Category Archives: food

Scenes From a Vacation: Rein’s Deli

On the way from Boston to Hartford, the Ginger Ninja and I stopped for lunch in Vernon to enjoy the food of her people at Rein’s Deli…

As with the Clam Box, this is much better road food than your typical fast food place will serve you. I opted for a tongue-and-swiss sandwich on [...]

Scenes From a Vacation: The Clam Box

While hanging out in the Boston area last week, the Ginger Ninja’s mom took us to The Clam Box in Ipswitch. The building was built to look just like a clam box, so I couldn’t resist taking photos…

The food at the Clam Box is classic New England fried seafood: shrimp, scallops, fish and [...]

Burger Quest

Ex-pat Texan A.G. Pasquella, whom I’ve known since 1992 (we went to Crazy Go Nuts University together) is searching Accordion City for the perfect burger — “the burger of his youth”. He’s visiting burger places and writing reviews at his new blog, Burger Quest.
In his introductory post, he writes:

I’ve [...]

Chicken Fried Steak Recipes

Chicken fried steak is an occasional guilty pleasure of mine, and I’m pleased to share Chris Street’s recipe with you. The image below is a preview — click it to see the full recipe, complete with written instructions.
Be aware that there is a debate over which gravy truly belongs on chicken fried steak: [...]

Visual Thinking Day, Part 1: Where the best IHOP-to-Pancake Lover Ratios Are

If you’ve ever wondered which states have the best access to the International House of Pancakes (and they truly are international — they’ve got ‘em in Japan, too!), wonder no more. The blog Very Small Array has the answer, and in a lovely visual form to boot:
Click the map to see it at full size [...]

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Freudian

Unintentional side-effect of producing food by extrusion or Beavis and Butt-Head prank?
Thanks to Miss Fipi Lele for the photo!
More photos here and here.