about eating, drinking, shoving lenses into food

“Didn’t you eat anything but breakfast?” you ask. I’ll get to some very nice dinners at Wright’s, The Capital Grille, Vincent’s and Different Pointe of View, but I’ll stick with the breakfast, (and gravy) theme.
The Farmhouse was apparently a very popular place for a long time, until a controversial change of ownership sent the regulars […]

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It’s been a long time since I’ve been out west, but that’s where I developed criteria for picking places to eat while on the road. I’ll give credit for most of these ‘rules’ to Dayton Duncan who wrote them in his book Out West, where he followed the Lewis and Clark Trail.
The criteria are things […]

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Sorry to all those who’ve requested to be added to the list, I’ve been ignoring you. But not on purpose, I’m in Phoenix enjoying a Thanksgiving vacation. I’ll have a report in a few days.

Eggs Benedict from the Biltmore Grill.

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I’ve gone past the Sea Ranch Seafood in Evanston (518 Dempster Street, 847-492-8340) a few hundred times without even looking in. I figured it was an expensive high quality fish place that I shouldn’t tempt myself with. I poked in yesterday to look around and grabbed some quick sushi.
It has refrigerated cases with pre-cut […]

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Nov
19

Some food links:
The Linux-Powered Keg Fridge Cross a Linux computer with a keg fridge, and you get a tap that knows when you’ve had enough.
Drinks of the Century
McDonald’s to serve nutrition data with food Do we really want to know?
The Delicious Life comes to Chicago. It’s always interesting to see an out of towners perspective […]

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