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Mushrooms
There aren’t a lot of foods that I don’t like. For as long as I can remember, mushrooms have been my biggest offender. “They taste like dirt.” “It’s like eating styrofoam.” These were the reasons I often uttered. But lately, I am singing a different tune. I’ve let them slip into certain dishes I eat…
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Thanksgiving Potluck
Anyone who works in an office environment typically experiences the holiday potluck, but here is my question: Do you try to replicate the holiday feast? Or do you try to bring something out of character for that holiday meal, so as to avoid burnout? I am on the fence about this one. Truthfully, even if…
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An Ethnic Buffet
Today was a mix of delicious culinary offerings that just happened to come together perfectly. For breakfast, I feasted on a friend’s mother’s homemade tamales, which were wonderful! For lunch, a large cancelled gathering offered a Thai feast with several delectable dishes. I’m still stuffed from that one. For dinner, we ordered up Z-Pizza and…
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Brazzaz
Well, we’ve made our 3rd trip to Brazzaz in Chicago and it did not disappoint. Brazzaz is a Brazilian Barbeque restaurant. Basically, you sit down and they bring several (16, I think) different types of meat on huge skewers and carve it right onto your plate. They also have a salad bar of side dishes…
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My Last Meal
Mr. Benz posed this question to his Twitter followers: Test time. Tomorrow you die in the electric chair. What is your absolute last meal? I did not answer via Twitter, because this is not something I can say in 140 characters. Seriously. Now, I don’t know the rules of a last meal or how specific…
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Tapas
We got a new restaurant in town. Lizarran Tapas Restaurant finally opened today. We have been waiting quite a while, watching them gut the building and turn a sweaty old gym into a classy new eatery. It is quite the unique experience. The cold tapas (or appetizers) are served buffet style and you go and…
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Places to eat in and around downtown Austin.
This is quite late coming, I know, but while we were in Austin for SXSW we got a ton of food recommendations from a friendly bartender at the Melting Pot. Below are his picks, asterisks indicate where we’ve actually eaten. *Stubb’s BBQ – on Red River, Famous and all, but not the best I’ve ever…
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The Great Meat Experiment
This weekend we conducted a culinary experiment of sorts cooking 6 pieces of tri tip in 6 different sauces. Some of which turned out to be real winners, while other may not have been favorites actually none of them turned out badly. Here are the results: 1. Onion puree – worked very well with the…
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Food, Glorious Food!
We have been eating wonderfully well on this trip…yum! We hit Brazazz again and it was amazing as I had remembered. Then we tried out a Spanish Tapas restaurant called Emelio’s, it was also quite good, and our friendly waiter dropped off two sherries for us at the end of meal. We also ate a…
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Fox and Obel Bakery
Fox and Obel is a charming little gourmet grocer here in Chicago. I fell in love with their bakery the instant I peered into the case. In case you don’t know, I love desserts (as do most women). It is my one big vice. I’m not a smoker, or heavy drinker. I don’t buy riduculously…