in their representation of what their product goals are. I would rather have an establishment charge honest prices to meet their bottom line (and in this economy I appreciate the honesty – better to raise the airfares by...

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Another purpose of farmers' markets is to educate the public about what is grown and produced locally, how, and by whom. Also, how foods taste when they’re fresh and picked ripe. All of which feeds back into the goal of...

I just read Danna’s note. I sort of disagree with the premise, that if your from Chicago or NY you can’t expect small town restaurants to live up to your big city food. Willy and I’ve traveled the world...

" or “soul less,” but the simple fact that larger companies experience different pressures and have different goals than smaller outfits. Often, though not necessarily, those pressures will negatively affect the...

Sounds like me in regard to my MIL. Thankfully Dh stopped inviting her to holiday dinners after my FIL went into a nursing home. We take her out for her birthday and Mother’s Day, but it’s always lunch out and the...

Very nicely written, but... WHERE did I say anything about mediocre? Where did I say not to use a technique suited to your goal? You are reading a whole lot into what I didn’t say. Undoubtedly why I’m normally so...

linguafood: try what I did. (Back story: I use glass containers at my co-op for almost everything I can buy in bulk. Reducing packaging is one of my goals.) The last time I was at an olive bar, I asked the counter person to use...

about some of the other posters here). I try to balance being healthy (and sane) with some indulgences now and then. My goal isn’t to live to a 100, but to live a happy and productive life.

that the ultimate goal is to persuade us to do something. For example, what if McDonald’s commercials were purely informational (i.e. “Buy our hamburgers. They taste good and only cost 59 cents.”) Is this...

selections, knowing they said nothing about a restriction. I’m fully aware it wasn’t the best food match, that wasn’t the complete goal. It was really the attitude thing, and unwillingness to speak to the gal I...

lean weeks, I would make it a goal to try to use up everything in my pantry and fridge. A random can here, a box of pasta there, half a head of cabbage in the fridge. Even when I thought I had nothing, I usually had something and...

- somewhat worrisome. The risk in cutting ties to traditions and setting out on a new path is to lose contact with the audience, versus the goal of leading the audience to new and wonderful things. Sounds like some of both...

of Cochon and GW Fins-as they have made my short list-My goal for the rest of my life is to reach “ROCK STAR” level(where I place you) when it comes to wine-while I enjoy the experience—my best friend of 39...

of cooking meat makes inherently bad BBQ, only that they are not doing what their name and organizational goals suggest (and thus why I stopped in).