review

My Best of 2011

January 13, 2012
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Once again, illness and massive cooking projects have conspired to keep me from posting my review of last year in a timely fashion. Now that I’m healthy again (both physically and possibly mentally) I expect to resume with a more regular schedule. Here’s my “best of” list for 2011: Cookbook No contest. The best cookbook [...]

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The Chef’s Whim

March 16, 2011
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We don’t need excuses to go out for a good meal, but this announcement from Craigie on Main gave us an opportunity to correct two omissions at that restaurant: we had never experienced the late evening “Chef’s Whim” dinner, and two of our friends had never eaten there. The only decision we’d have to make [...]

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Best. Meal. Ever.

May 5, 2009

In 2001 the Food Network aired A Cook’s Tour, a food and travel show hosted by Anthony Bourdain. He traveled around the world eating the local food, and I hung on every bite. Of the many remarkable meals he ate in the series, this one was burned into my brain (The series remains criminally unreleased [...]

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