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Tampopo-inspired noodle frenzy
Do a search on this site for yuzu – you should find references to a bunch of research I did a year or more ago on this topic. The nomenclature is really screwed up, but the bottom line is that yuzu is a citrus but NOT...
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Snob terminology [Moved from Ontario Board]
There Jfood stands in front of the chickens in the grocer. Choices include Perdue, B&E, D’Artagnan, White Gem, Holly Farms, etc. Prices range from $149 to $7.99 per pound. Would jfood buythe Perdue at $7.99, nope, how 'bout...
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Food Network pan
Well, Allie, you’ve me given yet another reason to stop harrassing my cable co. here to get TVFN! No Taste! I’ll say! Will Rosengarten’s foodletter be on-line? How to get it? He gets mixed reviews around here,...
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Taco Trucks de Santa Rosa
in the line-up is Delicias Elenitas on the west corner of West Avenue in the Litas Coffee Shop parking lot. This is an afternoon and evening truck which appears after the coffee shop (serving breakfast and lunch) has...
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LA Eats
in L.A. in the last year—Oaxacans have made up a huge percentage of the behind- the-lines kitchen workers here for years, but only recently seem to have accumulated enough capital to open restaurants. One I had lunch at last...
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Ice Cold Beer
, so they’re brewed at non-frosty temperature (and beer is ideally drunk close to its brewing temperature). n.b.—Ales have a characteristically fruity flavor, but other than that, there are few uncrossable lines...
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Luch near Columbia University
some steps there’s the Heights. mediocre mexican food. I’ve not been to Le Monde, but it looks attractive, and given earlier comments might be the best bet. The West End (if it’s still standing on b/way, bet 113...
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Sushi Roku or Matsuhisa
the cooks best when you are not an insider, from Le Cirque to Chinatown. The guy just draws the line at buying second rate fish for his second-class customers.
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Tuna Sandwiches
“I want to be home wearing sweats, eating tunafish on a bagel.” - forgive me for diverting a little way away from food, but isn’t that a Captain Beefheart line?
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How Did You "Deal" With Being Poor (and Young) Before You Could Afford to Dine Out (or eat well dining in)?
Carl’s Jr.... $0.99 Famous Star on Campus... with $0.50 worth of hand picked Oranges, Apples & Bananas from the Sale bin of my local Mexican market. College Breakfast Grill... sang the Mickey song to a mildly unstable line...
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OK to bring my own wine from Trader Joe's? [moved from LA board]
very well, Providence’s response should be something along the lines of: "Sir/Madam, Please don’t be embarrassed. Our customers do this all the time. However, with our corkage policy, the inexpensive wine that...
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Latest addiction
Never had your Red Eye...but the beer and tomato jc – yea! There’s a on-line store that sells ...get ready....WakeTFup coffee. I’m sorely tempted. http://www.hotsauceworld.com/wafuupco1l.html
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Raising Chowpups/Great food experiences with kids?
they were? Development? Who knows. I remember him scarfing down baingan bartha in an Indian restaurant when he was 18 months old. One of his first sentences was “Thai food 'picy!” We do hold the line at home. We...
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Contrarian views on "popular" restaurants?
A lot of people like familiarity, which is one reason why chains are so popular. I can’t stand familiarity, so I avoid chains whenever possible. ;-b Having said that, I find PF Chang’s to be pretty good for a chain....
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suggestions for wine newbie
just for clarification, I was meaning more along the lines of those ubiquitous CA wines whose names are everywhere and anywhere.....not necessarily varietal names.
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Basic examples:
Match a word............................................................artichokes
Match all words.........................................................artichoke heart
Match an exact phrase..................................................."artichoke hearts"
Match any words.........................................................artichoke OR hearts


