The Wedge: The Truffle Shuffle If pizzas were women, this is the one my wife would have ample reason to hate. Roasted chicken, cremini mushrooms, spinach, cheese and truffle oil make this a pie you’ll have trouble sharing (which is why you go on Mondays with a Keep It Local card, so you get two-for-one). […]
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The hole shebang
Brown’s Bakery Mark Hancock But more important, is there a better (tasting) and worse (health-wise) way to start a day than a donut? One will lift the spirits, but nobody eats just one. After six, the spirits are still high, but the body droops uncomfortably toward the ground. Still, we do not eat donuts every […]
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Yes, you ’can
Honestly, I don’t know why I’m telling you about Carican Flavors. I mean, I wish them all the success in the world. I love the food. I love the atmosphere. It’s just … I don’t want to share with you. Now, I can’t tell you how authentic the Caribbean (“cari-can,” get it?) food is, but […]
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Hoagie heaven
There are sandwiches, and then there are sandwiches. There are the kind my mom used to make, or have us make for ourselves. Loaf bread, Oscar Mayer cold cuts, cheese and mayo or mustard or — hold onto your hat — both. Technically, that’s a sandwich. It will sustain you, but unless you are coming […]
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Don’t be crabby
Is artifice an inherently bad thing? I ask because, walking into Crabtown, I am struck by the overwhelming degree to which the building is decorated — inside and out — to make the diner feel as if he’s found some sort of Cajun seafood shack that was picked up by a tornado in Louisiana and […]