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I’ve been shamelessly listening to the most excellent radio program, The Splendid Table now for a couple of months, relishing in host Lynne Rossetto Kasper’s more recent episodes, and of course, going back for more that were previously recorded. You can listen to her Saturday American Public Media show now via podcast.

And today, I picked up her book that came out this late summer, How to Eat Supper. At first glance, there are a lot of delicious-looking recipes that each look easy to make. I think I’m going to like this one.

If you’d like to help support MessyCuisine, from the restaurant reports to the home-grown recipes, consider buying Kasper’s book via the link below with Amazon.

Tonight in the MessyChef kitchens, a rustic minestrone. If it turns out to be something special, I’ll post photos.

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Cuisines catering is located on W Broad St. in Richmond’s far-west end.

For over a year, I’ve noticed Cuisines—located next to a Blockbuster and a BBQ place, serving weekend brunch. Finally, today, after my favorite Boychik’s Deli was overflowing with customers, I tried Cuisines.

I almost wish I hadn’t.

Cuisines is small—and cozy in some regards. It appears they have a regular lunch menu with various sandwiches. By “brunch” they mean breakfast, including pancakes, eggs, french toast, and the like. I ordered their eggs benedict and an orange juice.

The wait here was terribly slow. Inexcusibly slow. 15 minutes and all we had was coffee and orange juice. 35 minutes, same thing. After some 45 minutes of waiting, we finally saw food. And the food wasn’t worth waiting for.

The Eggs on my “Benedict” were so thoroughly cooked that the yolks were fully cooked. Some may like that, but the whole point is a runny yolk sauce. Speaking of sauce, they piled on so much of that goopy, flavorless yellow sauce that it my plate was like a pool for it.

The potatoes that came with the eggs were mushy.

My first visit to Cuisines was a major disappointment. The atmosphere was grimy, the space cramped, the service fatiguingly slow, and the food, lackluster. I can’t wait to go back to Boychik’s.