Posted on March 11th, 2008 by iamnotachef
New restaurants should be like Avis in their old commercials: “We try Harder.” And although the folks at this very new (they opened last Tuesday) Wayne restaurant certainly tried hard, it obviously is still a work in progress. Our waiter told us that two of the waiters quit on Saturday at 5:00pm, so I certainly […]
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Posted on March 6th, 2008 by iamnotachef
Here is a brand spanking new blog that caught my attention because my wife claims that she is a great cook, based solely on her skills as a maker of grilled-cheese sandwiches.
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Posted on March 3rd, 2008 by iamnotachef
I bought this silly looking, and even sillier named, kitchen gadget because I chop a lot of garlic and this seemed to be just the thing for the garlic junkie in me. It works pretty well, but I use it only when I need more than one clove. It’s easy to use, although I find […]
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Posted on March 3rd, 2008 by iamnotachef
Just in case you weren’t confident that wine writers are detached from reality, here are two quotations from reviews of a wine that we drank on Saturday evening. Actually, I drank it. The wife sneered at me when I offered a taste.
“…aromas of black cherry, plum and licorice, with liqueur-like ripeness. Sweet, thick and velvety, […]
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