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Embaressing Dining Partner- What to Do?
restaurant again!). Yes, we are still friends, and her eating out behavior has improved tremendously. That’s how I handled it with a friend. If it happened while dining with a family member, I would make sure the fam....
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Chow vs. weight control?
. Knowledge of the glycemic index and the foods that cause insulin spikes and weight gain. 9. Having many sources of entertainment and pleasure. 10. And last, acceptance — while you’re trying (or not trying) to make...
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food allergies.....ask or tell?
or not it will be effective in a given individual without going through the entire course of treatment. If they have improved metrics for figuring out who will be able to benefit from the therapy, that would be fantastic. One...
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Never been to NYC...would love recs (inc. places w/no reservations needed, favorite casual dining that locals frequent, cheap eats, a few places to splurge)
Becco is not as good as it used to be. We stopped going. Have you been recently? Has it improved?
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Dinner Party Wine Etiquette
Yellow tail is an improvement over what I found at the last party I went to — boxed wine in white, red and rose. Yuck! But I truly love these people, so I just “sucked” it up and ended up drinking more water...
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What is Mexican Cuisine To You?
Mexican culinary tradition, protected & maybe even improved is BBQ... but that has just been absorbed into mainstream Texas culture and isn’t given the slight treatment of “Otherness” that most Tex-Mex receives....
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Reasons for Organic
" label if it’s not an improvement in quality or helping a small local farmer? Anecdotally, the worst-tasting eggs I’ve ever had were local small-farm organic. The problem with some organic farmers is that they (like...
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Disturbing example of CH insider-ism and why it might discourage new members
This advice is laudable, but I find it difficult to follow. My time and dining dollars are precious commodities, so I try to improve the probability that I’ll get good advice by listening first to folks with a track record...
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Constantly altering menu items:a diner's right or peeve?
Hahaha! Now that’s customer service – make them laugh, show that you’re human, and things improve drastically.
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Food Obsession and Significant Other
mmm... a tomato or roasted red pepper chutney, or even tzatziki... :) perfect. i’ve never thought to try rhubarb, but it makes sense! swsidejim, btw, the point was about incremental change and improvement. grilled cheese...
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Blue Sky Cafe - "HK" style western in Belmont
I will add the BSC’s location to the webpage, maybe link to yahoo’s search map too if possible. Maybe I should link it to a voting page also, to vote what should improve and etc..., thanks for the input KK
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Stupid baking/cooking mishaps? Share, laugh, and learn
are much improved now but when I flop, I flop Big Time!
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"Preserving the Organic Integrity of Food" - Tell me why I shouldn't snicker.
ooooooooooohhhhh. now, that does make sense, i guess. but i think that most people would like the original sign, & not the way it would come out of my big yap. i agree that your 3rd draft is an improvement. its less nebulous,...
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Incensed with Whole Foods: Enough Incompetence!
- this stuff gets etched in stone!), she should still contact the management. The only way for them to improve is if people actually let them know problems are occurring.
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How many fellow Chowhounders are or have been in the biz?
I’m an agricultural anthropologist working at one of the international research centers. Lately we’ve been working on bio-fortified (not GM) basic crops to get additional beta-carotene, iron, and zinc to improve...
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