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November 17, 2009
("10 great places to toast Bloody Mary's 75th", USA Today, November 17, 2009)
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Adam Seger, an “off-the-wall bartender,” mixes up creative cocktails including the Cazuela, an “adult Gatorade” made with citrus, sugar-cane rum and Fresca, and the Orient Express, made with Domaine de Canton, yuzu and a house-grown Kaffir lime. As with most of Seger’s cocktails, the Bloody Mary is made with herbs he grows at the bar and heirloom tomatoes. “Forget tomato juice, he mashes a yellow and red tomato together as his base,” DeGroff says. “It’s what he calls his ‘drink you like to eat’ philosophy.”
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October 17, 2009
("Eight Great Dumplings in Chicago", Gourmet Magazine 2009, May 12, 2009)
Wow BaoLike the good restaurateur he is, Rich Melman saw gold in these soft, spicy buns. Now he has multiple locations around the city hawking them, and he can hardly keep up with the demand. These buns are quickly prepared and portable—fast food without that after-meal remorse. (wowbao.com)
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August 11, 2009
("LEYE Founder Melman Wins NRN's Pioneer Award for '09", Nation's Restaurant News, July 27, 2009)
Dallas- Long recognized as one of the pre-eminent developers of inventive and profitable restaurant concepts, Richard Melman, founder and chairman of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, will be celebrated as Nation's Restaurant News' 2009 Pioneer Award Winner. Melman will be honored together with six multiunit restaurant executives receiving Golden Chain awards at the 50th annual Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators, or MUFSO, conference to be held at the Hilton Anatole Hotel here from Oct. 4-6.
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August 11, 2009
("Ten Great Places to Master Art of French Eating", USA TODAY, August 7, 2008)
Julie & Julia, the film based on TV chef Julia Child, hits theaters today. For foodies craving crêpes and quiches from someone else's kitchen, Saveur editor in chief and Top Chef Masters judge James Oseland dishes with USA TODAY's Rebecca Heslin on the best French Restaurants to hear "bon appétit."
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