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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
  
• 09.02.08
  The Dodge & Graham Horse and Pony Jamboree: Part 2 BBQ, fish, grilling, pork | (15)

  Here's a man who really knows how to massage his meat. A barbecue in North Carolina isn't really a barbecue unless some part of a pig is being cooked, and the Horse and Pony Jamboree did not disappoint.  Dodge (actual first name), the better other half of the HPJ, created an intensely flavorful pork shoulder, jazzing up a traditional Carolina vinegar-based marinade and mop with fresh and dried anaheim and poblano chiles.  He'd also planned some spicy pan-fried black bean cakes and some kind of amuse bouche that involved lemongrass-flavored shrimp wrapped in dough and fried.  I was skeptical, but as ...

  Tagged: barbecue, barbeque, BBQ, beans, canon, carolina, chef, fish, outer banks, pastry, pork, powershot, sanderling, shellfish, shrimp
  

...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.