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Can you taste dish soap on your dishes?
the dishwasher that heats the water for you. He says that feature enables you to turn down your water heater in order to conserve energy. You’d have to find a clothing washer that does that for whites, too, I guess. P.S. I...
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Whole Foods-Not So Earth Friendly Anymore
,000 sq. ft. stores with such wasteful options such as several different chocolate stations, huge aisles of overpriced clothing, several salad bars, etc. In this day and age of “earth friendly” movement to conserve...
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Die Hard New York Chowhounders Coming to San Francisco...Farallon or Aqua?
Personally, if I were coming from New York, I’d go to Koi Palace. Aqua is dark, modern, conservative, expense-accounty. Pat Kuleto’s decor at Farallon could be the dining room set for a big-budget Jules Verne fantasy...
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Scottsdale restaurant feedback?
of “plain” food for the more conservative palate of the grandparents. Bandera, Rancho Pinot Grill, Village Tavern, Bloom, North, Roy’s, Arcadia Farms. Do you have other suggestions? Thanks in advance!
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Christmas Gift Ideas
All great ideas ! Please keep them coming ! To be more specific, I would prefer something that will require no manual labor =), with 4 young kids and a busy holiday schedule, looking to conserve my energy for cooking, wining and...
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burger bar, kensington market
I completely agree with Davwud – it was a decent burger, the Wagyu was better but not worth the extra $6, and without a coupon it would not be worth a trip back. And why is the place so dark? I know people are trying to...
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Instant Yeast
What’s the difference in taste? Interesting. I use bread machine yeast when I’m making the dough in the bread machine. I bake it in the oven but there are days when I don’t have the time, or energy to knead...
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San Jose upscale
, but at the very least, I couldn’t help but be impressed by what he went through to earn his badge. La Foret: while the menu may have some interesting game, atmos. is pretty staid and menu seems kind of conservative to...
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Charging for grocery bags
The manufacturing process used in “recycling” still consumes energy. So rather than hand out disposable, recycled bags, far more energy is conserved if you reuse the bags you already have.
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Hearth, Little owl, Perilla, Veritas, Blue Hill?!?!
Blue Hill is def the most romantic but it’s not particularly ‘downtown’ in feel. Veritas is the most stuffy of the bunch – maybe not compared to other places but out of your list it’s the most...
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Do you Pre Rinse dishes for your Dish Washer? [Moved from Not About Food board]
that if the water is clear the machine does not work as hard. We are in a drought situation and we do as much as possible to conserve water. Rinsing is generally a waste. Also when our DW was busted for about a month and I was...
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Conscious Eating - Just Us or Do We Spread the Word and How?
important? I’m for conservation, but we need to base that on hard data. BTW, while sharks have been around for millions of years, so have many species, and all of them have been continually evolving, rather than somehow...
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Wimping out for Thanksgiving
Okay, I just don’t have the time or energy to cook for Thanksgiving this year(I’m in my 1st semester of law school). I want to eat at home, though, so I’m thinking about picking up dinner at Cyrano’s. The...
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Interesting piece on economics of organic vs. conventional farming
I think is most scary and someone else already mentioned this, the water/run off issue. My Dad is a biologist, very well educated and very conservative, and his take on the oceans, after observing the decline of the last 50...
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Paper plates in all restaurants due to drought - does it matter? [Moved from South board]
a meeting of hoteliers and restauranteurs to discuss voluntary water conservation methods. For restaurants, those include using floor cleaning fluids that don’t require water, and using hand sanitizer instead of water for...
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