Don't Be Deterred By The Biggest Myth About Restaurant Specials - Chowhound

No one wants someone else's half-eaten scraps for dinner, but that's far from what chefs do when they use up leftover ingredients. To be clear: it would be illegal for an establishment to recycle a meal for a new customer, so no restaurant would take the risk of DIY-ing a dish out of trash (the same can't always be said for restaurant bread baskets). Instead, a restaurant will try to make the most out of whatever…