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I suspect that too, but I'd love to know where he draws his dividing line. Four courses? Five? It's kind of a dumb distinction to draw, sort of like his identification of the bread as a course. Sorry: no, it's not. It's a course at Etxebarri, where they serve it in snowflake form on a plate with an incredible sphere of butter, separate from anything they might offer to accompany the other courses. Unless it's served like that, it's an adjunct. Is the water a course? A chocolate served with the espresso? A niblet atop the check? The mints in a jar by the door? (What are they for? Lonely people?)
 
originally posted by Thor:
The mints in a jar by the door? (What are they for? Lonely people?)
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The reverse: mints are there to beautify the breath. Lonely people have a lesser need for such, one assumes.

ETA: Thinking more about it, I vaguely recall reading somewhere that mint also makes one feel slightly less full. So, if one has overeaten, Mr. Creosote can do a little something about it.
 
Apology: that reference was a little dense, unless your name's Eleanor.

I'm afraid Mr. Creosote has kicked the bucket.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by Thor:
The mints in a jar by the door? (What are they for? Lonely people?)
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The reverse: mints are there to beautify the breath. Lonely people have a lesser need for such, one assumes.

ETA: Thinking more about it, I vaguely recall reading somewhere that mint also makes one feel slightly less full. So, if one has overeaten, Mr. Creosote can do a little something about it.
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Spearmint, like ginger, has a salutary effect on the digestion. I dunno if peppermint has the same effect, but it might.

Mark Lipton
 
Shots make me sore. So it's a good thing I don't have a lisp, because then thots would make me...

But I could just be over-thinking it. A superfluity of mentation, perhaps.
 
To be honest, the problem now isn't the joke, it's that I expect more from certain of my friends, enemies, and frenemies. It's not like they're selected b/c they're un-clever. It's just so...easy.
 
The first probably deserved a Mulligan, anyway. I had accidentally poured a full ounce instead of a half of rye into my Trinidad Sour, thus necessitating an emergency doubling of the recipe. Add in opening a restaurant (Wednesday), buying a house (Thursday), having a baby (Real Soon Now), the 2am timestamp and, well...
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
originally posted by kirk wallace:
I'll have to get on line for a resi in October ....
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i'm having dinner there next wednesday, i will report.
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we ate upstairs, set menu. food was great, but unfortunately i cannot comment on the new menu. they let me wear jeans, though... and there is a bar menu...
 
Only 1 cookie in the 2011 Michelin. Won't help with the European element, though maybe that's not so important outside of midtown?
 
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