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		<description><![CDATA[Bruce Buschel is opening a restaurant in the East End of Long Island, and although he&#8217;s never done this before &#8212; hey, I can relate &#8212; he has a bunch of rules for the front of the house.  Well, he actually has 100 Rules.  The first 50 rules are found here and the second 50 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1400&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Opening a Wine Bottle Without a Corkscrew</title>
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		<title>My Return to Herons — Part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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(Note: This is the third and final part of a series describing my time spent working in the Herons&#8217; kitchen.  Part 1 can be found here, and Part 2 is here.)
I  knew that the chefs at Herons had taken it easy on me on the first day, giving me plenty to do, but simultaneously [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1388&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>618 Bistro to Open This Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[618 Bistro, a Mediterranean-influenced restaurant, should be open by mid-week at Raleigh&#8217;s Marketplace at Lake Boone, according to its manager and operating partner, Carolyn Ghezzi.  Chef Alex Azzam previously ran the kitchen at Ciao! Osteria in Apex, but his prior focus on Italian food is not what 618 Bistro is all about: the cuisine here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1386&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Herons Part 2 — First Day Dinner Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Note — This is the second of several parts regarding my two days spent in the Herons’ kitchen.)
Chef Steven Greene and I walked out to the front of the house to address the waitstaff, letting them know what tonight&#8217;s amuse bouche was and to inform them that we were not out of any items on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1380&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Stage in Herons — Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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(Note &#8212; This is the first of several parts regarding my two days spent in the Herons&#8217; kitchen.)
DAY 1 &#8212; PREP WORK
It was a week before I had planned on spending two days working in the kitchen of Herons, the ultra-swank restaurant in the deluxe Umstead Hotel &#38; Spa in Cary.  I had worked in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1373&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Returning to the Restaurant Kitchen</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be back in action this week, when I work a couple of shifts at Herons, the fantastic restaurant in Cary&#8217;s posh Umstead Hotel.  I&#8217;ll be in the Herons&#8217; kitchen on Tuesday and Wednesday from 2 to 11 PM, and I suspect this will be different than my last go-around at Raleigh&#8217;s Globe Restaurant.  At [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1369&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The FTC and Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a health care attorney, I&#8217;ve had to work with the Federal Trade Commission, as they are the agency that enforces the antitrust laws (along with the Justice Department).  Frankly, the FTC can be a royal pain in the ass, but I understand their purpose in the antitrust world.  The FTC also regulates advertising to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1367&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poole’s Diner Supporting Another Great Cause</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poole&#8217;s Downtown Diner is hosting a special fundraiser for a special organization, SAFEchild, on Sunday, October 18th from 6 to 9 PM.  Y&#8217;all know plenty about Poole&#8217;s and chef Ashley Christensen, how she&#8217;s been featured in the national press, how she&#8217;s been invited to cook with the top chefs in the country &#8212; with an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1363&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Favorite Roast Chicken</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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(This story was published today in the News &#38; Observer&#8217;s food blog, Mouthful.  I was a guest blogger while Andrea Weigl is on vacation.)
As I previously wrote, we in the Triangle are fortunate to have so many great chefs and cookbook writers, and one of my favorite collection of recipes comes from my good friend, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1341&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Birthday Present Ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I turned 46 on Saturday and celebrated with a big party, drinking lots of tequila, eating tacos, and just having a great time.  A bunch of people ignored my &#8220;no gifts&#8221; requirement, of course, and now I have more tequila than I started with and a lot of great looking wines.  But the best gift [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1353&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Donating Truly Fresh Food for the Hungry in Carrboro</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all participated in food drives where you donate canned goods or other shelf-stable items to go to a food bank.  It&#8217;s a great gesture, and I&#8217;m sure that lots of people get fed that way, but these are, by there very nature, processed foods.
I&#8217;ve never really seen a food drive involving fresh food, until [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1350&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cookbook Writers, USA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a &#8220;guest blog&#8221; for the News &#38; Observer&#8217;s Mouthful, and this is what got published today.
We&#8217;re quite fortunate to live in an area with a plethora of great chefs and restaurants, with the quality of food improving each year.  We have chefs who have won Beard awards, chefs who have been prominently featured [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1333&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tacos for a Crowd</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s my birthday on Saturday, and rather than going out to dinner, I decided to do what I enjoy the most: cook for others.  I suspected it might be a sizable crowd, so I decided to just serve tacos, which are easy, can be eaten while standing up, and are still incredibly tasty.
So last weekend, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1345&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Chefs Antisocial?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always preferred to host a dinner party than to go to one.  My birthday is this Saturday, and rather than hitting the town, I&#8217;m doing what I enjoy the most: cooking for friends.  I think I&#8217;ve finally figured out why this is: I&#8217;m somewhat of an antisocial individual.
Now if you know me personally, you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1343&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Well Do You Know Fast Food?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, take this test on the top 50 &#8220;quick serve&#8221; restaurants in the country and see how you do.  I got all but 1 of the top 20 and a total of 28 out of 50.
There are a lot of other interesting quizzes on the Sporcle website.
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		<title>School Kids Raise Lamb; Send It to the Abbatoir</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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I read this story earlier today about a group of English schoolchildren who raised a lamb for several months.  Then, by a 13-1 vote, they decided to send the lamb to the slaughterhouse, its intended destination all along.  Yes, the kids, through their elected council of 6 to 11 year olds, voted to end the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1330&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Life As a Line Cook</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
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When I made the decision that I wanted to try working in a restaurant, I knew that I was not cut out for the business.  I&#8217;m too old, too fat, and too lazy.  I have some decent skills, but what works at home probably doesn&#8217;t translate to the restaurant kitchen.  Speed is king in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1319&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another Way to Help a Family in Need</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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The restaurant community certainly came out to support the family of Ashley Ramos-Hernandez, the young girl who was tragically killed while getting off her bus, and one more local chef has stepped up to help.  Mel Melton, the chef-owner of Papa Mojo&#8217;s Roadhouse, is also in a popular blues/zydeco band, Mel Melton &#38; The Wicked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1314&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>100 Cocktails To Try Before You Die</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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After a 2 week &#8220;vacation&#8221; from blogging, I&#8217;m back.  Thanks for sticking with me while I was gone, but I have a lot to write about in the next few weeks.
We&#8217;ve all seen the various lists of 100 places to go before you die, or the 1,000 recordings you must own to ever be considered [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varmintbites.com&blog=1707199&post=1309&subd=varmintbites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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