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• 09.06.08
  Eating Out: The Left Bank in Pictures eating out | (12)

  Goddamn it, I fucking LOVE DUCK. We've been to The Left Bank, one of the more upscale restaurants on the Outer Banks, twice this week, once for cocktails and munchies and once for dinner. Chef de Cuisine Joel Sardinha is assisted by, among others, my nephew Ryan and the peripatetic Dodge Draffin, but that's no reason not to go.* *Rim shot! Continue Reading...

  Tagged: dining, duck, eating out, joel sardinha, left bank, north carolina, restaurant, sanderling
  
• 05.08.08
  Thursday Night Smackdown: Charlie Trotter goes “meh.” condiments, duck, smackdown, veg | (32)

  If Tastespotting doesn't want this one, they can officially SUCK IT. Thomas Keller could maybe take the teensiest lesson from Charlie Trotter. Because in addition to his many other cookbooks showcasing his incredible restaurant food, he puts out books like Charlie Trotter Cooks at Home. Do you hear that, Keller? AT HOME. IN ONE'S HOUSE, where there is a HOME KITCHEN, one does not want dinner to take 17 HOURS TO PREPARE and liquids move from one place to another CONSTANTLY without going through the chinois which one does NOT EVEN OWN. AT HOME. HOME ...

  Tagged: canon, charlie trotter, cooking, dinner, duck, food, powershot
  

...as of late

• You are so not off the hook
• 2008, Over and Out
• Weekend Frig: Yes, I am 12 Years Old
• Waiting for Santa
• Waterloo du patisserie, deuxieme
• Waterloo du patisserie, le premiere part.
• Cheap Ass Monday: Cuddle up with a big bowl of Cheerios
• I didn’t have a single drink, ocifer.