Fare Exchange: What restaurant foods do you wish you could duplicate at home?

Jane Henegar

Good morning, readers, and get ready for today’s challenge. We all have our favorite places to eat out, and sometimes we try to duplicate that experience at home. What restaurant meal or dish have you successfully repeated at home? What products have you bought that bridge the gap between your kitchen and a favorite restaurant meal?

Can you make beef and broccoli, say, that tastes almost like your favorite Chinese restaurant? Has the signature dessert at a dining establishment gotten imprinted with your signature at home? Have you wrangled hints from a waitperson about just how your favorite dish comes together?

We need, of course, both ideas and recipes.

And while we’re at it, if you have tried and failed to make a reasonable facsimile at home, tell us that too, and there may be someone who has tried and succeeded and will tell you how.

GINGER REFRESHER