Heather
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Not just bacon. I can't face another dish featuring pork. I'm ready for some lighter food.
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The drip coffee is brewed to order, the chef/owner is very nice, and the plain & chocolate croissants are delicious. I agree with Dave - there's no reason at all to go across the street Starbucks
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Hear, hear! I would be perfectly happy to never, ever see "NOM" or any of its variants again. Ever. LOL-speak was amusing for about 15 minutes back in 2007.
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can of soup toast frozen broccoli with cheese sauce leftover asparagus Operation "clean out the cabinets & fridge before moving" is underway
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Oh my god. I think I hurt myself laughing. Restaurants are shut down for not having hot water. How do so many places get away with this? (agreed on turning off the tap & covering the door handle)
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We've had June picnics before, if I recall
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Also opening on Del Ray Ave in downtown Bethesda.
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Pssst: Matchbox should be added to the Multiple Locations section
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Biscuits.
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If my memory serves me correctly, all the places I went in Madrid & Barcelona charged for bread. Paying for it made me think about whether I actually needed or even wanted it.
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My latest effort. There was almost nothing inside, just air surrounded by buttery brown crispness. That's a cup of maple syrup on the side for dipping. Click.
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I've read your post twice now, and this sentence stuck with me. Do you really think that the average not food-obsessed diner will care? As long as it's decent and fills a void in the neighborhood, I suspect most people won't. I'm not saying this to be glib or snotty - it's just that sometimes we (myself included) forget that most people don't really pay that much attention to who is cooking their steak or flipping their pizza.
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pan-fried catfish, lettuce, tomato, homemade tartar sauce on rosemary bread black bean soup
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Updates? I'm going to a concert at the Patriot Center next Thursday. I'll be leaving Bethesda around 5:30 & we will have some time to kill before the show. I know absolutely nothing about the area so easy to get to is a priority. Alternately, does Patriot Center allow tailgating?
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I went with a friend before a show at Iota last month & forgot to post. I had the gumbo & boudin, and agree with ad.mich that the boudin is excellent. My friend generously shared a couple of bites of his muffaletta, & I can't wait to get one the next time I'm there. Got some of pralines & King Cake to bring to a NOLA native, who pronounced them "as good as home." Just wish they weren't so far away.
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spinach salad with mushrooms, red pepper, tomatoes, goat cheese and bacon catfish dusted with flour & sauteed in canola oil with a little of the bacon drippings baguette with butter and sea salt fresh pineapple I'm drinking a Costieres de Nimes rose. I would tell you which one,but that would require getting up & going in the other room to look at the bottle.
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I assumed Ms. Qwerty was talking about the USA, not the developing world.
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Bayou Bakery has very good King Cake.
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I'm tired of all my north Bethesda options, so I took the Bethesda Circulator over to Taylor Gourmet today. The Ritner Street (Taylor Home roasted Angus beef, sharp provolone, lettuce, tomato, onions, added hot peppers) was dry as a bone - no juiciness to the roast beef, not enough dressing, slightly stale roll - and tasted (& smelled) of nothing but the onions. Add slapdash assembly and a $6.90 price tag, and it's an choice I won't be making in the future.
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I was just thinking that. I really, seriously dislike "have you dined with us before?" Menus that have to be explained are the culinary equivalent of tantric sex - sometime you just want to get it on without having your consciousness raised.
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The Best Birthday Cake Ever, The Worst Birthday Cake Ever
Heather replied to hillvalley's topic in Shopping and Cooking
My favorite birthday cake was a blueberry pie with a sugared lattice crust, baked for me by my friend Tom. Tom makes the best pies I've ever had. -
Do yourself a favor and get to Whisk Gourmet in Coral Gables for lunch or dinner at least once during your stay in Miami. This is our dinner destination after the Coconut Grove Art Festival today - excellent ingredients, unfussy prep, unpretentious atmosphere. I am writing up the Miami food truck scene to post on my website this week.
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I became acutely aware of the amount of salt we all consume by following a low-iodine diet before thyroid cancer treatment back in 2006. (Here is a link to a post about the diet) A low-iodine diet isn't low-sodium, but unless the label on a prepared or processed food product specifically says the salt used is iodine-free, then it is not allowed. And believe me, there is "salt" in almost everything.
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The presentation is a touch hostile, but really, many of the things he said resonated with me. These two passages in particular: made me stop and think.
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Ugh, not happening. Have fun, guys.