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Diners
A type of prefabricated restaurant in North America, especially in the Midwest United States and other remote areas.
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Plate lunch
Restaurants; Culinary
A syncretic menu item that is a quintessential part of the cuisine of Hawaii, roughly equivalent to a Southern U. S. Meat-and-threes plate.
Food critic
Restaurants; Fine dining
A writer who analyses food or restaurants and then publishes the results of their findings.
Cook
Restaurants; Cafeterias
An independent position, usually preparing specific dishes in a station; may also be referred to as a cuisinier de partie.
Blue-plate special
Restaurants; Diners
Refers to a specially-low-priced meal, usually changing daily. Consists of a "meat and three" (three vegetables), presented on a single plate, often a divided plate (rather than more elegantly on ...
Dessert
Restaurants; Diners
A course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food.
Diner lingo
Restaurants; Diners
A kind of verbal slang used by cooks and chefs in diners and diner-style restaurants, and by the waitresses to communicate their orders to the cooks.
