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Nouvelle cuisine
NOUVELLE CUISINE NOUVELLE CUISINE. The expression "nouvelle cuisine" has been used several times in the course of the history of cooking, particularly in France in the middle of the eighteenth century. It was introduced to subordinate the practice of cooking to principles of chemistry that were... Read more |
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French
French PRONUNCIATION:frEHNch LOCATION:France POPULATION:About 57 million LANGUAGE:French; also Breton, Flemish, Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Provençal, and English RELIGION:Roman Catholicism; Protestantism; Islam; Judaism 1 • INTRODUCTION France, which has existed in... Read more |
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pasta
pasta generic name for thin pieces of hardened, unleavened dough that are molded into various shapes and boiled, not baked. Pasta is commonly associated with Italian cuisine, though similar wheat flour and rice flour pastas, usually called noodles, have been known in Asia for a long time (remains... Read more |
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Convenience foods
FAST FOOD FAST FOOD. What is termed "fast food" in the United States today most commonly consists of hot, freshly prepared, and wrapped food items, served to customers across a counter or through a drive-up window. Known as both "fast food" and "quick-service food" in the restaurant industry,... Read more |
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Food habits
GASTRONOMY GASTRONOMY. Most dictionaries define gastronomy as "the art and science of good eating," or "the art and science of fine eating." The etymology of the word is generally attributed to the title of a poem by French attorney Joseph Berchoux, "Gastronomie" (1801). Early descriptive... Read more |
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Eggs
EGGS EGGS. Eggs have been known to, and enjoyed by, humans for many centuries. Jungle fowl were domesticated in India by 3200 b.c.e. Records from China and Egypt show that fowl were domesticated and laying eggs for human consumption around 1400 b.c.e., and there is archaeological evidence for egg... Read more |
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Back Bay Restaurant Group Inc
Back Bay Restaurant Group, Inc. 284 Newbury StreetBoston, Massachusetts 02115U.S.A.(617) 536-2800Fax: (617) 236-4175Web site: http://www.great-food.com Public CompanyFounded: 1983Employees: 2,600Sales: $87.8 million (1996)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 5812 Eating Places Back Bay Restaurant... Read more |
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Salvador
Salvador or Bahia , formerly São Salvador , city (1991 pop. 2,075,273), capital of Bahia state, E Brazil, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the commercial center of a fertile crescent (the Recôncavo ) and a shipping point for the cacao district to the south. Other exports... Read more |
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shark
shark member of a group of almost exclusively marine and predaceous fishes. There are about 250 species of sharks, ranging from the 2-ft (60-cm) pygmy shark to 50-ft (15-m) giants. They are found in all seas, but are most abundant in warm waters. Some may enter large rivers, and one ferocious... Read more |
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Apicius
APICIUS APICIUS. The proverbial gastronomer Apicius (M. Gavius Apicius, c. 25 b.c.e–c. 37 c.e.), who lived at the time of the emperor Tiberius, gives his name to the most complete cookbook that has come down from antiquity, one that reflects an ancient Roman cuisine that survives,... Read more |
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WORTH ANOTHER BITE.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)
...to dish out French and Italian...hot, salted French fries. Feel...in a buttery tarragon sauce. Don...stuffed with sweet, vanilla...sauce-centric cuisine of southern...Overall, we found the fare somewhat...risotto with ... |
 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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U-Bistro: French-style Mediterranean fare.(Washington Weekend)(Dining Out)
...tapas bar. French bistro, of...mingling among the French, Spanish and...cilantro zest and sweet red onion...seafood, we found the chef...except for the French touch. Just...rich French cuisine. The soft...is ... |
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NEWLY CHRISTENED VIRAZON BUILDS ON HUMBLE PROMISE OF ITS PREDECESSOR.(What's...
...take you by surprise. You arrive...Trois - a French-style cafe...motherhood - French-born chef...to chef de cuisine during a 14...with noted French chef Francis...as naturally sweet and refreshing...Rueda can be ... |
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Dionne's makes Momence a worthy destination
...RESTAURANT Cuisine: country French. Address...pleasant surprise it was to...excellent country French restaurant...s baked French onion soup...carte. The tarragon vinaigrette...and green sweet pepper ... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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Stretching Mediterranean borders at an original spot in Cambridge
...pumpkin and French lentil salad...Mediterranean cuisine, offering...cerebral haute cuisine in Boston at...pumpkin and tiny French green lentils...agrodolce sauce, a sweet-sour taste...green beans, found originality...with ... |
 "The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)")
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FOOD-FANTASY ISLAND.(Pasatiempo)
...of many, French traditions...finest in French cuisine since 1995...a mostly French-controlled...or sour-sweet sauce made...flavored with tarragon) slipped...blackboard!), I found it a simple...fixe. No ... |
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Good food, songs make Mathilda's worth the trip; Chef Alvarez belts out...
...of toasted French bread. It...cheese and tarragon. Tasty...envision richer French cuisine. While the...crab was sweet and wonderful...pleasant surprise both in flavor...portion but found this was...scallops ... |
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Un Grand Cafe Upholds Bistro Standards
...STAR) (STAR) Cuisine: French. Address: 2300...panache. No surprises, no hare-brained...enter through the French doors, one of...several shelves of sweets that have a way...croute and broth, sweet and mysterious...served with ... |
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AT CAFE CAFE IN TENAFLY
...fare with a French accent. Dinner...entrees. The sweet, clean, delicate...thick chunk of French bread, when...daily, and the cuisine is not camouflaged...perfection found in vibrant...so it was no surprise that the ... |
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Border Bites
...any ethnic cuisine. However...range of French Canadian cuisine, from idiosyncratic...curry- and tarragon-flavored...we always found something...We also found a little joint...offers more surprises than just ... |
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