Ladies and gentlemen,

CHOCOLATE COVERED BACON.

That is all.

Hey everybody,  East Coast Grill is doing the Second Annual Rib Invitational on Monday, February 25.  $35 prix fixe menu, 3 courses of ribs.  Anybody interested?

Tonight I'm running in a road race.  The last time I was in a running race, it was Field Day in 8th grade.  It was a mile run, three laps around the school.  The gym teacher made me stop after two laps because I was so far behind that a) he didn't want to embarass me, and b) I would have held the whole day up by ten minutes or so.

That said, I'm ( Read more... )

I walk a lot.  Based on what I normally do, I think I walk somewhere between 35-40 miles a week these days.  It's great; I love being outside, especially as the weather turns to fall.  I'm going to get so stir-crazy in the winter.

And by "so stir-crazy" I mean "frostbite."

Friday night we took a couple of cars down to Providence for Mark's birthday ( Read more... )

There are certain foods that, for me at least, conjure up a very particular memory.  A specific event, place, or person that has become permanently attached to some food.  For example: blueberries remind me of the time my family went to Nova Scotia and visited a relative of mine (great-aunt or something weird like that) at her house.  She had a ( Read more... )

 I often find myself in the position of wanting to eat at a restaurant on the spur of the moment, but in an area I don't know.  While doing research is the best plan before going to dinner, sometimes you just don't have that option, you're staring at a few restaurants near each other, and trying to decide: where should I eat?  I've developed a few ( Read more... )