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Showing up to a restaurant at six in the evening ensures you will be dining alone or accompanied strictly by confused elderly tourists. You must completely…
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Because drinking a mug full of hot, frothy milk after eating a large meal is basically a culinary war crime to the Italians. They believe heavy dairy…
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Because cooking raw meat directly at your table produces massive amounts of greasy smoke, your outerwear must be sealed away. Failure to use the protective…
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The fancy tablecloths will not earn you a star. Prestigious restaurant inspectors are trained to obsess purely over the absolute consistency of the plate,…
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Historically, silver knives would tarnish if they touched vinaigrette, so cutting your salad was strictly forbidden. Today, doing it just proves you have…
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You might just be trying to appreciate the complex aromas of cardamom and cumin, but aggressively burying your nose in the dish implies you think the food is…
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