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Happy Birthday, F!

April 29th, 2012 | 0 Comments | Family, Food |

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The Cleveland School of Restaurant Naming

April 15th, 2012 | 2 Comments | Food, Travelogues |

Forgive me for being snarky. Really. Anyway I’ve paid my dues by posting a few lovely photo galleries since I’ve been here and doesn’t that count for something? The daughter unit and I call it the “random adjective and unlikely animal” style. Just in walking downtown for an hour saturday morning I came up with [...]

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Restaurant Reviews by One of America’s Greatest Writers

November 8th, 2011 | 0 Comments | Books, Comedy, Food |

Or so they said. Could my favorite author, Cormac McCarthy, really have written these restaurant reviews? Of course not, it says so right on the tin. Still as parody they are hilarious. And so the man defied the villagers and ate the taco. In defiance of the will of those people but also in defiance [...]

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The Best Breakfast

July 15th, 2011 | 0 Comments | Food, Travelogues |

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Morels

May 6th, 2011 | 0 Comments | Food, Home |

We have morels growing out back!

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My Postmodern Lunch

April 16th, 2011 | 0 Comments | Food |

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Beef Noodle Soup

March 28th, 2011 | 0 Comments | Food |

Eight reasons why this recipe is awesome.

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The Maplewood Diner

March 8th, 2011 | 0 Comments | Food, Home |

I’d been going to the Maplewood Diner ever since I moved out here in 1989. Basically, the kids’ whole life. Over the weekend, it burned down.

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Restaurant Dish of the Year (So Far)

January 17th, 2011 | 0 Comments | Food |

I opened up the container and everyone at the table’s head spun around at the aroma….

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Science Marches On

October 1st, 2010 | 0 Comments | Food, Science |

With this handy research paper and map, you’ll always know what to tell the waitress you want.

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Corny Recipe

September 7th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Food |

Sorry about the chirping crickets noise you’ve been hearing here lately. I’ve been really busy with getting my house in shape, and log-jammed at work too. I’ve got a few posts in my pocket ready to go, and here’s a good end-of-summer recipe to get started…

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Food

August 9th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Food, Travelogues |

It’s What’s For Dinner. And lunch, and occasionally breakfast. Here are a few highlights (and not-so-highlights) from our trip down to Maryland and Virginia.

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