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A listener was wondering what my response as a restaurant person is to hearing about pine nut mouth. So here it is. We will no longer have pine nuts on the menu. If we happen to find Italian or ...

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Last Christmas she suffered from Pine Nut Mouth, an allergy which caused all food to taste bitter. The affliction is not fatal and for Polly, eventually dissipated and disappeared after several days.