Dad's Kitchen: Californian Cuisine

The house specialties are always a good choice. The Jalisco chimichanga, cream cheese chicken enchilada, Acapulco shrimp tacos and Mi Ranchito sampler are all hits. The policy of making traditional authentic Mexican cuisine

Thesis- Finding your favorite pastry can be very hard with so many choices to choose from; however, when examining cookies or cupcakes one notices cookies are far more superior due to their convenience, flavors, and quality.

Enjoy the grilled octopus from the appetizer menu. Choose from delicious chicken, beef entrees or pasta. There are many tempting seafood options including a broiled filet of red snapper with shrimp and calamari in a white cream sauce. City Tavern serves fabulous saffron, red snapper, whiting, trout

American cuisine options include a grilled fish sandwich or platter, steak sandwich on garlic bread, fried shrimp basket and grilled tuna sandwich or platter. The Tex-Mex menu includes chicken rellenos stuffed peppers, enchiladas, Mama's combo, burritos, tacos, quesadillas and chimichangas. Be sure to start with the signature item - nachos grande.

Begin the meal with an order of the restaurant’s popular chicken wings with choice of 8 different marinades. Other appetizers include stuffed mushrooms, clams casino, mozzarella sticks, jalapeno poppers and potato skins. For the main course, Ralph’s Tavern offers a wide variety of pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, Italian favorites, pasta dishes and chicken, seafood and steak entrées. Try

Start with an appetizer like the deep fried coconut shrimp, baked stuffed mushroom caps, boneless buffalo wings or the deep fried calamari. For lighter fare, try the clam chowder, French onion soup or the cobb, taco or classic Caesar salads. For the main course, guests have their choice of sandwiches, burgers, Mexican classics or seafood dishes. Try the charbroiled rump

Start with an appetizer like the drunken pork meatballs, smoked salmon, crispy duck wings or the deep fried calamari served with spicy marinara sauce. Feel like sharing? Order the shrimp and chips, chicken waffles or the chicken pot pie. For the main course, get the sirloin steak tips, seared Alaskan

Meals at Chili's Grill & Bar can start with appetizers and salads, a bowl of soup or the Terlingua chili, which features beef, jalapenos, poblanos and onions. The menu includes craft burgers, sandwiches and chicken crispers, along with smokehouse combos, chicken, seafood, steaks and the original baby back ribs. Tex-Mex options on the menu include fajitas and enchiladas,

Start with an appetizer like the buffalo wings, onion rings, beer battered mushrooms or the breaded zucchini. Feel like sharing? Order the BBQ rib tips, half blab baby back ribs or the sample platter, which includes six different appetizers. For the main course, guests can order the St. Louis spare ribs, rib tips, BBQ Texas brisket or the skirt steak. All dinner entrees include Greek salad, potato or vegetable

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The second chapter of the book called Cuisine and Culture by Linda Civitello, discussed the importance of grain, grapes and olives to Greece and Rome as well as other staple foods of those societies. One of the main discussion points within this chapter, was the history of wine. The book discussed how the Greek god, Dionysus, encouraged drinking wine for men only and how wine changed when the Roman God, Bacchus, took over Dionysus’s role. One interesting discussion the book featured was how Greeks believed “drinking purple wine from a purple vessel made of [amethyst] would cause the two purples to cancel each other out and negate whatever was in the wine that caused drunkenness” (Civitello 32). This theory of being able to drink and not get

Start with an appetizer like the flautas, guacamole dip, quesadilla, black bean soup or the Mexican pizza. For the main course, try the steak, chicken or shrimp fajita, the steak ranchero, carne asada or the carnitas de res. Guests can also choose from burritos, enchiladas and egg dishes. In addition to beef, Fiesta Azteca has chicken, seafood and vegetarian options. All entrees are served with Mexican rice, refried beans

Begin the meal with an appetizer like sweet potato and andouille fritters, avocado seafood salad, jambalaya rice balls, crawfish nachos, shrimp remoulade or Cajun hummus with grilled ciabatta bread. Choose from entrée dishes like truffle chicken, the Big Easy pork chop, Dixie Land ribs, summer lamb, Byron’s seared tuna, red snapper and riverboat crab cakes.

Start off with an appetizer like mozzarella sticks, battered mushrooms, onion rings, chicken breast strips or crinkle cut fries. For the main course at Oswego Inn, choose from a variety of burgers, sandwiches, wraps and more. Options include the half-pounder with cheese, the patty melt, the Reuben, the corned beef sandwich, the Philly steak

Fiesta Mexicana features an extensive menu filled with favorites like authentic tacos, hard tacos, fajitas and a variety of chicken, beef and seafood dishes. On Fridays and Saturdays, enjoy options like the pork chops a la Mexicana, carne enchilada, pork burrito dinner and the carnitas Michoacanas dinner. Check out the Mexican traditionals, which include sopes caceros, tostadas fiesta, chimichangas and flautas. Fiesta Mexicana also features vegetarian choices, such as