As the waiter takes our order for hot dishes - a cheese-stuffed borek pastry, and mushrooms in tomato sauce - I wonder if we've gone overboard.

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During spring and early summer, order the delicious asparagus dishes including one recipe flavoured with rhubarb and verbena.

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Researchers have found that people who order a healthy main dish are more likely to order higher calorie side dishes and desserts.

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She would come to the table, help people order and when the dishes arrived she would explain what they were and what made them noteworthy.

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According to the CDC report, during the August 19 surprise visit, inspectors found brown liquid dripping on clean dishes, refrigerators out of order, improper installation of anti-entrapment drain covers in pools posing a possible danger to swimmers, faulty dishwashers that managers allegedly failed to do anything about until inspectors arrived and water from a broken ice machine leaking onto the pool deck.

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Share communal tables with sharply dressed businessmen who order up a host of sustainably sourced fish dishes and deep-fried fish fillets.

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Located on the fourth floor of the Five-Star Peninsula Chicago, Shanghai Terrace dishes up Chinese cuisine (you can order from a slew of small plate options outside) served by a waitstaff dressed in traditional Chinese garb.

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Basically the chefs were interviewed documentary style, filmed and taped, but the result was converted into these two coffee table editions rather than a film, and in most cases, the chef goes from home to restaurant to, in some cases, a workout session, in order to fully capture what makes them and their dishes tick.

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