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Archive for October, 2008

Mahony’s Po-Boys

Posted in dinner, lunch, New Orleans, po-boys, sandwiches on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »

One would think we’d have set some sort of quota for po-boy restaurants in this city. There’s Domilise’s, Crabby Jack’s, Guy’s, Magazine Street Po-Boys, Mother’s… those are just the first few that come to mind, and I guarantee you we’ve got more abounding in every pore of this city. That said, I was a little [...]

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Things I have eaten lately

Posted in musings, New Orleans on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

-A really awful peanut butter and honey sandwich. I woke up on Spirit Day to find that our entire bread loaf was moldy, so I had to resort to getting two slices from the cafeteria at 8 in the morning. I stored them, uncovered, in my locker, and by the time I took them out [...]

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Oh, and

Posted in Chicago, dinner, musings on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

http://www.alinea-restaurant.com/index.html Molecular gastronomy, meet reckless conceptualization. Some pictures, which I must attribute to blogs and photographers only Google Images could find: The item on top is short rib. The red sheet below consists of Campari, beet root juice, cranberry, salt, sugar… etc. The chef then added agar agar, which gives the sauce its suddenly jellyish [...]

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Ode to Appetizers

Posted in breakfast, chocolate, dinner, drinks, Latin, lunch, macaroons, New Orleans, sandwiches, tapas on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well, hello, it’s been a while. Mainly because I’ve been borderline nomadic and haven’t dabbled in many culinary wonders of late. HOWEVER, this weekend… everything changed.You see, my best friend flew in from college, and in doing so unleashed as much of an extravaganza as could be fit into the course of 24 hours. First:Surrey’s- [...]

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Maple Street Cafe

Posted in dinner, mussels, New Orleans, pasta on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I had dinner Friday night at Maple Street Cafe, a cute restaurant uptown in the Riverbend vicinity. I remember picking up dinner from there and eating it for dinner from way back when I was a little kid, and even though I hadn’t been there in an awfully long time, it’s a fixture in the [...]

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