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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common problem with the intestines. In people with IBS, the intestines squeeze too hard or not hard enough and cause food to move too quickly or too slowly through the intestines. IBS usually begins around age 20 and is more common in women. .
Off Season Eats: Coney Island
As many have already pointed out, the imminent redevelopment of Coney Island may very well turn out to be a garish Disneyfied nightmare, complete with a Vegas-style hotel or two. A multi-million dollar food court, and a string of expensive restaurants can't be far behind. Neptune Avenue in winter may resemble one fifteen block-long auto repair shop, with gas fumes and broken glass in the streets, but for us it's the old Coney Island takeout over whatever neon-encrusted dining room the developers will throw at us. Here are four reasons why: 1) “I'll make something for you Russian style," says the woman from the work kitchen of A & S Homestyle Catering, an uninviting pink cinderblock building with bars on the windows next to a tire shop on Neptune Avenue. As described in Robert Sietsima's review, the narrow waiting area of this cheap eats place is stacked with all kinds of boxes; a large aluminum stockpot filled with raw potatoes literally takes up 30% of the dining area.
Dooby's Grill Café
Dooby's is one of those little mom-and-pop places that make you say on first visit, "I can't believe I didn't know this was here."
A beautiful tile mural on the front of the counter, a painting of a serene desert scene on one wall and a room with traditional cushions on the floor and low tables in lieu of chairs are all so adorable you want to settle in for several hours to soak it in.
The only question remains, is the food good enough to make you want to stick around? .
'Kyo no Ryori' sticks to the recipe
Mirroring the changes in postwar Japan's home cuisine, NHK's long-running cooking show, Kyo no Ryori (Today's Dishes, NHK-E, Mondays-Thursdays, 9 p.m.), will this year mark the 50th anniversary of its first broadcast. On Nov. 4, 1957, Kyo no Ryori debuted as a 10-minute show in an afternoon slot that started at 12:50 p.m. At that time, Japan was enjoying its long postwar boom, and a number of magazines for women were being launched. The program usually introduces "simple dishes that viewers can cook with readily available ingredients," said NHK Educational producer Akiko Kawamura, who has been in charge of the show since 1979. She says the show aims to feature dishes that are "half a step ahead of the times." Kyo no Ryori taught many home cooks in Japan how to make a variety of foreign dishes, including white sauce, croquettes and Chinese recipes.
Takeout Food Finds: La Bonne Bouche in Lake Worth, dining deals at ...
Dining facilities: Inside or outdoors on the patio with a fountain, the key word here is charm. Even when it comes to takeout with lilting French accents to accompany everything.
Service: Full-service restaurant with takeout available
Delivery: None
The Dish
Lunch translates to made-on-premises treats including pastries, breads and quiche ($7.85 for a nice, big slice with a small salad). There's also salad nicoise ($9.25), a plate of brie ready to smear on delightfully crusty French bread ($5.75) and a number of sandwiches ($5.75-$7.65) on baguette. Or, for $1 more, have your selection on a buttery croissant.
If you want to do justice to a real French baguette sandwich, have the pan bagnat ($6.95). The inside is filled with tuna chunks (no mayo), lettuce, tomatoes, thin-sliced cucumbers, julienned radishes, shredded carrots and whole tiny nicoise olives (no pits, thank goodness).
Appetizers: The tastiest of these finger-sized edibles are usually ...
Super Sunday is barely past, and we still have Valentine's Day and Mardi Gras to look forward to. Naturally, food comes to mind when we think about friends and lovers gathering together on special occasions. A nice assortment of edibles can be kept handy for impromptu entertaining, especially those that can be quickly assembled or at least pre-assembled. We call these tidbits appetizers or finger foods or hors d'oeuvres. To many people, these tidbits are the best part of the party where circling the table with a tiny plate in hand is a favorite pastime. I find that the tastiest treats are most often on top of something crisp, inside something crisp or under something crisp. We are fortunate in this day and age to find that crispness requires only a trip to the grocery store where roll dough, puff pastry, phyllo pastry and wonton wrappers await us.
Girl Scouts Finally Have A Sugar-Free Cookie
Give yourself a big pat on the back because I think we may have had an influence with the decision makers at the Girl Scouts after something I blogged about last year. Long-term readers will remember this blog post I wrote in January 2006 about Girl Scout cookies and how they were teaching little girls that it's okay to push a product that is loaded with sugar and excessive carbohydrates. I said a few more things in that post that stirred the pot a bit, but the basic theme of my column was about encouraging them to come up with a sugar-free cookie for diabetics and people on a low-carb diet to enjoy since we can't or don't want sugar in our food.Last year they heralded the fact that they removed the trans fats from their cookies (which I applaud them for doing), but I asked them to take their initiative to make healthier cookie offerings one step further by removing the sugar.Here's what I suggested:Why don't they offer some SUGAR-FREE versions? I was disappointed in the politician-like answer provided by the Girl Scouts organization regarding concerns that both diabetics and low-carb supporters have with their cookies:"The ingredients and nutritional elements of all cookies are listed on the order forms and the side of the cookie box so those concerned about carbohydrates can make informed choices.
British food store opens in Meridian
The British aren't known for their cuisine. Boiled beef, bangers and mash and kidney pie don't often find their way onto five-star menus.But Treasure Valley residents yearning for fare of the Isles are flocking to a new store in downtown Meridian.It's a British Thing, open since Feb. 6, stocks the staples of any English pantry — foods like crumpets, clotted cream and chocolate confections that by all accounts have no American equal. It's the answer to the culinary cravings of the Valley's hundreds of British ex-pats and Anglo-philes who insist the bacon is meatier, the chocolate richer and the sausages simply incomparable to their American counterparts."The English people are coming out of the woodwork," said shop owner Corinne Magee, a new Idahoan who moved from northern England in April.Magee opened It's a British Thing because she missed her native food — and she figured other local Brits did, too.
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