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The nit-picky cook/baker: what shortcuts do you take, and what shortcuts make you cringe?
Wow! You may be my twin in an upside-down opposite parallel universe. Let’s see: I don’t ever mind using Muir Glen fire-roasted canned tomatoes if garden fresh are not available. Never seed or peel tomatoes. If the...
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What's BAD at Trader Joe's?
Third the Frozen Asparagus and also add the Frozen Garlic Herb Fries... just VILE! :P —Dommy!
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Greatest Cuisines? French and...
Indian cook book. Southern- I just moved down South! Food is serious here, and coming from New York I’m glad to see that. Fat in all the right places with an emphasis on pleasure and freshness. Jamaican – some of the...
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Asian desserts...why don't I like them?
. And the aromatic quality (I’m assuming from the basmati and the rosewater) of kheer breaks up some of the heaviness of all the dairy. And I don’t find kheer as sweet as some of the other Indian desserts. So while I...
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Not my list of Venice recommendations (very long)
the same price, but our meal was definitely worth it. (3) Best value and most convivial meal – Had at Osteria Santa Elena (also called Dal Pampo) was down at the end of Castello, past the Bienniale grounds. This was a sunday...
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How do I raise a little Chowbaby?
your meal. Toddlers will naturally become less interested in food because of the ever so stimulating environment they learn to live in daily. Plus, their growth spurts start to slow down and are not as hungry as when...
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Pete and Will's Big Adventure (Long)
place and then head home where my short nap turns into an all nighter. I point out the Penguin to Pete on our way down Lawrence, but don’t stop out of sheer misery at this point Anyone knopw where I can get rid of a three...
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Best Chowhound Cities
As a recent transplant from Chicago to LA, I am surprised to see LA at the top of your list...my top three would be NYC (hands down!), Chicago, and San Francisco. I’m not arguing, just curious...what makes LA your favorite?...
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Point Richmond Restaurants & Spectacular Shoreline Picnic Area
to on a summer vacation. In fact, if you walk through the tunnel down the street you will come on a grassy seaside park with tree shaded picnic areas that has one of the most spectacular views of the SF Bay. The restaurant has a...
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Oliveto's: who loves it and why?
finally had a great meal at CP the third time she ate there, but I’m not that patient (and she never had to pay for her own meals). I hope I succeeded in defending myself. In the end, we are all entitled to our own...
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visiting New Yawkers want to know.....
. The food is authentic to the bone. Exotic Thai Salads: Fish Salads, Papaya Salads, great soups, entrees....it really comes down to the chef and Siam House is chef-owned which is a big deal. You’ll see alot of Thai’s...
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Things I don't like about the new site
into the thread but then you have to scroll way down the page and look for what’s new. One should be able to click a link (or maybe the icon itself?) and be scrolled right to the oldest new post. (Oy, now I see this...
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Now Open- Bollini's - The Best Pizza in L.A.
section at MILK and you got the picture). I noticed this because when I went there I was looking to see if there was even room to put a third chair at our table on the side of the walkway. I decided even that could not reasonably...
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Al-Khaym bakery and restaurant
to me, that i feel he and his businesses are chow-worthy and i must go back. i had just ridden my bike on a very cold, windy day from wicker park to skokie to get bagels and corned beef at kaufman’s bakery, then back down...
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Basic Dining ettiquette (manners)
you know what I mean? Going to a third world country and teaching the poor and starving manners is not going to help them one bit. Seriously, people only have time for so much in their lives and while I won’t start farting...
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