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All-time best sodas
For me, Sanbitter is like non-alcoholic Campari.
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What white wine would be good with a variety of apps?
not sure what time of day the party is planned, but you may want to offer up regular and/or decaf coffee with the sweets. Also, it is always a good thought to have non-alcoholic alternatives if there are any designated drivers in...
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Best Mexican Restaurants
comfortably full after our three appetizers, four entrees, and two desserts. Our check, also including three beers ($4.50 each for Negro Modelo), three non-alcoholic beverages ($2.50 each), and tax, came to $43 per person before...
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No self-respecting hound would go out to dinner tonight - what's on your home-cooked menu?
) Veal marsala with prosciutto Gorgonzola risotto from this site (very good but not $25,000 worth – I still prefer Julia’s wild mushroom risotto) Homemade amaretto truffles with pistachios Sparkling non-alcoholic pear...
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Help Me Find the Perfect Blender
Niki, I was just trying to figure out whether crushed ice was an abstract thing you needed. While I’m not a fan of blended drinks at the bar, the non-alcoholic “girlie” drink you describe is actually my typical...
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Recipes You've Never Heard of Outside Your Family
From my family, my husband’s, and some others: *Sherbet tail – a scoop of lime or orange sherbet in a glass tumbler, with pineapple juice poured over it. Eat/drink with spoon. It’s delicious! Served as a first...
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BBQ Tasting Write-up
was Janet Zimmerman’s "nonalcoholic Margarita" with a refreshing grapefruity tang — I think we went through several pitchers of it, along with some fruit sodas and a half gallon of unsweetened iced tea. I don’t...
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a chowhound's quirks...
I’m the same way with the eating pattern— I never mix my food, and I’ll eat all of one thing and then go to the next. But I drink lots of water or non-alcoholic beverages with my meal.
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Waitering tips?
Most places — even the temples of gastronomy — don’t charge for refills of non-alcoholic drinks. (Things like ice cream floats and smoothies, of course, are an exception.)
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Potluck Wedding Reception?
other reason than they are responsible wedding consumers as opposed to those really scarey bridezillas and greed-grooms you see on TV. And, whatever the reason that they have asked for a non-alcoholic reception, respect it. It is...
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Hola, Sra. Martinez - Miami, Design District
enjoyed her “San Sebastian,” a non-alcoholic mojito variation with lime, mint, cucumber and ginger beer. MB was in the house and very graciously (after some hocking of the waitstaff by my mother-in-law, who saw her speak at the...
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What do CHers consider GOOD service
At a bare minimum, I never want to run out of water or whatever non-alcoholic beverage I am drinking. I don’t mind asking for another bottle or glass of wine. But I HATE chasing down a server who has left my meal, asked if...
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Walking Out due to the Menu Options
. And they had the shortest menu ever. I am used to endless Vietnamese menus, with several categories (pho, bun etc) and then many variations on each theme... the non-alcoholic drinks menu alone should be at least one page,...
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What to do about bad hosts?
cook (usually) several entrees and sides, or cater, and usually provide desserts, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, do the entire set up in steam trays, and the clean up, unless some volunteer stays to help. I draw the line...
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let's share a cooking "trick"
espresso from the local Starbucks et al. and incorporate it into the liquid required for the recipe (eg, choc mousse, silk pie, brownies, ice cream sauce...) 4) Any home-made syrup-based non-alcoholic drink such as a punch or ade...
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