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Trader Joe wine bargains
Just because a wine is cheap doesn’t make it a bargain. Since I live n a county that doesn’t allow grocery stores to sell wine, my Trader Joe’s doesn’t sell wine, but in the ones that I’ve been in...
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America's Best Chowhound Cities
raises all boats. Folks who, in Flyover America, would be happily demanding "grits 'n grease", learn, almost by osmosis, the difference between good food and great food. People adopt, to some degree, the values of the milieu in...
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eating other people's cooking - like it or not?
, fresh, gorgeous fish in a bottle of mayonaisse, a couple cups of chopped white onion and topped it off with parmesan cheese (from the green can). Then they cooked it for an hour or so! What can you do? I made myself another...
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i left ZERO tip. (long story- but get this!!!)
?" man- “no. it's too salty” (ham and cheese omlette) me- with genuine concern- "oh, ok. can i have the kitchen remake it for you? or would you like to choose something else off the menu?" man- "no" me- "ok, well, while...
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good diner, reasonable service in Northern VA
(near Crystal City) called the Deluxe Diner. I have found the omelets to be good, the ham and cheese is always loaded with very savory ham, and the French toast and waffles are quite good. I have not yet tried the pancakes. My...
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"Food Entertainment Network" - Enough Already
LOL! Her “cookbooks” were all over the main display table in the cookbook section of Barnes & Noble on Saturday. I think B&N has a marketing deal with TFN stars, as ALL of the books by the Big Three were out –...
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As a Chowhound, what do you want for Christmas?
May not be sure of what I want, but if you’re a foody-friend of mine, you’re getting Truffle Salt from the Cheese Store in Beverly Hills... OHMYGOSH – soooo good! Great on steaks, potatoes, eggs... ANYTHING!
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Waitering tips?
eat staff dinners; that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have tried a decent number of the dishes on the menu. My wife is allergic to bleu cheese; you ought to know if bleu cheese goes in anything on the menu. 5. Similarly,...
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Girl Scout cookies
I think the worst we had to sell was the Cheese and Sausages. We had to go door to door and convince people that processed cheese in those little crocks was worth it. That and the summer sausages that looked like nightsticks were...
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Am I too picky?
last weekend in the National Post. Noon was obviously not the resto I went to that was reviewed. A Reuben sandwich with meat straight out of the fridge that wouldn’t melt the cheese and with absolutely NO garnish wahtsoever...
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I, Moron: Chinese Kitchen, Chicago; Sollys, Milwaukee
, and it was not a good. I took Dr. Ultimos advice. I went to Milwaukee to Sollys for a double on a pillow, with cheese, fried and raw (double cheese burger on sesame French bread, with fried and raw...
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Help! What do I do with all the loose-leaf tea that I have that I don't LOVE?
One person mentioned tea smoked fowl. I second that. You can do great stove-top smoked fish, chicken, meat, hard cheese by: placing handfulls of uncooked rice, tea leaf, and brown sugar in a pot lined with Al foil; put what you...
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The greatest pie of my life: Toni Marie's (plus gen'l bakery thoughts)
with a cup of coffee (decaf) as a denouement to a wonderful day. That piece of pie, served often at the counter, escapes me. I dream that in Chicago we could have a place as gloriously named as LA’s Pie n' Burger. Bakeries,...
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The BEST dining experience in LA for $100-150/person
If you try Providence, do NOT get the room to the left of the entrance – with its white tuck n roll upholstery, you will feel totally uncomfortable. A truly awrful decor. You will feel like you are in a car upholstery...
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Ultimate Restaurants 2003
We’ve eaten out a lot during our kitchen remodel. Here’re my choices for Ultimate Restaurants and a few other lists... Ultimate 5: AOC – wine, cheese, cured pork. what’s not to like? Water Grill – best...
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