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What I have to deal with when I’m in Williamsburg

January 7, 2007

Who would eat this? Really. Herring in cream sauce is supposed to bring you luck if you eat it on New Year’s Eve, so says my stepfather. Well shit, that must be why I’ve had such bad luck for the last few years. Mmm herring snacks. In other news, I got a new camera. Tres [...]

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a little light reading

August 14, 2006

Gourmetro readers – all 3 of you – I have a favor to ask. My subscription to Food & Wine is about to lapse, and while I enjoy F&W, I don’t absolutely adore it (see Chow, demise of). I’ve been looking into some mags, particularly Saveur, Intermezzo, and Fervor. Any recommendations? My budget really only [...]

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The Gourmetro hits 1,000

July 7, 2006

[a little sob] Our little blog got its 1,000th visit the other day. As of this writing we’ve got 1,013 visits from five continents. Aside from the usual Northeasterners, we have a sizeable following in California. Well, it might not be a ‘following’ as such, but we can say we get a goodly number of [...]

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This cheese will kick your ass

June 22, 2006

I am no stranger to offensive cheese. Sometimes I welcome it, but this 14 oz. wheel of Coulommiers definitely took me by surprise. It was, and may still be, on sale at Fairway for $6.99, and was within my budget so I thought I’d give it a shot. Coulommiers is from Brie. On first sight, [...]

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7.5 Kagillion Stars for Augieland

June 2, 2006

I don’t want people to think we’re being stingy about putting other food blogs on our Links. We call it being selective. Today we added one, Augieland, which totally rocks (in terms of voice, photography, selection, etc.). Go and read it. All the time. Authenticity in all things is what we’re looking for, too.

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