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Eating Out For Dummies

"So what are you going to have?" I asked my wife as we settled into the booth at a restaurant we had not previously visited.

"I haven’t checked the menu yet," she replied, not looking up. "Why? Do you already know what you want?"Lady eating salad.

"Well, I'll probably just get what I usually get," I shrugged.

"First rule for eating out," she said with a smile, "is check the menu. Most good restaurants mark their menus with little symbols so you can not only know what is good, but what is good for you."

"Oh!" I picked up the menu with more interest. "And what else does my health food guru know?" I asked.

"Rule Number Two. See all those fancy names following the entrees?"

"Like beurre blanc, bearnaise, parmigiana, au gratin and alfredo?"