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Ahhh.... blue cheese. I love you. Wisconsin has been super hot this week! We wanted to grill this week, but it was a little too hot. I had a breakfast dish similar to this a few weeks ago, and decided that this was the perfect opportunity for "brinner". I…
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Add a little zing to your breakfast with warm blueberry lemon breakfast cake from Gateways Inn & Restaurant in Lenox, MA, a BnBFinder listed inn.
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Most of the week I eat a quick breakfasts, just a toast witch cream cheese or a vegetarian sausage link, but not on Sundays . Sunday is a special day when you don’t have to feel bad about staying in bed till noon (except the fact that your dogs have bee…
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We’re still experiencing cold Winter temperatures here in Tanzania, so the other day I was inspired to make this delicious warm salad for lunch. It comes from the August copy of the South African “Essentials” magazine, and I discovered it one n…
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My mother made this just last week, and it was wonderful. She said she had made it before, but not where she got the recipe.
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My husband really loves to bite into chewy food, including oatmeal raisin cookies and thick slabs of ham. A few years ago, I wanted to improve my chili recipe to give it more "biteable" substance. So I tried substituting meat balls for crumbly ground beef…
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I love a good thick spicy gumbo. The restaurant I work at has the best gumbo ever. I wanted to recreate my own version to make and enjoy at home. In gumbo, roux is key and if burned or undercooked can result in not so good gumbo. Since my favorite gumbo f…
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OK, so maybe it's not a meal, but if you've just come off the week I just had, you want one. Heck, you NEED one. Besides, what better time to enjoy a tropical drink than the middle of winter?
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I used to make this at a restaurant I worked at for special occasions. I came up with it while trying different things for a party.
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I made this for lunch this week and it was sooo easy and sooo yummy! (…and spicy too!) You could add lettuce and tomato too. For a healthier version you can substitute grilled chicken.
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The number one resource for service industry information, restaurant news, tipping practices and industry standards.
http://theturtlerestaurant.blogspot.com/
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The Turtle Restaurant - eating in the slow lane
A blog dedicated to eating in the slow lane. Food history, recipes wine and food in culture
http://createeathappy.blogspot.com/
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My diary, writing about my creative cooking and award-winning recipes created for food companies and recipe contests in Japan. Most of my recipes are in Japanese, so I will translate them by request! Also, I write about hot and interesting food produ…
http://glutenfreebetsy.blogspot.com
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Personal blog of a celiac following a gluten free diet. Product reviews, gluten free and celiac news, restaurant reviews, and upcoming events are discussed.
http://wellonwheels.blogspot.com
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Well on Wheels is a food blog with healthy recipes, restaurant reviews, and stories of life as a vegan personal chef.
http://gina-taste.blogspot.com
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My Favorite Tastes. Mostly food, and a little of everything else. Check it out for restaurant reviews, recipes, and overall food and cooking thoughts!
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A place to share the recipes, story and style of this iconic Cape Town restaurant established in 1992.
http://starrestaurant.blogspot.com/
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World famous 5-Star restaurant secrets that you can make at home.
http://holidaysecretrecipes.blogspot.com/
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Holiday Recipes: Halloween-Thanksgiving- Hanukkah-Christmas-Kwanzaa-New Years or anytime of the year. Restaurant copycat recipes: Cheesecake Factory's Oreo Cheesecake, Pumpkin Cheesecake and Avocado Eggrolls copycat recipes, Outback Steakhouse Rack o…
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Copycat recipes from your favorite restaurant. Unguarded and revealed secret recipes you can now cook at home.
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Okay, this is a special announcement. Hear ye, hear ye.Now you KNOW how much I do love my kitchen and everything that goes on in there. But everyone needs a break now and then, and for my, that break comes on Saturday nights, when the Southern husb (read full article)
7.7 miles, about 11 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village. The SK Story Google ’starry kitchen hong kong’ and several hits come back for the popular Asian chef and celebrity driven cooking show of the same name on TVB, a Hong Kong tel (read full article)
Hello! How’d your Monday go? Mine was good except I’m still sitting all day at work and (TMI?) my buns are sore! I don’t know how I used to do it because sitting in a chair for 8 hours is just not for me. The good news is that they (read full article)
Before you say anything – yes, I am possibly the last food blogger to eat at/blog about Mooli’s in Soho. I’ve passed its lime green shopfront on Frith Street countless times, but unable to resist the siren call of noodles at neighb (read full article)
This was a really weird week for me. I broke down and needed some synthetic food, in the form of a Big Mac. So I got one. Then I went to a baby shower which was at a sushi restaurant. I didn't think I'd ever had food budget money again, but apparentl (read full article)
"That bitch, hope she gets fired too!"Said by one of the older waiters from our restaurant about the new waiter that seems to get too many shifts. "I think some more is coming in on Friday"Said by my jerk beverage manager when I told him that there i (read full article)