GrubGirl.

If you’re a wimp at eating spicy food or anything with chilis, here’s a cure. Drink milk or alcohol with your food. Men’s lifestyle blog, Kineda, goes into the scientific reason for why milk helps cure chili spiciness. Similar reasons make beer or wine a good option with the spicy food. (And personally, it sounds more appetizing…)

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If you like to cook asparagus in your oven (broiled or baked asparagus), or on the grill, sprinkle some nutmeg over the stalks for a slightly sweeter flavor.

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I know this is odd, but I sometimes crave haroset and really wish some local San Francisco delis sold the  stuff. Every once in a while after Passover, a co-worker may bring some homemade leftovers from home…but I don’t get enough exposure to the stuff. Maybe I should make a harder effort to be invited each year to a Passover Seder, to eat the food…but somehow I don’t think I should actually voice that as my goal. If any readers can recommend any San Francisco stores that sell pre-made, fresh haroset, let me know!

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Tomorrow I get to dine out with some friends that are fairly new to San Francisco. Fairly new equals lived in the city less than 3 years. We’re going to Shalimar on Polk, a place that in my circles, is known for wonderful Indian and Pakistani food and value. That is, my South Asian friends love to come here.
To share other grub-worthy Indian food cheap eats with my friends, I started thinking what other places that I took for granted in San Francisco:

• Naan-n-Curry (though unfortunately they’ve had to increase their prices while seemingly decreasing their portion sizes)

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