Recent restaurant reviews
The following are shortened versions of recent full-length restaurant reviews. The date the original review ran and its overall rating is in parentheses.
Contra Costa Times,
Fri Dec 11 00:24:10 PST 2009
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Save money with gifts from the pantry
A tight budget is a good excuse to look to your pantry for gift-giving inspiration.
Cape Cod Times,
Tue Dec 08 23:07:13 PST 2009
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Dining Review: Pho-getaboutit - Vietnamese soup perfect on cold day, but not here
... menus - an understudy to the upstart noodle bowl. But in many ways, pho is the true star, or should I say, star anise. The key is the broth. The best ones are made by slowly simmering ...
The Gazette,
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:17:19 GMT
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Keep Gardening In Winter With Spice
SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Yankton Press & Dakotan,
Fri Dec 04 23:17:34 PST 2009
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First garden
... different from one that isnt. The organic garden includes perennial herbs like mint, garlic chives, thyme, oregano, anise hyssop, sage, rosemary, majoram, chamomile, as well as annual ...
The Standard,
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:52:21 GMT
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Keep Gardening In Winter With Spice
SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Yankton Press & Dakotan,
Fri Dec 04 22:47:34 PST 2009
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Save money with gifts from the pantry
... sachets of spices for mulling wine or cider. Just fill squares of cheesecloth with a 1/2-inch cinnamon stick, 1 star anise, 2 cardamom pods, 4 black peppercorns and 1/4 teaspoon of who...
CapeCodOnline.com,
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:01:28 GMT
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Celebrity Chef Chat: Su-Mei Yu
... Thai cooking. Next would be bulbs - onions, shallots. Ginger, turmeric and fresh herbs, such as mint and varieties of basil, lemon grass...You have not heard me mention chiles. To thin...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:53:48 GMT
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The Find: 9021Pho marks Kimmy Tang's vibrant return
... feel welcomed. Soon they're happy as clams, slurping the flavorful broths, adding squirts of lime and shreds of Asian basil from the garnish plate or hot chile from the condiment tray....
Los Angeles Times,
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:58:39 GMT
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Fragrance Gardens
... bed or cluster the plantings along a walk way. Also consider using herbs in a fragrance garden. Just brushing by the basil, mint, thyme and rosemary releases their pleasing aromas. Vis...
Tom's Digs,
Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:29:03 GMT
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The Broth of Life
... well, about the Pho. The soup arrives in a giant bowl but is more vat, bubbling and smelling of lime, cloves and star anise, onions sizzle and snap, an aromatic orgy of flavors and sen...
Inland Empire Weekly,
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:44:56 GMT
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Party books: New additions to your entertaining library
... combinations. 1 cup cottage cheese (not low fat) 2 cups milk (not skim) 1 teaspoon ground mild chile pepper 1 teaspoon anise seed 1 teaspoon dry mustard 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ...
Clover Herald,
Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:44:32 GMT
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Bar Exam: Excellent Coziness at the New Living Room
... modus operandi is for you to share your liquor preference, any loathings you may have (e.g., an inexplicable hatred of anise, or the inability to drink orange liqueur because of That O...
The Stranger,
Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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Macarons, the Daddy Mac of Cookies
... (That's like getting Derek Jeter to play in your summer softball league.) Herme introduced flavors like lime-basil, violet-cassis, licorice, jasmine mango, bergamot and anise, which we...
Fox News,
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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