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another great update. I watched that show with Chef Estes. Very good!! She has been on a few other shows too but I can not remember the names right now!
Duck crack! Here I thought it was just so stinkin' good that you just want to eat it all the time! Silly, silly me. Glad you found your ID. I've had moments like that on our trips too. Whew!
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another great update. I watched that show with Chef Estes. Very good!! She has been on a few other shows too but I can not remember the names right now!
David swears he saw her on another cooking show as well, but he can't remember which one. We don't watch Next Iron Chef, but he was familiar with her name, which is why he wanted to go to this demo. She is adorable -- spunky and fun.
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The food demonstration looks very interesting. How great to discover the Houston connection with the chef. Glad you found your ID!
As luck would have it, we're going to Bryan Caswell's restaurant tonight. I've been there one other time since our trip and saw him there, but I was with a big group and didn't want to make a scene about trying to flag him down. Hope he's at the restaurant tonight!
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Thanks for the food warning - just as well we're eating out very shortly...
Hope it was a good meal!
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Delicious update! So glad you found your ID!
Yes, it was a huge relief!
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What a great demo! Love the pics! Glad you found your ID!
Kitchen Memories probably ended up being my favorite "special event" that we did at F&WF. It was informative, fun and delicious!
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Food looks very yummy! So glad you found your ID.
It really was yummy. I cleaned my plate at all 3 courses.
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The demo looked interesting and the Duck Crack actually looked pretty good!
The duck crack is the dark brown bits in the upper right corner of the picture. It really was good, but it's hard to go wrong with anything fatty and deep fried!
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Duck crack! Here I thought it was just so stinkin' good that you just want to eat it all the time! Silly, silly me. Glad you found your ID. I've had moments like that on our trips too. Whew!
LOL, that's what I thought too when I first saw the menu.
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I'm glad you found your ID! What fun hanging out with Disney celebrities. The cooking demonstration looks amazing!
Kristen and Aljon were really a lot of fun. They were very nice (not that I would expect anything else!). The cooking demo was great. The food was great and the fact that it was paired with really great wines was an added bonus!
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Just starting this TR, I am in awe of you two running in the marathons got some catching up to do...
for the kind words. It's been many years since I ran a full marathon, but I'll take credit for slogging through those 10 miles!!
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So glad you found your ID! 
Glad you found your ID! 
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Here I thought it was just so stinkin' good that you just want to eat it all the time! Silly, silly me. Glad you found your ID. I've had moments like that on our trips too. Whew!
for the kind words. It's been many years since I ran a full marathon, but I'll take credit for slogging through those 10 miles!! 
this TR - chock full of good food, good times ...and 
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