Lebanese Taverna gift card promotion

Hot off my e-mail and on to you, a holiday gift card deal from Lebanese Taverna. Click to get all the details

Lebanese Taverna gift card promotion

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Pierce’s Pitt Bar-B-Que, yum!

A conversation Thanksgiving with the neighbors’ son who lives in the Hampton – Newport News area of Virginia got me to thinking about bar-b-que, Pierce’s Pitt Bar-B-Que down in Williamsburg. Since then I have had bar-b-que on the brain..

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Pierce’s Pitt Bar-B-Que, yum!

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Thanks for you readership and top 8 stories of the last 5 months

How can one not sit back on Thanksgiving and think about their blessings, about family and friends? There are a trillion, well maybe a million thanks I want to give but today, for this column, my thanks are to you my readers. It is your comments and support that drive me forward to post for sure it isn’t money. Also for voting the Dining Dish as best food blog and third top blog in Baltimore through the Baltimore Sun papers Mobbie awards.

Check out the top 8 stories

Thanks for you readership and top 8 stories of the last 5 months

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FREE Filet of beef or New York Strip at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse

Friends and family are in, had enough turkey, spent a lot time in the kitchen…take Black Friday off, go out and enjoy a FREE petite beef filet or New York Strip... Read the complete story:

FREE Filet of beef or New York Strip at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse

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Holiday gift solutions -Dine with friends and win a Benz

Stay home on Black Friday, relax, I have you holiday shopping solution that also offers you a chance to win $25,000 or a 2010 Mercedes-Benz C300 as a first place win, there is a 2nd place win of $10,000 cash and 3rd place prize of $5,000 cash. For $300, which we all know we spend on assorted gifts, you receive 12 gift certificates to area restaurants..Read the complete story and check the restaurant listing

Holiday gift solutions -Dine with friends and win a Benz

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Shuttered Gourmet Magazine executive chef Sara Moulton - exclusive interview on the closing

Executive Chef Sara Moulton is known not only for her twenty five years at Gourmet Magazine but as a Food Network star for her Cooking Live, Cooking Live Primetime shows, food editor/executive chef for Good Morning America and multiple cookbook author. Sara’s Weeknight Meals is her most recent television endeavor on Public Broadcasting with a companion cookbook. Way before we all heard the news about Gourmet Magazine shuttering their doors, executive chef, Sara Moulton and I had a luncheon date set for the end of October.

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Shuttered Gourmet Magazine executive chef Sara Moulton - exclusive interview on the closing

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I haven’t gotten my invitation to the White House State Dinner

Shunned again, I am back to the Kathy Griffin’s D List of food; I have not received my invite to the White House’s state dinner in honor of India and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this coming Tuesday, November 24. Did you get yours?

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I haven’t gotten my invitation to the White House’s state dinner

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Impress family and friends with a new dish for your Thanksgiving table

Are you pitching in preparing food for Thanksgiving? Whether a covered dished gathering or you are preparing all the food, I have a new dish for your Thanksgiving table courtesy of Executive Chef Bill Crouse of Sotto Sopra Restaurant.

Check out the recipe and how to video on this flavorful dish:

Impress family and friends with a new dish for your Thanksgiving table

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The dates have been set for Baltimore Restaurant Week

This is a drive-by as I head out very early to D.C. to help a friend in her kitchen. I recently got the dates for Baltimore Restaurant Week which is starting on Friday, January 22nd and running through Sunday, February 7th. Where as lunch comes with the incremental penny increase for 2010, the price in essence remains the same at $20.10.

Read what price changes are coming for dinners and what New York City is doing Restaurant Week

The dates have been set for Baltimore Restaurant Week

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The Beaujolais Nouveau is coming, the Beaujolais Nouveau is coming

Beaujolais Nouveau is a red wine produced in the Beaujolais region of France using the Gamay grapes. This is a wine that is rushed to market and released on the third Thursday of November every year. It has little time to ferment or to build tannins and offers a fruitier flavor. This is not a wine that you keep in your wine rack for long periods of time; it should be consumed within the year of production.

Check out one very special dinner celebrating the Beaujolais Nouveau:

The Beaujolais Nouveau is coming, the Beaujolais Nouveau is coming

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New cooking class listing – Da Mimmo Restaurant

Chef Masood of Da Mimmo Restaurant in Little Italy is offering a cooking class on Sunday, January 31 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Learn to cook your way across Italy with this demonstration class with students enjoying the four courses demonstrated.

Class size is limited. Reservations are needed. Think holiday gift for your foodie friends or loved ones.

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New cooking class listing – Da Mimmo Restaurant

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Food Network’s Chopped outreaching to Baltimore chefs

In the past couple of weeks I heard from two different Baltimore chefs that the Food Network’s cooking competition show, Chopped, hosted by Ted Allen has approached them to come to New York for an interview. Being food nosy, maybe I should say food curious, I gave the Chopped staff a call.

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Food Network’s Chopped outreaching to Baltimore chefs

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Mid-Atlantic Pork competition winner shares his recipes

Baltimore’s Chef Jerry Edwards of Chef’s Expressions Catering was the winner at the National Pork Council’s Taste of Elegance competition this past week. Edwards was the runaway winner with four awards including two for Wine and Food Pairings, the People’s Choice, and the most coveted first prize - the Judge’s Choice which qualifies Jerry to compete for the National Title in May 2010.

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Mid-Atlantic Pork competition winner shares his recipes

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Eat, drink and do good – tis the season

This Saturday, November 14th at Linwoods Restaurant you can enjoy a fabulous cocktail party to benefit The Robert and Claire Peter Foundation that ships medical equipment and supplies to disabled children and adults in the United States and South Africa. The event is called A Night for Humanity which will honor international celebrity event designer, Colin Cowie; Certified Master Chef Edwin and Allison Scholly, and local philanthropists, Henry and Dot Rosenberg, long-time supporters of the Foundation.

Eat, drink and do good – tis the season

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Complimentary (FREE) Prime Bites and Wines at Ruth’s Chris Steak Houses

Local Ruth’s Chris Steak Houses are introducing their new $5 Prime Time Menu. Kicking off the promotion they are offering FREE samplings of select menu items to food and wine lovers on Wednesday, November 11 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Guests should be seated in the bar and/or patio (weather permitting) areas to enjoy this free sampling. Guests will have a choice of one free Prime Bites item and two Prime Wines by the glass.

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Complimentary (FREE) Prime Bites and Wines at Ruth’s Chris Steak Houses

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$47,221.09 for dinner for six

On October 30, 2009 Roman Abramovich spent over $47,000 on dinner for six at Nello's Restaurant in New York City. So even if you prorate this it is $7,860 per person. Abramovich, a Russian Billionaire, knows how to live large, in fact, I think he needs a new friend, me! The most I've ever spent on a dinner was $243.00 for dinner at Daniel's in New York.

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$47,221.09 for dinner for six

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The Helmand celebrates with specials for their 20th Anniversary

Making it one year in the restaurant business is an accomplishment but let’s congratulate The Helmand on their 20th Anniversary. I’ve dined there multiple times and my chef friend from Oregon just ate there on Friday evening and had a marvelous Afghan dinner.

The Helmand celebrates with specials for their 20th Anniversary

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Why food? Women chefs and restaurateurs answer the question

Having so many talented women chefs and restaurateurs under one roof at the 2009 conference inspired me to ask the question, why food? For me food is the equivalent of love. My family believed we all sat around the dinner table, no TV, no newspapers and if there was texting that would have been forbidden as well. It was a time to share our stories of the day and feel the warmth of family.

Please share the passion of these chefs in the video, why food?

Why food? Women chefs and restaurateurs answer the question

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A whirlwind food week with stories galore to come

Wondering where your Dining Examiner has gone? You are still looking at the Chocolate Fashion Show story from Halloween? I have almost wrapped up an entire week that involves food. I have shot so much video and dined with interesting people that it will take me a couple weeks of writing and video editing.

Get a sneak peek of what's to come

A whirlwind food week with stories galore to come

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