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http://dictionary.oed.com/ But you have to pay.

Odd. It's not in the OED online.

If it existed you are, of course, correct that it would be "artisanal", but no such word is found in the OED. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate (American English) Dictionary does list it, but I have no access to the full version so I don’t know when the word was first coined. I find it somewhat awkward but it does serve a purpose.

Probably for the very good reason that the word doesn't exist in English English.

Wilfrid is spot on. Very disappointing given the elegance of the main room.

Disturbingly, I find myself agreeing with Plotters that Meyer restaurants are bland though the first meal I had at Tabla was very good (never reached close to the same level again).

English. Long discussion about this on another thread.

I thought the smoked chicken was too smokey when we were there. Is smoking really that variable/tricky?

You may need it to differentiate the salamis.

I will, however, be grading your reports.

Quite right. I misread it.

Asimov also writes about Ray's pizza, Fresco Tortillas and Evergreen Shanghai so he's not suggesting this is a recent phenomenon.

I think it's pretty clear that Zhang, the original owner, has control My emphasis.

There are two 9th avenue branches and opinion seems divided on their relative merits. I've only eaten at the Chelsea location (which I love) so I can't compare.

Fair enough. I thought you meant that the article said the Clinton branch was the original or something. I was thinking that if the same ex-chef would have bequeathed his recipes to both places they should be pretty similar contingent, of course, on the execution of the current staff.

How so? The Chelsea one has the same owner and same ex-chef.

What does the artist do to outperform the machine?

I didn't realize Wordsworth, Wittgenstein and Peter Cook were 17th century, but then I haven't an Oxford education.

I can’t see any reason why an automated machine shouldn’t make a perfectly decent espresso. The skills involved seem minimal and might be better performed by machine. Or am I missing something?

Ah yes, that Oxonian refinement that gave the world Margaret Thatcher, John Betjeman, AJ Ayer and Dudley Moore when Cambridge could only manage Newton, Wordsworth, Wittgenstein and Cook. I tried to think of a distinguished Oxford Scientist to pair with Newton but there aren’t any.

That's because we spend more time winning Nobel prizes than eating.

Cabrales, I'm not entirely sure what you mean by 'for members based outside of London'. We can get the Indie out here in the sticks, you know Adam But it takes the mule train four days to reach Oxford, no?

Not a bad place to acquire a raging hangover, either.

Feeling superior in Aberdeen is not hard. The disadvantage is that you actually have to be in Aberdeen. Don't let the wife know I said that.

A staple of Scottish fish and chip shops is the macaroni pie. A pie shell, filled with macaroni and cheese and deep fried. Eaten with chips. Mmmm. Scotland has the lowest life expectancy in Western Europe.