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You are planning a vacation to Disney World and are probably staying at Shades of Green to enjoy the discounts available to military personnel. But the only time you can go is spring break or summer vacation. Just thinking about the lines at those times are enough to make most people
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Does anyone date in the grocery store aisles anymore? Did anyone beyond the trashy TV shows EVER do this? I met my wife in high school so I admit I haven’t tried dating in the frozen food aisle. I am not exactly sure how one would do this with any relative
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Researchers for the What’s for Dinner Club in Britain recently discovered after conducting a survey of 1,440 people that most British families eat the same six meals every week. Now, we all know how we get into food ruts. Even if you don’t cook at home, you may tend to visit
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It’s all the rage to have a food allergy. Maybe not, but if it were a fad, allergies are big right now. Restaurant servers, flight attendants, even your mom know all about the ingredients in their foods, and they don’t blink an eye anymore when the subject comes up from the
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I stopped in Hallmark the other day, but after a fruitless search, I couldn’t find a card to send my favorite chef for National Noodle Month. I believe the noodle deserves a month of celebration. Where would I be without the noodle (no pun intended, sicko). Most foodies know that noodles
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I recently returned from Acapulco jazzed by the Mexican chefs’ creations. Forget the stunning views and warm tropical nights of this southern Mexican city of two million people — these creative folk are fusing Mexican and Asian flavors that cry Viva Flavor! Shrimp medallions with ginger and mango sauce and chipolte
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I’ve dabbled for years in the Korean community, tasting this and that, writing down my favorite places. Recently, however, I ran into a friend looking for a road map of sorts to the Korean restaurants along South Tacoma Way. An adventurer at heart, he recently returned to the South Sound
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Choosing the right restaurant for Valentine’s Day depends on the motivations of your libido. The right spot can mend a hole in the heart, enflame the senses, set up expectations, quell other expectations, and/or send a shot across the bow of love. If Valentine’s Day dinner just entered your consciousness this
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When I was a kid the moms in my neighborhood had the same birthday game plan: eight friends, pin the tail on the donkey, a nut cup, and a lopsided Duncan Hines cake. And no one worried about spills because the décor of the 1970s matched the Kool-Aid colors. We
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I understand that my taste buds must comply with certain fairness laws or else the American Civil Liberties Union will intervene, but I’d prefer to rent more space on my tongue to salty and sweet, leaving sour and bitter to double up in the sub-basement. Sure, I enjoy bitter coffee, and
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Over the past 12 months I enjoyed a number of dishes on my plate, so much so that I willingly decided to be one of those journalistic schmucks pumping out a Top Ten list at the end of the year (which is code for “crap, I don’t know what to
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Weekly Volcano headquarters received a call two weeks ago from the Food Network in New York City — apparently the big city foodies want to explore hamburger dives in the Northwest (stay tuned to your television). I compiled a list for them of my favorite burger joints in the South
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The deals available to consumers this holiday season may, if expert predictions prove right, stagger the mind. But more importantly, they’ll leave a little extra for lunch or dinner. Forget the extra sweater, a good meal means more holiday cheer than cotton and gabardine. To assist the merry mall shopper, I
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Big cities like New York offer the world, literally, to a foodie. In mega metropolises everything cooks, bakes and sautés at your fingertips — Cuban, African, and Persian — you name it. Global understanding through food boils daily all around a person there — a UN buffet of sorts. In the
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Contrary to the popular phrase, atheists do exist in foxholes, according to an organization fighting to support the nonreligious in uniform. Atheists and others with no religious affiliation comprise 21 percent of the U.S. Armed Forces, according to a recent joint release from the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, or
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The majority of restaurants fail in this country, therefore, it should come as no surprise that few eateries in the South Sound celebrate 25 year anniversaries, let alone 50 or greater. Locally, the Hob Nob, the Harvester and The Spar in Old Town Tacoma represent places nearing their 80 year
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Anyone who believes the restaurant business operates smoothly probably never owned a restaurant. In the best of times the restaurant business proves chaotic, unstable and daunting. Throw in a recession with plenty of question marks dotting the future and the economy gives many restaurant owners reason to throw in the
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Beijing’s Wangfujing Night Market, just a stone lion’s throw from the Forbidden City, bustles with city dwellers after the last bicycles are put away for the day and “the peoples’” thoughts turn to food. Tucked behind the Raffles hotel, five lanes of stalls open under the glow of naked light
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Salmon defines the Northwest. Sure, plenty of other countries fish and consume the Pinky Tuscadero of the marine world, but we eat it best — like real men … and women. We don’t slice it thin on a bagel, or serve it raw over rice — we club it, filet
