Her laugh at a crowded dinner table remains in our ears.
But in the full experience of real life, over a number of meals, whether at a crowded dinner or leisurely lunch, the cooking at Plein Sud reveals itself to be lacking in flavor, texture, temperature or interest: room-service fare that leads to increased loneliness, raiding of the minibar, sleepless hours staring at the television in blue light, thinking about home.
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Some might recoil at the apparent decrepitude of the space, but in Derian's eyes — and ours — he was preserving its tattered poetry, allowing the ghosts of history a place at his often crowded dinner table.
Café Habana, at Prince and Elizabeth, is a favorite, crowded for dinner and brunch, and there are many fancier places, as well as two of the city's more historic (if congested) pizza places: Lombardi's and Ray's.
At Moody's (10007 Bridge Street, Truckee; 530-587-8688; www.moodyetistro.com), inventive yet hearty California fare using organic products attracts an excited local crowd; dinner for two about $100, without wine.
JUPITER, Fla .— The police and federal marshals fanned out across South Florida on Friday in the hunt for a man they said had left a Thanksgiving dinner crowded with relatives in this upscale beachfront community and returned with a handgun, opening fire and killing his twin sisters, an aunt and a 6-year-old cousin.
Writer joined a crowd of after-dinner guests in formal dress.
His circle is certainly represented too, and he bumps into friends and colleagues and chats on the patio, crowded at the dinner rush hour of 11 p.m. on a warm night in October.
"You now have a governor who does not like to lose," she told a crowd at an annual dinner for the ports, which was held the same day last month that the Corps of Engineers announced the approval for the Savannah dredging.
This popular chili, from Gelson's markets, brings a ton of flavor, whether you're planning for a crowd or a simple dinner at home.
