Halbe and I celebrated our fifth anniversary yesterday with a French meal at Comme Ça, a brasserie on Melrose. The meal we shared is worthy of its own post, but as I browsed the heavy brown paper placemat menu, I knew only about half the offerings. Escargot is a snail dish, but what is "escargot persillade"? I thought a "charcuterie plate" might ( Read more... )

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I've been working my way through a large box of sausage links, and enjoying every moment of it. I bought them in part on a whim, the other part in response to the uninspired, undersized, pale turkey "dogs" I'd bought the week before. I wanted more bang for my sausage buck, and these links have fit the bill ( Read more... )