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The Dessert That Could Be Famous, Were It Not for Its Offensive Name
 • Katherine Spiers
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Media in Flux, Even at Smart Mouth
 • Katherine Spiers
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Let Us All Fika
 • Katherine Spiers
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Ruth Wakefield and the Chocolate Chip Cookie
 • Katherine Spiers
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The Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon Used to Be a Massacre
 • Katherine Spiers
The Mystery of the Mexican “Turkish” Empanada
 • Katherine Spiers
Classic Southern Cakes
This 'Lady Baltimore' intrigues me
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Katherine Spiers
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Crab Rangoon and shrimp toast
Plus tea and quinoa
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Katherine Spiers
Chocolate Boxes, from Fastidious to Romantic
Last week I asked: Do you decline restaurant surcharges when you see them on menus or your bill? 67% of you said no you do not decline them, you pay the…
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Katherine Spiers
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Roasting Cocktail Weiners on the Hibachi
And a poll
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Katherine Spiers
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Hibachi and Teppanyaki in Old Newspaper Ads
And, the 'junk fees' conversation is goofy
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Katherine Spiers
Cultivated Chicken; Japanese 7-11
What's bad and what's good in food right this second.
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Katherine Spiers
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No Need for Tinfoil, the Conspiracies Are Correct
In January of last year PBS NewsHour ran a segment that got me so worked up. The topic was the rising price of eggs, but that’s old news; what made me…
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Katherine Spiers
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