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Favorite chowcentric lines from favorite books
The description of tripe stew in Dickens' Old Curiosity Shop I think would qualify. I’ll look it up later on today.
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Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations New Orleans Episode [Moved from New Orleans board]
of fluff pieces around that that will turn a blind eye to the serious issues. They will talk about the food and won’t rock your gumbo bowl or put you of your begniets.This was something else. It wasn’t supposed to be about...
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Decent eating in Disneyland?
a fruit cart near the Winnie the Pooh attraction, which has surprisingly good fruit (especially in spring and summer, when the fruits are in season). The soup in a bread bowl — gumbo or clam chowder — next to Pirates...
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Being a ChowHound on a Tight Budget
Vallarta’s deli and bakery Bobby’s cofee shop John O Groats Pann’s LAnger’s pastrami sandwich or plate Bella Roma SPQR Follow Your Heart Cafe
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What did you grow up eating? typical meal? (moved from Manhattan)
in a while. The two good meals I remember were her stuffed pork chops and her stffed turkey at thanksgiving. There was an excellent pizza shop a block away where we ordered pizza, meatball sandwhiches, and sub sandwiches. there...
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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)?
We took leftovers from the refreshments at school meetings and lectures, and volunteered for school events where we knew there’d be food. We clipped coupons, stocked up during sales, and bought day-old bread for practically...
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What makes "American" food distinctive?
directly from African dishes – think of the stews, gumbos, spicy dishes; and the ingredients: peanuts, okra, collards – all African. I’ve heard the same about fried chicken, though I don’t know if...
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Pete and Will's Big Adventure (Long)
Block east of Laramie OK, so now the cold/flu is kicking hard. But, I’m due at the Original Nottoli & Son Sausage Shop to pick up for a sandwich for a party that night. We stop by. I pick up my pre-ordered Italian three...
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Your one cooking tip ?
My rules: Always buy the freshest ingredients you can. Make 10 stops shopping if you need to...your food will reflect the effort. Presentation counts...esp if something is overcooked. People forgive easier when the meal is pretty....
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Classic Recipes Misrepresented
Just for clarification in case anyone is shopping, it’s “Plugra”, not “Pulgra”. We have it locally here in the Carolinas at The Fresh Market.
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Restaurants you will defend no matter what anybody says...
Pizza Bianca and The Gumbo Pot...
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Authentic or American?!?
they shut down in Mexico and then came to the States. I guess I need to travel Sinaloa a little more... well I will wait until things die down a bit... don’t want to get caught in the same shopping center as El Chapo
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Best Chowhound Cities
assessments of Dallas. Dallas has good burger joints (Snuffer’s comes to mind, amazing cheese fries) and some of the best Asian food in Texas. The Korean population here is large, there are many Asian shopping centers...
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Suprising Eats in Montgomery, Alabama
.com/maps?hl=en&q=montgomery,+al&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=32.343174,-86.222457&spn=0.001468,0.002586&z=19 And I’m sure there’s more mexican markets around but that usually does the trick- like the one on madison by the new...
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What are your staples?
I do the same with chicken breasts, buy them at Sam’s and freeze 2 wrapped first in plastic wrap, then foil and in a big freezer bag. I too take out the portion the night before to thaw. I make out a menu for the week and...
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