i ran into this little number a couple of weeks ago over at ‘orangette‘ and was so glad to see it.  just a couple of weeks before that and with the best of intentions i had bought a stalk of brussels sprouts.  aren’t you just drawn to the sheer uniqueness of those little treelike trunks that appear around october in your produce [...]

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there are those with the serious belief that if nashville were to have only one food to call their own, ‘hot chicken’ would be it.  many nashvillian’s are quick to claim this fiery fare, whereas say barbeque for instance, is more of a memphis kinda thing.  but hot chicken?  we got ya hot chickin, rat he’a.  but as are most things [...]

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it’s the craziest thing because i love fish.  and at restaurants, i order fish almost all the time.  but i’ve stopped making fish.  not shellfish.  just fish fish.  why, you ask?  because on cary’s short list of things he prefers not to eat, fish fish is at the top.  he lives for crab and scallops, he’ll [...]

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not a typo i came across a food blog a couple of months ago at the beginning of my bottarga quest called ‘fx cuisine‘.  i must tell you that - people, this here is no ordinary food blog.  this guy is both serious and fearless when it comes to cooking and a lot of the times this author’s food involves such [...]

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