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Category Archive for 'breakfast'

What’s That Smell? Wait, What’s That Flavor? A Maple Syrup Taste Test – Fake vs. Real.

Posted in Autumn, Canada, breakfast, condiments, embarrassment, flavor, sweet, taste test, travel on Oct 5th, 2009

***WE INTERRUPT THIS POST TO GIVE YOU HORRIBLE, SAD, SAD NEWS.  GOURMET MAGAZINE, A FOODIE INSTITUTION SINCE 1941, IS FOLDING BECAUSE OF SLUMPING AD REVENUE.  Jonny and I are completely disheartened and very pissed off. Our beloved , intelligently-written and interesting Gourmet has died. I really hope someone comes with a fat check and keeps it [...]

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Breakfast in Madrid Brooklyn

Posted in Chorizo, Christmas, Food Commentary, Madrid, Olive Oil, Spain, bread, breakfast, castille, cheese, egg, ham, holiday, holidays, iberico, jamon, salami, sausage, tomato, tortilla, tourism, travel, weight on Dec 17th, 2008

It’s nearly a year now since we were in Madrid, and while during that time we’ve managed to shed some of the excess poundage we gained there, we’ve lost none of our longing to be back there. And, it’s a strange thing about longing that all your memories become more vivid, and you remember even [...]

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