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Over-the-top rude service as shtick--I don't get it
, "No you can’t have both Coke and ice cream because you won’t eat your french fries." Then she orders a cheeseburger with the meat and the cheese on the side. Everything is a major ordeal including fishing around in...
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Exercising & Eating after Work
packet washed down with water for “breakfast” during the first half, refill with 20 oz. water, 24 oz. standard Gatorade, terrible convenience store glazed donut and second gel at the midpoint, and downed a small skim...
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I may be in the minority, but...
favorite dishes. Unfortunately, the curry at Thai Arroy was very watered down – like they didn’t use any coconut cream. The flavor enhancement usually offered by the fat was absent, the texture was off and it was very...
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OMG we're having a baby!
, I’d freeze them in ice cube trays and then pop them out and store them in zip lock bags. Then to serve, you just defrost or cook in the microwave. I did this with fruit and rice/meat when the doc said it was okay. I saved...
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Childish reaction to food at resto?
was the original topic, we went out to dinner the other night with some friends to a nice french restaurant, and one ordered iced tea, and then white fish, and they didn’t have either and they wanted to leave, and was...
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Goodbye Zankou
written up on the wall. Is this place related to el Metate by the Ice House?
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Nellie's service - a big disappointment
phenomenon is becoming their signature. The food is suffering from this Amateur Hour attitude as well. My last visit I got the Friday special gumbo. It was cold. Not cold as in "sat too long waiting to come to the table". No, it...
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Epicurious Garden -- What's going on here?
to trying the places in the food court, though I vow not to patronize the corporate gelato place unless they give me the ice cream for free!
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Your one cooking tip ?
Second that. In fact last few times I made pie crust, I sifted flour etc onto parchment paper, cut in the butter with two knives, added ice water, brought dough together and later rolled the dough all on one sheet of parchment....
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Zuni Cafe Cookbook--the BEST, BEST roast chicken and bread salad EVER!! (long)
, the Gambas al Ajillo, the Leek and Stilton soup, the Red Cabbage Salad, the Lemon Anchovy cream sauce for pasta, the 10th Anniversary Chili, the Lemon Pots de Creme (I never made it, but it’s good). The Chez Piggy way with...
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NY Chowhound visiting LA
and Javan are good places, and family friendly. Also, you should try Mashti Malone’s for Persian ice cream. There’s nothing else like it. Try flavors like saffron rosewater or orange blossom. I’ll bet you...
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Thoughts on the evolution of "Peasant Food?"
's a picture of something that looks like a ice cream cone w/cotton candy, it’s called the Licorice Cake... I don’t know if it would be a dessert or just a crazy course in the middle of the dinner but anyway. It looks...
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Dining out with dietary restictions -- wasting our $$$? (long)
our downtown right now and I can tell you there is no ice cream worth eating (short of gro sto Haagen Dazs), there are no good pastry shops. The closest artisinal bread baker is 35 mins away. I might as well be satisfied eating...
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Little things that irk you about restaurants ...
Not bringing me an iced tea spoon, or bringing me one that’s too short so I end up not reaching the bottom of the glass where the sugar ends up, or dunking my fingers in the tea. Auctioning off the dishes. ("Capesante alla...
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In-N-Out near LAX help
While I beg to differ with you re: the In N Out Shakes (they’re made from real ice cream, as opposed to McD’s which IIRC are made from some type of genetically engineeered, synthetic polymer material ;-) ), I have had...
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