In the science world it's known as postprandial somnolence but in the everyday world it's commonly known as the post-meal slump.

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For a post-drink meal, go downstairs to the Million Dollar Cowboy Steakhouse in the basement.

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Keen to smooth tensions over the euro zone crisis when Hollande and Merkel met this month to mark 50 years of Franco-German reconciliation, French chefs chose to reproduce the famous meal of filet of beef and raspberry macaroons prepared in 1962 for post-war leaders Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer when they signed their friendship treaty.

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