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Bottled water freakout
I laugh at us buying water. I refill my bottles and freeze them in the summer so they are cold. My neighbor told me that she read that there is a reason they should not be reused. Has anyone heard anything about that?
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Vicinity of Montrose and Beacon: early dinner?
I was for the only time last summer, and it is stil warp dining, waitresses suitably calling everyone honey. Not having experienced the former, I can’t compare the food, it was good though. I seem to recall that the...
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What awakened your tastebuds?
was then introduced to the combination of food and wine. The deal was sealed when I had sweetbreads in a demi-glace sauce for the first time. Good thread, thanks.
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SOS: Champurrado/atole?
are Celayas elsewhere in Chicago) but still very intriguing. I know what you mean by Cermak being like a mall. I was there earlier this summer (checking out Czech/Bohemian places) and saw that everything was so spread out and far...
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How do you spot a good Mexican place?
-fashioned wines. The taco de lengua en salsa verde is arguably even greater: this is meat cookery as accomplished as you will find anywhere in the city. Every bite presents a different dimension of the meat and presents the kind...
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Butter
on the counter for about 2 hours till it reached about 60F (colder is ok). I poured myself a full glass of wine and gave it a go. It really didn’t take that long. I used the second most slowest speed to churn. About 12...
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bosphorous kabab house
sauce in chartre the other weekend. it was at the grand monarch restaurant, in the towns centre, and my god what a meal we had. so *&^%%#!! delicious, and the bill for five people for less than $100, including glasses of red wine...
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When is Tai Chi not Tai Chi?
it actually tasted good." You’ll have to tell me about your Colorado experience sometime over a glass of wine. I’ve loved hearing from friends what it’s like to grow up Jewish in Appleton, WI or Baton Rouge, for...
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N. Side, Kid-friendly, Authentic Ethnic - Any Suggestions?
-town spaghetti joint with a very nice wine list. You can see their menus from last November at http://www.davesik.com They don’t take reservations, but if you get there by 6:00 there shouldn’t be much of a wait....
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"secret" recipes
E.F. Benson’s book “Mapp and Lucia” revolves around the efforts to steal a recipe called “Lobster a la Riesholme”. A great little book for summer reading.
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Sietsema
I love to read MFK Fisher...curled up in a chair on Sunday morning with a cup of tea, or afternoon with a glass of wine. But when I want a suggestion of where to go out in the next half hour (or more important, where not to go),...
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I don't follow recipes and I don't measure
Paul Wolfert (three days in the making). I followed it exactly and wouldn’t change it a jot, down to the brand of wine. I doubt it could be improved upon. On the other hand, when making something less intricate, I will...
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FOUND! Best Manchester, UK Quality Chicken Tikka Masala...Here!
it an Indian restaurant. (As for cost it’s also the only Indian where two people can spend $140.00 with very modestly priced wine!) In truth the CTM, overall, was somewhat better on Wilmslow Road in Manchester at Shere Khan...
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Quibbles with Fearless Critic's Guide to Austin?
. Like many statistics, you can create fallacious correlations. Note how crime increases in the summer, as do ice cream sales. It would be absurd to assume that ice cream sales and crime rates are somehow related; yet this is...
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Advice on cookware
't involve acid and wine, I rely on my All-Clads.
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