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Bridging The Gap From Dining Out To Eating In

Posted 23 weeks 4 days ago by Julie Rains

Food and Drink, Budgeting

Bridge across New Zealand River

Feeling guilty about not having bridged the gap from dining out to cooking in? Don't. Follow my lead and I show you how to take baby steps from full-service to self-service...without being deprived or miserable. 

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A $25 meal for just $3. Updated.

Posted 51 weeks 5 days ago by Paul Michael

Deals and Coupons, Food and Drink

big meal
How many of you are familiar with Restaurant.com ? It's a terrfic site that slashes the price of meals by using a coupon system. You usually get great deals on hundreds of local restaurant by paying $10 for a $25 certificate. But with the following coupon I'm about to give you, you can take a further 70% off that price. That makes two $25 certificates to a great restaurant cost just $6 total!

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What you don't know about sushi

Posted 1 year 4 weeks ago by Andrea Dickson

Food and Drink

sushi

Think you know a thing or two about sushi, eh? I thought the same thing until Trevor Corson, author of The Zen of Fish made a guest appearance on my local radio station to dispell some commonly held myths about sushi. Now, I've traveled to Japan, and I've eaten at some good sushi establishments. I'm not an expert by a long shot, but I thought I knew a thing or two about raw fish and the rice beneath it. But alas, 'twas not the case.

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Crappy service, great food...what to do?

Posted 1 year ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Food and Drink

Fawlty

Yesterday I witnessed something quite special. My lovely wife, who is usually not one for complaining, decided that the service we had received at a local restaurant (or hadn't in this case) was not on. She put her foot down, followed my advice, and I witnessed it with a glowing smile.

Here's the story.

After being seated by the host, we waited 15 minutes for a server to appear at our table. We did the usual 'please, can't somebody take our order' stares into space. We made eye contact with other servers. We did everything right. Alas, we were ignored.

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