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“The Rundown II: Portland Calling” starring Dwayne Johnson

November 11, 2008 · 5 Comments

Doughnut Face

Doughnut Face

*NEW* Rating system involving East Asian emoticons pilfered from the Wikipedia entry on “Emoticon”:

<(^_^)>  = good
⊂( ゚ヮ゚)⊃ = good
(*_*) = what-the-fuck good
(-_-;) = shameful

I ate at these places:

Pok Pok (*_*)
Park Kitchen ⊂( ゚ヮ゚)⊃
Stumptown ⊂( ゚ヮ゚)⊃ (more…)

Categories: travel
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One Week Barackiversary

November 11, 2008 · 2 Comments

Here is my photo essay for National Geographic (Nat Geo, no italics (italz in the biz) in the biz) on last week’s Barack Obama celebration dinner. Up first, duck fat garlic bread.

Why did I do this to the world?

Why did I do this to the world?

This wasn’t a stroke of genius. I thought we had butter when in fact we did not, and the duck fat was right there dancing the tarantella in my freezer, courting me. Another flickr picr:

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Categories: Cooking
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Tidbit o’ Honey Reprise

November 11, 2008 · 2 Comments

A16 Porchetta, y'all

A16 porchetta post-heat, y'all

With apologies to Ross (not the name of the pig).

Categories: pork