Food and Drink
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Pacific Northwest Recap
I still feel like I'm recovering from Portland and Seattle — a week full of work inspiration, friends, laughs, and wonderful food and drink. Many thanks to those I got to see, especially to those who treated me to food, drinks (and lodging) during my journey! xoxo The Knock Back Expatriate The Rookery at Raven
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This Week’s Reading List
I'm a huge fan of writing angry letters to people and then not sending them. It's absolutely cathartic. I highly recommend it. Apparently, butter is back (was it ever gone?). Disturbingly, health insurance for dogs (including Moxie) is often more comprehensive than health insurance for humans. And here's one that I wrote — put some
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Booze You Can Use: Have a Club Soda with Bitters
So after a lovely weekend visiting my family in Maine I was felled by some sort of stomach bug. While recovering, I'm obviously not having a cocktail tonight. On those nights when you might not necessarily feel like drinking something boozy — for whatever reason — a club soda with bitters usually hits the spot.
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Your Tastebuds, They Are A-Changin’
I love this recent NYT article about how your tastes in food evolve over the course of your lifetime. I always make a point to taste foods I don't like (or think I don't like) every now and again just to make sure my tastes haven't changed — if I'm lucky, they have. Still waiting
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Good Advice on Eating Alone on Valentine’s Day (or any other day, really)
I didn't write this, but I truly wish I had. Props to you, Jean Grae. Get a loaf of great bread. From a bakery. Or a supermarket. Whatever you want. I don’t know what you want. Something with olives in it? Rosemary? Sundried tomatoes? None of the above? Baguette? Focaccia? It’s up to you. Now,
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Rockin’ Oaxaca
My photos from January's Oaxaca trip are up! Finally.
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Booze You Can Use: Have a Little Italy
photo courtesy of cocktailia.com It's Friday — time for a drink. @daisy17 and I are already plotting and planning this evening's post-work drink destination. Despite the slightly warmer temperature, I'm still in the mood for brown & stirred drinks. This Manhattan-y variation from Pegu Club might do the trick tonight: Little Italy2 oz. rye (Pegu
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A Taste to Tide You Over
until I get my act together and post my pictures from Oaxaca . . .
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Booze You Can Use: Have A Division Bell
Tomorrow I leave for a week in Oaxaca, Mexico. As you may know, Oaxaca is ground zero for mezcal, and I'll be spending a great deal of time visiting palenques and learning about mezcal production (this is, after all, a USBGNY trip). For those of you who aren't joining me on the trip, you can
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Turducken 2.0
Some of you may already know of my love for Turducken. Someday, I plan to make one from scratch, which involves deboning three birds (and that's just to start), but until I have the kitchen space to do this, I'm going to stick with getting pre-prepared Turduckens when the craving strikes. A few years ago,