Phil on October 16th, 2009

…cheesecake?
Is it a bad thing if your very first cheesecake ever (and its twin brother) come out looking like Chicago-style deep-dish pizza?

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Phil on October 14th, 2009

My brother let me know about a restaurant out in Grand Junction with a “challenge” meal – a burrito made with naga jolokia peppers.
The release waiver has an interesting little clause that I’ll highlight for you:
I AM OVER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND I AM VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATING IN THE
CONTEST WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE DANGER INVOLVED [...]

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Phil on August 6th, 2009

In Fort Collins, Land of 10,000 restaurants, there’s no shortage of places to have lunch.
Today I tried a new place, the “Caribbean Food Shack” over in Campus West (next to Pita Pit and Silvermine Subs).  It’s a really interesting blend of culture that I’m now happy I tried.  Apparently they started out as a sauce [...]

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Phil on April 20th, 2009

I tried “Suh” this weekend, and it was a mixed bag.
The “fusion” aspect was kind of interesting – I had a kimchee ramen that was pretty decent – but there were some places it really needs to improve:

Price: the sashimi platter was $24 for 16 pretty skimpy pieces of fish that were not as fresh [...]

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Phil on November 20th, 2008

I went to an early Thanksgiving dinner last night and brought a heaping helping of Alton Brown’s sweet cornbread pudding.  I got a really nice compliment on it.  I was told that “It tastes like Thanksgiving!”.
In other news, my cast iron skillet’s finally recovered from the sadistically thorough scrubbing it received at the hands of [...]

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