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Category Archive for 'Atlantic City'

Beef Milanesas: An Argentine Alternative to Beef

Posted in America, Argentina, Atlantic City, beef, bread, breadcrumbs, Buenos Aires, fried, hearty, history, Italian, Italian-American, Italy, Meat, Napoli, obesity on Jul 24th, 2009

“In Argentina, a vegetarian is someone who orders a salad with their steak…” -Unknown Those with even a basic understanding of food history probably know that the hamburger as we know it today is an American adaptation of the “Hamburger-style steak” which originated in the now-German city of Hamburg, and was brought to this country […]

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You Don’t Have To Be Italian or at a Wedding To Enjoy This: Italian Wedding Soup (or Escarole Soup)

Posted in America, Atlantic City, breadcrumbs, egg, escarole, Garlic, ground meat, history, Italian, Italian-American, meatballs, Naples, Olive Oil, onions, Pasta, soup, tradition, vegetables on Oct 27th, 2008

I’ve talked about my sweet ‘ole grandmom, Anna, a few times on this blog. This was a woman who waited tables at the Golden Nugget (now Bally’s Grand) casino (R.I.P.) in Atlantic City until she retired at 76. This is the same woman who would wear winter gloves in the summer because her tiny hands […]

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Saying Goodbye to the Summer (tear!) – And the Recipes That Helped Us Cope

Posted in America, Atlantic City, Autumn, Beach, bread, calamari, Chorizo, Clams, eating, fish, Food Commentary, Garlic, grilled, healthy, hearty, parsley, pintxos, Potato, Recipe, Recipes, sausage, seafood, side dish, snapper, Spain, spicy, Squid, summer, tapas, tomato, vegetables, weather, whole fish, wine on Sep 27th, 2007

Last week we discovered that the 5-day forecast was calling for a week’s worth of blue skies and summer-like weather. Not bad considering this past Sunday marked the beginning of Fall. Now, don’t get me wrong, I do love fall. But, like many, there’s something about summer that just excites me like no other season. […]

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In Defence of Sandwiches (White House Subs, Atlantic City)

Posted in America, Atlantic City, Food Commentary, hoagie, Italian, Italian-American, Restaurant Review, salami, sandwiches on Sep 7th, 2007

Regular readers of this blog, and we still believe there are some, though we use the term regular advisedly, might be under the mistaken impression that we are firmly anti-sandwich after reading several of the “At the desk gourmet” posts in which we spoke somewhat derogatorily of “soggy, $8″ sandwiches that had spent the day […]

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