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Chicago’s Best Bookstores: A Bibliophile’s Take
The smell of freshly baked bread, the fabled aroma of “new car,” the scent of a freshly talcum’d baby: these are but some of life’s olfactory pleasures. How boring it would all be without them, right? And then, of course, there’s the woody, musty, leathery and wise smell of an old book, oft overlooked when…
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The Reading List: JBFA decisions, Taco Bell’s brekkie and more
Today was a battle of wills: either I submit a positive opinion on Sondheim’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum or I missed out on tacos. Couldn’t. Handle. The. Pressure. I wanted to travel to Flavahtown so bad, so whatever, I’m weak, but haha, a guy can lie for sustenance, right? Yes. Delicious,…
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EOD Reading List: Merit Badges, Cookies, Pie + More
I woke up this morning grumpy as all get out. Within minutes of waking and wiping the sleep from my eyes, I found out the hard way that the my building’s hot water was on the fritz (a rarity). As I got dressed, I fell over. My walk to the Metro North station was a…
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New York Minute: Snacking
Beny’s Delice, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Saturday Feb. 15, 3:00 PM Goat cheese and tomato quiche Mixed berry custard tart Black coffee, 1 Raw Sugar Pinot Grigio
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EOD Reading List: Doughnuts, Voluntouring and More
I’m gonna go ahead and say it: I am a self-styled member of the doughnut cognoscenti, so these pretty little jewels from Glazed Donut Bistro in LA are the next on my hit list. Fried chicken beignets (exactly what it sounds like) and the shrimp roll (a shrimp roll served atop a Long John) make up this insane…
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Tastemaker: Jodi Ettenberg and Her Worldly Appetite
[Note: This post was originally published on MarcusSamuelsson.com.] For Jodi Ettenberg, traveling has literally become a full time job. On the road since 2008, the lawyer-turned-professional blogger has been documenting her journeys on her leading blog, Legal Nomads. Seeking out stories of different cultures and highlighting the travelers and people she has met along the way, Ettenberg also…
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EOD Reading: London’s Underground Farm, Jeppson’s Malört and More
Another grey, snowy day in New York. Up in Westchester, where my office is located, the dirty mounds of blasted hell-ice are piling, overtaking many of us in height. I’m not normally a weather-complainer, but for the love of all that is good and holy, can the clouds chill out for, I don’t know, eight…
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Meals I Have Loved: Under the Sea
Monday, Feb. 17, dinner at home. Crab legs in brown butter and scallion sauce Lobster Salt cod cakes Shrimp and scallops cakes Duck rillettes Toast Arugula, lightly dressed in oil and lemon Boodles British London Dry Gin martini Bisson “Abissi” 2011 Spumante Metodo Classico
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EOD Reading: Netflix Doc Binge, Equality Brew and More
Winter isn’t letting up, so snuggle up with your favorite hot adult beverage and watch one (or all) of these food documentaries on Netflix. [First We Feast] Utah’s Wasatch Beer joins the equality booze game (alongside excellent Cremant du Bourgogne, Égalité) with their Live and Let Live Blonde Ale. [Salt Lake Tribune] Yet another reason…
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A Glutton’s Guide to Burlington, Vermont
Around New Years, the SO and I decided to get the hell out of Dodge and skip out on the hullabaloo of shiny dresses, clichéd sparklers and oh god, the crowds: The unwashed masses and drunks and Times Square revelers… Nope, no thanks. We wanted greener pastures, where we could eat and drink in the…
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