Archives in Category: Dining/Food

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Potatoes

Maybe it’s my Irish heritage, but I never met a potato I didn’t like. And I search all the time. In super markets and restaurants and fast food stopovers.

I love baked potatoes, plain and twice-baked, sweet or Idaho. I

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Bob Evans

Earl’s favorite restaurant for breakfast closed unceremoniously about a week ago, which left him at temporary loose ends for his usual daily ritual. And which is also why we found ourselves trying Bob Evans Restaurant before eight this morning.

“Let’s

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Waitressing

Last night Clara, Earl, and I went to dinner at a local restaurant whose name will be Anonymous. Not because the food was bad or the service lacked. But because our server was new, and I don’t want to cite

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Burger King®

This afternoon I went to Burger King® for lunch. I hadn’t been in a fast food restaurant in a while, not since my kids left home, because all those burgers and fries just don’t appeal to me any more. But

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Perch

It’s Friday; and, like many Fridays, Earl and I are planning where to go out to dinner. It’s become an end-of-the-work-week tradition.

Around here many restaurants serve up a batch of perch on Fridays, and we’ve been to more than

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Revisiting Dinner

Earl and I had a heart-to-heart about our dinner issues, and I am really surprised with the outcome. Surprised and pleased.

“I love sitting down to dinner with you,” Earl said, when I poured out my bucket of woes. “It’s

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Dinner Time

At our house, dinner time is often a disaster. And it isn’t because we have crazy schedules or busy teenagers or even overtime at the office to consider. In fact, I’m not even sure what it is that makes dinner

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Kitchen Bouquet®

Earl and I spent a long half-hour in the supermarket recently looking for Kitchen Bouquet®. A new recipe he wanted to try prompted this All Points Bulletin Search.

I’d heard of the product but had no idea whether it was

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Hot Dog

In a concerted effort to avoid starting on Earl’s and my taxes, my assistant Kyle and I went to lunch. We’ve gone to lunch more frequently lately, and you can draw your own conclusions.

For Kyle, lunch was a “Chicago

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Sunday Brunch

There’s something about Sunday brunch that is special, even though breakfast itself has never been my favorite meal. But move the concept uptown, do it on a big scale, make it later in the morning; and I’m there.

This

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