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Word.

Mourad will get you out the door with 3 courses for around $100, before drinks.

To me, that is the ultimate comfort food.

Also gets extra credit for having the patience to deal with Angelina!

Potatoes cooked under biryana can't be anything but a success.

N’s piperade ROCKS!

Brilliant!

Have you sent out “Save the Date”s yet? I ask because I haven’t received mine yet.

Errrr...No, you don't!

And to some extent our individual digestive tracts.

To quote Diana Vreeland, "I love good taste. Actually, I love BAD taste. What I can't abide is NO taste."

Getting back to the quote, I wonder if part of the "free-wheeling joy" isn't the ambiance of French diners rather than American. I often question if part of what I love about restaurants in France is that I can't easily understand the conversations around me, as opposed to being deluged with stupid patter in English. It's probably just as bad in French but I don't catch so much of it so it rolls off like ambient noise.

I am delighted to read that La Colline du Colombier, Troisgros' Iguerande country inn, has been sold to and will continue under a young family member. We have enjoyed several delightful stays here and remember it with much pleasure. Pastoral setting,comfortable if quirky accommodations, superb hospitality and delicious locale product meals.

Blistered green beans? Scorched Brussels? Padron/shishito peppers?

It's a way of life.

Glad to hear it from you. I've felt that way for years. But you have to admit it. San Marzano really has the PR going.

I scroll past ads. I can't even tell you the names of advertisers on sites I read.

A crab Louie that is NOT. Fox Nat would never disrespect crab in that manner.

Mindsets! Amazing. People who pop $5 easily for a single designer ice cream cone blanch at close to that for 3 oz of fine cheese.

Husband has been eating lightly for several months. Not wanting to look like a hog beside his dainty plates, I have served myself similarly and have dropped some 15+ pounds without trying. As I've preached for years, it's not what you choose to eat but portion size.

Er...right! As in meat pie, sandwiches, burritos... Some of us have eschewed carbs for decades before and without the strictures of keto. Keto certainly does work well and faster, but just saying "No" to gratuitous carbs is pretty simple.

Mid Century was dubbed SoNapaCino.

A negative trifecta.

I’ll see your ham and cheese and raise you a couple of slices half-sours.