Growing a mustache is much like the start of new a day. It is something to measure progress with, advancement, or simply the passage of time. Of course things aren't always so simple. But it is interesting to watch your own visage change daily.
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The Mustache Diaries: Days 6 and 7
The Mustache Diaries: Day 5
Apparently 5 days is what it takes for me to grow enough mustache to invite strange looks from cashiers behind counters.
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Essentially Sophomoric: Grocery Shopping
Now that I live in an apartment and no longer rely on a dorm cafeteria or a sorority chef for my meals, groceries are my biggest enemy. Generally, my roommates and I go grocery shopping once a week. We stock up on sliced turkey (2+ pounds), fruits, veggies, and other delicious items. When I...
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Lost in Starvation: Ruuude Chicken
I was a foreigner to these parts again, and for a guy trying to cook something from a book with a cartoon cat on the cover, that was a bad sign.
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Lost in Starvation: Blackened T-Bone with Root Beer BBQ Sauce
"I know the bottles under the sink are brightly colored, honey, but don't drink them."
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Lost in Starvation: Honey Baked Chicken
Can I substitute French dressing for mustard? Fuck it, I’m going to.
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2 Sentence Review: Garces Trading Co. 11th and Locust in Philadelphia
Garces Trading Co: 11th and locust. Mini iron chef market with take out, flowers, wine store, and sit down restaurant. Have the Moroccan sandwich (the Lamb melts in your mouth, the bread snaps in all the right places, and then the extra spread..heaven).
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Daily Red (Wine)
Wine lovers with a taste for organic rejoice. Check in with your local wine shop/state store to see if they carry any selections by Orleans Hill Winery. Their 2005 vintage “Our Daily Red” (A blend of Fresno Syrah and Carignan and Mendocino Cabernet Sauvignon) evades pretense with its price ($9.99) but will impress Whole...
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Product Recommendation (To add to your level of domesticity)
We happily received our very first wedding gift in the mail last week. It was from our dear friends, A & B. It was an Oster Express Breadmaker. I was super excited when this was added to our registry, because just the idea of making my own bread sounded so very…..domestic. And I am...
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Book Review: Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential
If you eat, drink, dine, go to restaurants, like tattoos, loud music, crass behavior, the Food Network, or have a personality, you should read Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential. Likewise, if you have ever worked in a kitchen, a restaurant, a take-out joint, served food as a waiter/a waitress/a waitron, I am guessing you have...
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