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Dining Dish (a.k.a, Dara Bunjon) is founder of Dara Does It, which caters to the food industry everything from PR to food styling to cooking instructions, and more. Enjoy her rants, raves, recipes and food adventures, and let her know yours!

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    Mayor Into The Lion's Den

    June 26, 10:09 PM
     
     
    There I was at a happy hour get together tonight of the local press, a great number of them from The Sun. It has been a rough week at The Sun with approximately 100 layoffs and buyouts. No one is really feeling secure about their jobs-not a good week there.  Talking about having a bad week, let’s take a look at Mayor Dixon –  not a good week there either. Now put them all together.
     
    Talk about a strong, savvy politico, Mayor Dixon walked into the proverbial lion's den of a bar full of reporters who are drinking at a media happy hour gathering. This was truly a Kodak moment and I got it. 
     
    I got to chat a little bit with her honor, the Mayor. Being the non-politico and the Dining Examiner, I asked her about favorite foods and restaurants. I can say that the mayor enjoys grilled fish, seems to have a penchant for Italian food, and enjoys a good mojito though she was sipping white wine.
     
    It Left a Sour Taste
     
    The gathering was at Ixia and I would think that some arrangements would have been made for discounts on the drinks for this group of about 30 but no, and no one behind the bar or hosting was savvy to put discounts together. I had two cocktails and with tip was $30. It’s a beautiful venue, and my yuzu based cocktail was delicious but it soured when I got the bill. 

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    Calas, Belle, Calas Tout Chauds!

    October 13, 10:10 AM
    Almost lost in the rich food history of New Orleans are calas, a rice breakfast fritter. In the 19th century the calas women would call out, “calas, belle, calas tout chauds!” (“calas, calas nice and hot!”). Poppy Tooker, cooking... Read More
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    Three...A Patterson Park Restaurant

    October 11, 11:46 AM
    Last night I took my husband out of his 2 mile radius of the house comfort zone, down to the edge of Patterson Park to Three Restaurant. For me it was my 2nd visit, though my first time with former Pazo Executive Chef, Peter Livolsi as the top toque. The... Read More
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    No Purple Feet for Me

    October 8, 1:38 PM
    While harvesting grapes at Basignani Vineyards, I couldn’t help thinking of the great Lucille Ball and her infamous Lucy Riccardo grape stomping episode. My outfit differed, my head covered with a baseball cap versus Lucy’s bandana,... Read More
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    Roux the Day

    October 7, 7:58 AM
    Should it be called the Holy Trinity? Why no butter? What is a celery vase? Those questions and more are answered in the following videos.Food historian and cooking instructor, Poppy Tooker and the matriarch of Creole cooking, Leah Chase discuss... Read More
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    Dining Examiner's Best Of

    September 30, 1:37 PM
    We’ve been asked to kick off a new feature here at Examiner.com with our “Best Of”. What a title to give someone, a place or  thing and what an ego one must have to think what they deem the best of “something”... Read More
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    Every Restaurant is the Fulfillment of Someone's Dream

    September 25, 3:48 PM
    What is the state of the restaurant industry? As the Restaurant Examiner, I feel it is my duty to report. “Every restaurant is the fulfillment of someone’s dream”, quipped Dawn Sweeney, President and CEO of the National Restaurant... Read More
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    Something Different for the Table at Rosh Hashanah

    September 24, 12:28 PM
    Jill Bloomfeld of http://www.teachkidstocook/ sent me this recipe, something different for the Jewish Holiday table. Jill said "this recipe turns gefilte fish haters into fans. When it comes out of the oven, it looks like cake! Use cookie cutters... Read More
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    Sauce Piquant - A Verbal Recipe from New Orleans

    September 22, 7:06 PM
    It has been 25 years since I was in New Orleans and I'm back in NoLa.  I went on a recent market tour and found Jack Oser at the Gretna Farmers Market who gave me an oral recipe for Sauce Piquant.  Being your dining mama, I picked up the trusty... Read More
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    From Italy Pre-War to Today's Table - Amarcord

    September 14, 10:07 AM
    One of the benefits of my diverse food writing is receiving advanced copies of cookbooks and food related books. Publicist extraordinaire and friend, Carrie Weinberg-Bachman, formerly of Harper Collins/Wm Morrow, forwarded the soon-to-be released copy... Read More
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