Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Last night, in telling my mother and sister about some of the better things I've eaten recently, the looks of horror on their faces, while not entirely unexpected, were a bit stronger than anticipated as I spoke of offal like tongue, and testicles, and cheek.
My sister did not understand why ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Last night the episode of Modern Marvels was titled "The Pig."
Although I braced myself for a biased portrayal of the pork industry as it shifted from the lard type breeds of old to the lean "white" meat of the 80's and 90's; and they were a bit generous with their ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
In this video Chris Cosentino chats about offal and mentions a cookbook he's been working on for four or five years stating that "nobody has the balls to put it out."
(a) funny choice of words considering the topic
(b) book publishers are in the business of making money ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
We had a great meal at An American Place last night, and although I will comment on it further when I have recovered, I wanted to make three quick comments.
Duck Testicles are really not a big deal. They have the texture of a soft sausage with its casing removed, ...
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
So, um, yeah, I had no idea the forum would take off like that.
In basically three weeks 47 people have posted 835 articles, and while a nice chunk are from only four of us (and you know who you are), we have everything from magazine editors, to a wine rep, ...
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