Comments on: 11 Ways to Make Every Meal an Opportunity for a Memorable Experience http://www.tastingmenu.com/2007/02/14/11-ways-to-make-every-meal-an-opportunity-for-a-memorable-experience/ Focused on food. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:26:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: AllMenus.com Blog » Blog Archive » 11 Tips for an Enjoyable Meal http://www.tastingmenu.com/2007/02/14/11-ways-to-make-every-meal-an-opportunity-for-a-memorable-experience/#comment-33 AllMenus.com Blog » Blog Archive » 11 Tips for an Enjoyable Meal Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:27:11 +0000 http://www.tastingmenu.com/2007/02/14/11-ways-to-make-every-meal-an-opportunity-for-a-memorable-experience/#comment-33 [...] love the Hillel’s piece over at Tastingmenu called 11 Ways to Make Every Meal an Opportunity for a Memorable Experience. In fact, I agree wholeheartedly throughout and got some good ideas about eating out too (and I [...] [...] love the Hillel’s piece over at Tastingmenu called 11 Ways to Make Every Meal an Opportunity for a Memorable Experience. In fact, I agree wholeheartedly throughout and got some good ideas about eating out too (and I [...]

]]> By: Tim http://www.tastingmenu.com/2007/02/14/11-ways-to-make-every-meal-an-opportunity-for-a-memorable-experience/#comment-30 Tim Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:32:14 +0000 http://www.tastingmenu.com/2007/02/14/11-ways-to-make-every-meal-an-opportunity-for-a-memorable-experience/#comment-30 ... can I add a suggestion. Order wine after you have ordered your meal and where ever possible order wine by the glass not the bottle. Ask the wine waiter for a recommendation to match the courses you have ordered. Chances are you will have the perfect wine to compliment the food you hav ordered... … can I add a suggestion. Order wine after you have ordered your meal and where ever possible order wine by the glass not the bottle. Ask the wine waiter for a recommendation to match the courses you have ordered. Chances are you will have the perfect wine to compliment the food you hav ordered…

]]> By: Allison http://www.tastingmenu.com/2007/02/14/11-ways-to-make-every-meal-an-opportunity-for-a-memorable-experience/#comment-27 Allison Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:19:10 +0000 http://www.tastingmenu.com/2007/02/14/11-ways-to-make-every-meal-an-opportunity-for-a-memorable-experience/#comment-27 Saw several of the IgniteSeattle videos. Glad you had a good time & thanks for sharing! Saw several of the IgniteSeattle videos. Glad you had a good time & thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Curious http://www.tastingmenu.com/2007/02/14/11-ways-to-make-every-meal-an-opportunity-for-a-memorable-experience/#comment-22 Curious Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:10:27 +0000 http://www.tastingmenu.com/2007/02/14/11-ways-to-make-every-meal-an-opportunity-for-a-memorable-experience/#comment-22 Micheal Pollan makes the point in "The Omnivore's Dilemma" that Americans spend a smaller (maybe the smallest, can't quite remember) percentage of their income on food than most (or any, if smallest) other industrialized country. Conversely, we're also the fattest. Makes sense in a way, doesn't it? Furthermore, Pollan makes the point that "good" food isn't overpriced,e.g., the "Whole Wallet" jokes, but rather that industrialized, loaded with hormones, food is underpriced relative to its societal, personal, etc. cost. So, eating out and paying for good food isn't such a riduclous idea. BTW, point 1 could be written more clearly - your caveat about good cooks isn't easy to understand and might be better understood if the group to which you're applying point 1 is explictly identified. Micheal Pollan makes the point in “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” that Americans spend a smaller (maybe the smallest, can’t quite remember) percentage of their income on food than most (or any, if smallest) other industrialized country. Conversely, we’re also the fattest. Makes sense in a way, doesn’t it? Furthermore, Pollan makes the point that “good” food isn’t overpriced,e.g., the “Whole Wallet” jokes, but rather that industrialized, loaded with hormones, food is underpriced relative to its societal, personal, etc. cost. So, eating out and paying for good food isn’t such a riduclous idea.

BTW, point 1 could be written more clearly - your caveat about good cooks isn’t easy to understand and might be better understood if the group to which you’re applying point 1 is explictly identified.

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