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Vague Recipes

My neighbor is a food professional.  She’s been a pastry chef and now tests and writes recipes for various food publications.  The good news is that she often appears at our door with a version of something, usually delicious, on which she’s working.  The bad news is that’s it’s frightening to reciprocate – kind of like teeing it up with Tiger or Phil:  no matter how good you think you are, you just know they’re way better. Continue reading

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Mr. Fish

I’m pretty sure I’ve explained my theory that many of the really great food places in this country are not very fancy.  Actually, my friends would tell you I regularly use another term, ending in “hole”, to describe them.   Sonny Bryan’s, Arthur Bryant’s, Dreamland – all great BBQ places, all decoratively challenged (I love euphemisms). Continue reading

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Bacon Overdone

I know it’s not Friday but I’m going to let food set the theme to day as well. The Mrs. and I were watching TV last night when on came a story about Tony’s Restaurant in Birch Run Michigan. Tony’s is renowned for selling enormous portions of food at fair prices and, in particular, for their BLT sandwich which contains over a pound of bacon.  Obviously, not eating anything bigger than your head doesn’t apply here. Continue reading

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