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Dining Out: Hungry Al’s Food Curiosities

By Alan Serinsky of Bocaire Just Thinking…. WHY...does a waiter need to take your glass or cup
Country Club. Hungry Al’s WHY....are waiters now starting to give us a choice from the table for a simple refill of iced tea or another
love for food started very between the sizes of wine pours. Six ounces seems like a shot glass of wine? Is a new glass that hard to obtain?
young. Never satisfied with glass to me. WHY....do waiters have to speak so fast when reciting
his Mom’s dishes, he started WHY...do we have to watch a bartender measuring the the daily menu specials to your table?
to cook his way through her flow of wine into glasses like a chemist calibrating to a precise WHY....do some waiters or bartenders have the
“Betty Crocker Cookbook.” centimeter of an etched line? tendency to be half-listening to your conversation? To me
During the years to follow he WHY…do waiters think it’s normal to short you the it’s like being invited to a party without any invitation.
spent many hours working in change left on your cash payment? It’s “non cents” for them Please stop!
restaurants, both as server and cook, attending cooking to decide! WHY....do people sitting at a crowded bar always
classes and traveling the world in an effort to expand WHY...are we now being offered an array of olive oils leave one seat empty to the right or left of them? Are
his palette. As a professional writer, Hungry Al offers infused with every extract known to mankind? What happened they really that claustrophobic?
his perspective on current food trends and guides you to the good old standard cold-pressed virgin Italian variety? WHY…do restaurants believe it’s fair to have a
through your local restaurant options. WHY....do restauranteurs think we enjoy surgically knifing “skinny menu” so they can charge you the same fare for
Food For Thought: Since Hungry Al is traveling a pat-of-butter out of a tiny, wrapped piece of foil? less food?
again I thought it would be a great time to leave you with WHY...is it so hard for waiters to greet our table with a WHY...do chefs think we are impressed with their
this little list of food frustrations and dining observations nice “hello” or “welcome” greeting as they approach our ability to “deconstruct” every standard recipe into
that have been building up for a while. Maybe you have tables. “Are you ready to order” should really be reserved something that doesn’t even come close to its origin?
experienced or questioned some of them yourself. for the diner counter! WHY….do waiters always tell you everything is great
on the menu when you ask for a recommendation? And
A Holistic Approach to Joint and Bone why do they always choose the most expensive item as
their menu suggestion?
WHY…do restaurants tell you there are no tables

Health: Nurturing Resilience available as a walk in, when you can obviously see open
ones? I suggest stepping outside, going to the “Open

WHY…hasn’t someone invented a device to level out
Table” app and getting the same table with no problem.
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discomfort. With staggering costs of hundreds of billions treasure trove of this vital mineral. Embrace plant milks, the trick!
every year, arthritis stands as a primary cause of work tofu, almonds, almond butter, and white canned beans WHY…aren’t there hooks or more hooks under a
disability. Osteoarthritis, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, as your culinary allies, easily woven into the fabric of bar to hang your purse? This one is Hungry D’s most
and lupus collectively impact 53.2 million individuals, your daily meals. These lesser-known gems aren’t just frustrating curiosity.
creating a pressing need for comprehensive solutions. foods; they are nutritional elixirs, infusing your bones WHY…do restaurants constantly over-use the “Farm
with the strength to withstand the test of time. to Table” concept? Doesn’t all our meat, produce and
Understanding the Impact: Symptoms of arthritis, dairy come from farms?
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routine activities. a time-honored practice that activates the body’s awful or is improperly cooked to our liking. “I’ll eat it
inherent healing mechanisms, fostering bone health anyway” is not a good option when you are spending
Exercise for Resilient Bones: Unlock the Power of from within. good money. And don’t take it out on your waiter…he’s
Movement simply the messenger not the cook!
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