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What makes a restaurant succeed? This is a question that has many complicated answers. If the answers were easy, people would be opening dining establishments right and left. Smart folk don’t open restaurants. Crazy people do. To put it more politely, people that like to live on the edge open
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What makes a restaurant succeed? This is a question that has many complicated answers. If the answers were easy, people would be opening dining establishments right and left. Smart folk don’t open restaurants. Crazy people do. To put it more politely, people that like to live on the edge open
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Turkey Day (the time honored tradition of stuffing bread up a turkey’s ass and eating it) is by far my favorite holiday. I like it even more than Christmas. Thanksgiving has all that Christmas has to offer: great food and drink, family and friends, and crisp weather that lures us
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Turkey Day (the time honored tradition of stuffing bread up a turkey’s ass and eating it) is by far my favorite holiday. I like it even more than Christmas. Thanksgiving has all that Christmas has to offer: great food and drink, family and friends, and crisp weather that lures us
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I am on my way home after nine days of tropical sun, food and fruity drinks. This was our (the husband and my) second trip to Kauai, Hawaii, and it was everything it was before and more — almost. We visited prior haunts and new digs. Many places have stayed
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I am on my way home after nine days of tropical sun, food and fruity drinks. This was our (the husband and my) second trip to Kauai, Hawaii, and it was everything it was before and more — almost. We visited prior haunts and new digs. Many places have stayed
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As I begin writing my column this week, I must warn you. Someone has wronged me, and the result has plunged me deep into a state of extreme irritation. So my tone may be a little more bitter than normal, but please bear with me. By the time this publishes,
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As I begin writing my column this week, I must warn you. Someone has wronged me, and the result has plunged me deep into a state of extreme irritation. So my tone may be a little more bitter than normal, but please bear with me. By the time this publishes,
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Where there is food, there are relationships. Many of us eat at our local café or restaurant and have stronger relationships with our favorite server than we do with our own sibling(s). I know I do (this is a test for my sister Kim to see if she reads my
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Where there is food, there are relationships. Many of us eat at our local café or restaurant and have stronger relationships with our favorite server than we do with our own sibling(s). I know I do (this is a test for my sister Kim to see if she reads my
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So where were you when you heard the big explosion at the Atlas Foundry in Tacoma’s Nalley Valley? I was sitting here at my computer when my back door practically shook off its hinges and I fell off my chair. I was also witness to the big fireball because the
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So where were you when you heard the big explosion at the Atlas Foundry in Tacoma’s Nalley Valley? I was sitting here at my computer when my back door practically shook off its hinges and I fell off my chair. I was also witness to the big fireball because the
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Falling into food autumn crisp air brings my need to feed / by sandee glib I don’t know about any of you, but autumn is my favorite season. There is no guessing when it happens around here; unlike summer, we all know it has arrived because it is so very obvious. The
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Falling into food autumn crisp air brings my need to feed / by sandee glib I don’t know about any of you, but autumn is my favorite season. There is no guessing when it happens around here; unlike summer, we all know it has arrived because it is so very obvious. The
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Nearly every Sunday I make an afternoon trip to my local Fred Meyer. Sunday dinner in my household is still a tradition, and I always try to make something new and tasty. My dear husband made a special request as I was walking out the door, “Will you pick me
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Nearly every Sunday I make an afternoon trip to my local Fred Meyer. Sunday dinner in my household is still a tradition, and I always try to make something new and tasty. My dear husband made a special request as I was walking out the door, “Will you pick me
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A few weeks back I mentioned my top five restaurant choices for the future of Tacoma. This week while reading one of my favorite magazines, “Food and Wine,” I decided to pull from it some interesting trends that are currently hitting the restaurant scene around the country. Some are really
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A few weeks back I mentioned my top five restaurant choices for the future of Tacoma. This week while reading one of my favorite magazines, “Food and Wine,” I decided to pull from it some interesting trends that are currently hitting the restaurant scene around the country. Some are really
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It is so nice to see that summer is finally here. Better late than never? I again feel the need to emphasize that summer is not a friend to many of your local restaurants unless they’re on the water or have a nice patio. Who wouldn’t rather stay at home
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It is so nice to see that summer is finally here. Better late than never? I again feel the need to emphasize that summer is not a friend to many of your local restaurants unless they’re on the water or have a nice patio. Who wouldn’t rather stay at home
