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Endangered and Extinct Foods
pudding, I haven’t really looked lately for Kozy Shack buttescotch pudding, but I know Imagine Foods makes a vegan (dairy-free) pudding in several flavors including butterscotch.Little Snak-pak containers, perfect for a...
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Why are chains so big with younger people?
The first Friday’s in Dallas ditto. I thought those potato skins just might be the most brilliant new taste treat ever invented. (Still love 'em and can’t do them as well as Friday’s does—or did:...
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Merits and demerits of "trying to like" foods
into it expecting miracles, only hoping to find some interesting toehold that escaped you in previous ventures. I’ve been successful with cucumbers and some raw mushrooms (cooked are splendid). Now I’ll treat myself to...
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Updated Santa Cruz restaurant reviews/opinions, please!
with red sauce). The chile verde is not my favorite there, however. Tacos morenos on mission, Taqueria SC on mission, and jalepeno just off of pacific are decent choices as well. If you are a student or if you go up to campus, the...
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Future of American (Micro)brew
you are right it is comparing apples to oranges. Ales and lagers are different and should be treated as such. I am partial to ales myself but can and do enjoy a good lager(i gained 40 lbs in prague drinking lager, cheaper than...
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La Luncheonette
sandwich with mean to go, “for later”, and a couple of Lone Stars. You turn the corner, you see the DiSimone Bakery trucks, you smell the smell, you see the Texas flag flppin' in the L.I.C. prairie wind, the blinking...
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Chowhounding Rules of Thumb
in the parking lots. If people have travelled more than 2 counties to get there, you can bet it is a good place. Double points for out-of-state plates. A Texas addendum is to count the number of trucks in the parking lot. A good...
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Top 10 Tastes of California
most authentic are probably the toyanese taco trucks, or a burrito from la taqueria. also, vietnamese food is awesome here; i dunno if that’s something nyc has? bodega bistro and pagolac are favorites, though slanted door is...
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[MSP] One-dish wonders
made with it; taco truck Y for the tacos al pastor, but not the chicken or any other tacos; little shop Z for the red bean or green tea ice cream, but no other flavors. I think it’s rare when every item on a menu is...
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Food Snob or Food Lover?
Can I be both? If Aunt Anybody made a treat and people raved, I will fully admit something is lovely, Cool Whip, or no. If Chez Whatever serves cool whip in their tiramisu? uh, no!
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Chowhounding in Good Nabes vs. Bad Nabes
in the food, the waiter just warmed up and treated me like a diner rather than a visitor. I agree it is laziness or ignorance on our part or the pro critics part that we don’t eat more delicously. When I was on a little...
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real vs. fake foods
brought back from a trip that you tried because you were polite. Sugar maples don’t grow in the South. We read about that stuff in books. Just like Yankees didn’t eat grits, we didn’t have maple syrup before...
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Latest addiction
Candy and jar them whole in sugar syrup for later indulgence or to accompany other treats, great with a slice of plain cake, or with roast duck....or!
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Recession Cuisine
using them. The real trick is to use them when something is on sale. Then you can get your "treats" once in awhile.
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Your favorite sandwich. Ones you make at home.
Good marketing campaign, shiny delivery trucks with cool paintjobs.
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