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    Good Food

    Picking up the Tab

    Helena Echlin writes the Table Manners column for Chow.com.  According to Helena, much tact is needed when treating an unemployed friend to dinner.  Her first tip is to take him or her to an inexpensive or mid-priced restaurant and casually offer to pick up the tab.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Helena Echlin writes the Table Manners column for Chow.com. According to Helena, much tact is needed when treating an unemployed friend to dinner. Her first tip is to take him or her to an inexpensive or mid-priced restaurant and casually offer to pick up the tab.

    The full episode

    4 of 9
    Slow Money; Pickling; Tomato Frenzy; Women Farmers
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:00Tomato Frenzy
    3. 16:00The Secret Life of a Restaurant Critic
    4. 22:00Picking up the TabYou’re reading this
    5. 26:00Breed Street
    6. 33:00Fruit Creams to Die For
    7. 37:00Women Farmers
    8. 44:00Slow Money
    9. 53:00In a Pickle
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Candace Moyer

      Producer of Good Food and Special Projects

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    The full episode

    4 of 9
    Slow Money; Pickling; Tomato Frenzy; Women Farmers
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:00Tomato Frenzy
    3. 16:00The Secret Life of a Restaurant Critic
    4. 22:00Picking up the TabYou’re reading this
    5. 26:00Breed Street
    6. 33:00Fruit Creams to Die For
    7. 37:00Women Farmers
    8. 44:00Slow Money
    9. 53:00In a Pickle
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