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Testing: Garces Trading Co.'s Meals To Go

POSTED: Monday, January 24, 2011, 6:04 PM

Filed Under: Chef Salad | Testing

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Jose Garces launched his Meals To Go from Garces Trading Co. (1111 Locust St.) in the fall, and GTC recently sent over a tester of their coq au vin/honey-glazed carrots/herbed fingerlings shebang â available this week â for Meal Ticket to sample. The whole thing is designed with the time- and patience-pressed in mind: The meals, which feed two hungry people and range in price from $26 to $30, require nothing more than the ability to boil water to prepare. We simply brought a big pot up to temp, dunked in the sealed bird and veg sacks, waited for 10 minutes, snipped the tops and dug in, resulting in one of the richest meals we've ever eaten out of a plastic bag. The Meals To Go line switches up weekly; the chicken dinner is on from today through Sunday (that thyme jus is sick!), but the next two weeks will see hearty winter offerings like beef bourguignon with truffled farro and roasted Long Island duck with squash purÃ©e. Happy boiling.

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rachel

Posted 2011-01-24 15:01:35

I must try this!!!  Wonder if my boyfriend will believe that I "made" it??

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