He is a vegetarian who eats only home-cooked food, avoiding processed items like biscuits and chocolates.

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Another important stop on any Louisville itinerary is a five-minute drive south, Lynn's Paradise Cafe , a famous neighborhood spot that serves stick-to-your ribs Southern cuisine like biscuits and grits.

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"The people in the team didn't like the biscuits, but it just about kept them going, " said Nick Lambourn, director of exploration and travel at Christie's.

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They dominated consumer businesses like chocolate and biscuits.

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Lots of fat and sugar, though, just like the "diet" biscuits they replace.

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Some lucky up-and-comers, like Woodie award winning college band The Lonely Biscuits, find sponsors willing to cover their travel costs.

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The daytime menu playfully combines high- and low-brow food with inventive dishes like foie gras and cherry compote pop tarts, and biscuits and lamb sausage gravy.

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She had flitted in like a summer breeze, put a package of square Russian biscuits on the table, and sat down on the edge of one of the desks, not looking at anybody, her legs crossed.

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The cooler weather seems like a good time to make a sourdough starter, flip pancakes, bake bread or roll out biscuits.

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