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Need Inexpensive Wine Recs
Are you limited by geographic location? If so, see my first recommendation (US). If not, the second (world). Also, as I do not know the distribution/retail aspects of Texas, forgive me, if I throw out some that are not available....
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Listings of where to eat in Venice
, ombras at about 0.50 euro). Great wines available by the glass and it’s also a retail store. Since 1462, this has been the local watering hole of choice in the market area; legend even pegs Casanova as a habitué....
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What is your top pet peeve when going through a chain restaurant drive thru?
is getting money back. They always hand you the bills then drop the coins on top. So if you don’t grab it just right, the coins fall on the ground. I sure can’t get out of my car at a drive thru so I’m out of...
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Restaurants with "Rules"
There are three restaurants in the Greater Palm Springs, Palm Desert and La Quinta named The Fisherman... an excellent Fish and Seafoods place with retail markets within the restaurans. I have been going to them while on vacation...
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Farmer's Markets, Rip off or Worth it?
lettuces sorted by type (frisee, red oak leaf, etc) rather than blended together, bears head mushrooms, huge bunches of organic purple basil, etc. Of course, there were stands set up by growers (or maybe even retailers) that...
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When to salt a steak? My research.
helps explain why brining works (because after a certain point the muscle structure changes, but moisture is increased in the muscle tissue). here is an insight from another study: "Retail meat cuts of pork are frequently enhanced...
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Are steakhouses worth it??
-aging (and subsequent loss), I doubt that their cost of beef is even 10% of the retail charge.
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A third milk thread: why in the world do people buy skim or low-fat milk?
Network and the second, that I found with a very quick search, is from an industry webpage: “NOTE: Vitamin A Palmitate, Isopropyl Palmitate, and Retinyl Palmitate ARE palm oil”:...
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Arun's, Hamburger King, Brisku's and Palmar
for Chicago that’s severe. I don’t care how varied their wine selection is, if it costs more than 3 times retail, I will not go near it.
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Anything Chow-worthy Around...American Canyon? (A Report (Long))
by being in a location that’s still trying to find its groove as a retail location (Canyon Plaza). Also, while they do have a few familiar-sounding dishes like Kung Pao Chicken, their menu isn’t typical to those who...
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Best Fish and Chips in Detroit ?
that sadly, they were no more, but was also amazed at how common Motown-area Thai had become. You’re right—it’s waaay worse six years later. Any suggestions would be appreciated. There’s a decent one on...
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Wrongheaded Assault on Slow Food
rarities championed by Slow Food, the social movement founded to combat the proliferation of fast food. McDonald’s is a multinational corporation: it retails identical food products on the scale of billions, repeatedly,...
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Do You Get All Fussy?
, they tend to believe that everybody thinks the same way." It’s not uncommon though to see that it fails. Two different outlets of the same retail chain some miles apart will have differing sales results with an identical...
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Help me "wow" my staff on our Berkeley food adventure
Most of the shops on 4th st are independently owned; Berkeley is pretty anti-chain. Sur La Table and Peets are chains, but high quality ones. Napa Style has just four retail outlets. Many of the smaller shops – The...
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Gluttony in mainstream/chain dining
the same reason that most discount retailers only sell huge bottles of coke. Link: http://lotsafood.blogspot.com
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