What/where is a MUST eat?
about at 2nd and Alameda, or close. Nick’s — For breakfast. Much better food than the Pantry, and much cheaper than your hotel. Order something with ham — that’s what they are known for. To the northeast of...
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real vs. fake foods
with fresh ingredients vs most of the canned soups (there are a few that are better, but most of them are full of substitutes and fake meat) - real ham sliced from a whole roast vs packaged processed ham (e.g. Oscar Mayers) -...
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Epicurioius Garden
I looked for the almonds at the chocolate museum but didn’t see them. I did see gorgonzola-filled truffles. I still intend to try a plain socca someday, but I didn’t want to wait 15 minutes.
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