The freedom to consume real food, and to do so by mouth instead of through a tube, is a gift I treasure at each meal, and that I never take for granted.
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The 3-hour multi-course fine dining experience is not something you can do every day, but I have done it a lot, and my dinner at Le Cinq was the most memorable such meal I had in 2011.
The most recent example was when I ordered a meal to be delivered to my workplace for a late meeting.
On a recent vacation in London, I dined at a much-buzzed-about new Gordon Ramsay venture (the York and Albany) and some trendy Soho tables, but the best meal I ate was a simple lunch at this unprepossessing "caff" in the East End hipster-ville of Shoreditch.
And I was not a participant in this particular meal, but I'm sure that they had a discussion of a broad number of topics and enjoyed each other's company.
I've found that I need a small meal with as little processed sugar as possible about one to two hours before I work out.
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I've got two gorgeous sons and I cook a lot and we have an evening meal together and I'm not there drinking some goop.
So when I heard that Java, an Indonesian restaurant in Park Slope, Brooklyn, offered an Americanized version of the meal, I grabbed three friends and drove down to what I hoped was a trip back to my days in Amsterdam.
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As Hansen prepared the meal, I asked if there was anything I could do to help.
Before I started getting up early, I ate my first meal around 2 PM (not exactly the picture of health either).
By the end of the meal, I realized I had transformed abject fear into unmitigated glee, not to mention several full bellies.
Another thing I heard at one meal at a Red Lobster restaurant was just a snippet but it sure got my attention.
One evening we enjoy a lively conversation over an 11-course dinner with wine pairings, a meal that I recall as quite pleasant.
And our last word in business today brings to mind the meal that I used to get on an airline that I will not name.
I'd been thinking of attempting a more elaborate meal en plein air, so I took a deep breath and moved away from the pre-made stuff.
And how much I wanted to have a nutritious meal, see my family.
When I spoke to Lallement after the meal, he helped me draw the line through all of these dishes.
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We are all thinking about the next gold medal, but there are millions of children around the world who are thinking, 'am I going to get the next meal?
If it were the last place I'd have to have a meal, this would be it.
As a result, I would often walk away from a meal still feeling hungry.
Tipped off by local friends, I'd had a superb vegetarian meal by chef Antonio Colaianni at Mesa.
While I agree with the dogs behaviour at meal time, this does not go to their negotiating ability.
The chef's wife called the meal delicious, and while I was happy to hear it, I anxiously awaited a verdict from the chef himself.
"We earn very little, but at least I can buy a pack of maize meal, some chicken pieces and a bus ticket, " she says.
The atmosphere is convivial -- I didn't eat a single meal alone -- and the talk revolves around gecko sightings and how to avoid leaving.
"My first thought seeing them in the studio was that I wanted to get them a hot meal and warm shower, " recalls John Richards, host of The Morning Show and this session.
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