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The Internet is full of egregious examples of food — overstuffed, over-large and, in some cases, overwrought.

RESTAURANT REPORT

Angel Park Golf Club restaurant, 100 S. Rampart Blvd., received 20 demerits March 18. Violations included expired milk. GRADE: B

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Vine Robles Red

Wine: Vine Robles Red

Elusive chocolate soda found at Smith’s

One of the most sought-after — and elusive — items in the Taste of the Town column year after year is Canfield’s Diet Chocolate Fudge soda, most recently requested by Barbara Metzger and Phyllis Friedman.

R-J columnist receives honor

Review-Journal wine columnist Gil Lempert-Schwarz recently received the French Ordre du Mérite Agricole for his contributions to the field of wine.

RESTAURANT REPORT

Amore Pizza & Pasta, 3945 S. Durango Drive, received 18 demerits Sept. 17. Violations included raw chicken stored on shelf above open potatoes. GRADE: B

Chefs on the Cheap

It must be nice to be a chef, right? Access to all those exotic foods. All that equipment, all that space, all that help — not to mention a budget that in some cases is virtually unlimited. Except that many chefs — and cooks — also toil away in their home kitchens, where they don’t have quite as many bells and whistles, and where they, too, are feeling the pinch of the foundering economy.

Great breakfasts abound

Brad Dunaway is looking for places that serve breakfast with “good eggs … good orange juice and coffee” (and good hash browns, but more on that below), and it seems readers are eager to nominate their favorites.

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