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Taste Tracker: Holiday catering takes off with feasts from Carrabba’s, Cotton Patch and Dickeys and breakfast packages at Einstein Bros.

Metro Diner’s heat-and-serve dinners; Velvet Taco wraps chicken pot pie in a tortilla; peppermint keeps trending, and more top menu news of the week.
Cotton Patch, Dickey's, Einstein Bagels, Carraba, Velvet Taco
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