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Insert Head-Cheesy Joke
I never understood the knee-jerk revulsion that most Americans have towards head cheese. Is it the name? Is it the texture? is it bits of un-uniform meat suspended in an aspic? Mention headcheese to your average friend. They’ll instantly say “Ewwww.” …
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Jell-whoa
To say that I’m not a frequenter of the midwest would be a gross understatement. Aside from a quick, two-day long visit to chicago 6 years ago, the midwest had been a mythical place that I knew absolutely nothing about. Cue this…
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Cortado
I’m slowly turning into a coffee nerd, which is a bit funny to me. When I was younger, I thought it tasted like shit. Perhaps it was because I was drinking shitty coffee. Most people still do. They drown acrid, burnt brew…
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Jackalope
A last minute decision to go to SWSX has resulted in my tastebuds and I spending a long weekend in the always rad city of Austin. It’s a prime-time weekend to be in Austin, especially for any digital “professional” such as myself.…
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Fishtagged
My blog has been a bit seafood-heavy as of late, and I promise that’ll change soon. That being said, you can’t really fault me for posting about seafood when I start to encounter dishes like the one above. This magical marine assemblage…
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Nice Hali-butt
Bon Appetit Magazine gets me every time. Print might be dying, but goddammit, every time that magazine comes in the mail I squeal like the happiest stuck pig in the world. The pictures of the dishes beg you to re-create them. I…
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Hangover Cure #1
“It was the best of times, it was the Wurst of times…” I love good liverwurst. To me, its the meaty equivalent of Nutella, and I can eat a shocking amount of both. Schaller & Weber is the candy store of meats.…
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Tartines
Simple/Awesome. Salmon Roe/Sour Cream. Ripe Tomato/Mayo. Multigrain Pullman Loaf. To quote a famous Beatles song: “Roe is all you need.”
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You-Tah
I learned how to ski on the east coast. Correction: I learned how to downhill ice skate on the east coast. The loud CHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH of ski edges begging the ice for some grip are all too familiar to me. Cue a trip…
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