Abigail's for sale

whatchuwant

All I'm saying is, is that she comes off as this super-professional chef, when really, she's just an upper crusty girl from the Hamptons that took a cooking course. See bio:

But it wasn’t until she attended university in England, where she was placed in a "self-catering flat" (shop, cook and feed yourself) that Abby suddenly found that food was her passion: shopping for it, cooking it, eating it, researching it.

"self-catering flat"= apartment with a kitchen!

After she earned her degree in botany, she returned to the States and enrolled in Peter Kump’s New York Cooking School (now The Institute of Culinary Education).

Hmmmm, botany now!

jeffrey

Certainly she would have known about the gillyweed.

nearnostrand

Whatchuwant wrote: All I'm saying is, is that she comes off as this super-professional chef, when really, she's just an upper crusty girl from the Hamptons that took a cooking course. See bio:

But it wasn’t until she attended university in England, where she was placed in a "self-catering flat" (shop, cook and feed yourself) that Abby suddenly found that food was her passion: shopping for it, cooking it, eating it, researching it.

"self-catering flat"= apartment with a kitchen!

Ha ha ha! Now that's funny!! Who knew? I've lived in "self catering flats" all of my life. Now I can tell the kids - "It's not that we don't have the means to have a personal chef, we have simply opted to self-cater."

eastbloc

Whatchuwant wrote:
And what's this 'many people prefer them in' about? Many around the world? Many people that you know? I personally like them cleaned and many that I know like it that way too.

Many that I know around the world.

I don't know the show or what the contestants are judged based on. If the point is to make the best food that would be served in Sandusky Ohio (and more importantly if her excuse was as lame as you say) then to hell with the bitch.

And thanks Carnivore for pointing out an elementary fact about crustacean physionomy. The little bastards don't have veins at all, no arthropod does. So if you're squeamish about eating a little shrimp shit, you can tear them out, but come on.

What are you going to do next, gut your anchovies?

It ruins the flavor.

sir_eccles

Whatchuwant wrote: All I'm saying is, is that she comes off as this super-professional chef, when really, she's just an upper crusty girl from the Hamptons that took a cooking course. See bio:

But it wasn’t until she attended university in England, where she was placed in a "self-catering flat" (shop, cook and feed yourself) that Abby suddenly found that food was her passion: shopping for it, cooking it, eating it, researching it.

"self-catering flat"= apartment with a kitchen!

To clarify, we're talking about university dorms/halls of residence, which may either be catered (you go to a cafeteria/canteen and eat with everyone else) or self-catering (you have a communal kitchen where you cook for yourself and everyone steals everyone else's food that you carefully marked with your name).

whynot_31

ah, college. When in our fridge there were four open jars of grape jelly, each marked with a different roommate's name.

Thanks for the memories..... good times.

whatchuwant

sir_eccles wrote: [quote=Whatchuwant]All I'm saying is, is that she comes off as this super-professional chef, when really, she's just an upper crusty girl from the Hamptons that took a cooking course. See bio:

But it wasn’t until she attended university in England, where she was placed in a "self-catering flat" (shop, cook and feed yourself) that Abby suddenly found that food was her passion: shopping for it, cooking it, eating it, researching it.

"self-catering flat"= apartment with a kitchen!

To clarify, we're talking about university dorms/halls of residence, which may either be catered (you go to a cafeteria/canteen and eat with everyone else) or self-catering (you have a communal kitchen where you cook for yourself and everyone steals everyone else's food that you carefully marked with your name).

Yea, ok- but she still sounds like a douche saying it. The rest of her bio (LONG-winded!!) is a total joke. She is clearly obsessed with herself.

sir_eccles

Whatchuwant wrote:
Yea, ok- but she still sounds like a douche saying it. The rest of her bio (LONG-winded!!) is a total joke. She is clearly obsessed with herself.

I don't think anyone is denying that.

mha

I asked the owner if he was selling. He said no. On another note, I like their winelist. The comedy hour sucks though. It's a welcome contrast to the the brouhaha at Franklin Park, I tell you. The bathrooms are immaculate.

carnivore

MHA wrote: I asked the owner if he was selling. He said no. On another note, I like their winelist. The comedy hour sucks though. It's a welcome contrast to the the brouhaha at Franklin Park, I tell you. The bathrooms are immaculate.

How much did Abigail's give to the Crow Hill Association?

catwalkertexasranger

MHA wrote: I asked the owner if he was selling. He said no. On another note, I like their winelist. The comedy hour sucks though. It's a welcome contrast to the the brouhaha at Franklin Park, I tell you. The bathrooms are immaculate.

If you talk to him again you should suggest if he wants to know how much his business is worth call a consultant. The trial balloon real estate ad caused him lots of damage. Was your second question " Who posted an ad with detailed photos and prices of your cafe? Something smells fishy

xlizellx

Carnivore wrote: [quote=MHA]I asked the owner if he was selling. He said no. On another note, I like their winelist. The comedy hour sucks though. It's a welcome contrast to the the brouhaha at Franklin Park, I tell you. The bathrooms are immaculate.

How much did Abigail's give to the Crow Hill Association?

They're not in Crow Hill...technically.

whynot_31

xlizellx wrote: [quote=Carnivore][quote=MHA]I asked the owner if he was selling. He said no. On another note, I like their winelist. The comedy hour sucks though. It's a welcome contrast to the the brouhaha at Franklin Park, I tell you. The bathrooms are immaculate.

How much did Abigail's give to the Crow Hill Association?

They're not in Crow Hill...technically.

And I thought we agreed that altruism is largely a myth, therefore people decide to give largely because of self interested, often capitalist reasons (not racist ones).

Her business model (slow service, only ok food) have already proven that Abigail is a lousy capitalist. This combined with the fact that she may be selling the place gives her little probability of donating.

mha

Man! Ya'll can't compartmentalize? This is about Abigail's closing or not closing! Carnivore you read like an ex-girlfriend of mine. Is your name Claire by any chance?