SO MANY TOYS! In Sam Harris’s kitchen there’s a spiral mixer with the capacity to mix 300 lbs. of dough. It enables bread dough to be mixed in half the […]
Jeff Brochu
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Just what the doctor ordered
I UNCRUMPLE OUT OF BED and board the #14 bus to St. Joseph’s Hospital. White Christmas had been in town and after working as a stagehand for eight straight days […]
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It’s never Boer-ing at Zunzi’s
I get lots of suggestions as to what restaurants I should write about. Zunzi’s has been suggested most often. And when I see the line snaking down the sidewalk I […]
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Engineering taste
(a+b)(a-b)=a²-b². Mallie Clark and I are talking math. He’s a Gulfstream engineer and one of two co-owners of Kayak Kafe. “It feels really good when you can get a point […]
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The meat of the issue
Alright now! Won’t you listen? /When I first met you, didn’t realize/ I can’t forget you or your surprise/You introduced me to my mind/ And left me wanting you and […]
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Tapped out
“WE’RE GOING TO PULL all the small bones in your hand together and make them work as one,” says ISKA mixed martial arts (MMA) lightweight amateur champion Stephen Bass as […]
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Don’t mind the ghosts
There was a group in the restaurant; seven adults, five kids. I’ve been enjoying the lunch specials at Mardi Gras on Bay since I’ve known they had lunch specials. Construction, […]
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Blood money
“Is my urine clear?” The manual stated that my urine should be clear. My urine was yellow. Is yellow clear? I could see through it. Did clear mean: Not cloudy? […]
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The secret of pizza
Three-quarters of a quart of Macaroni and Cheese! And so I faced my first major dilemma as a restaurant writer. I organize my diet and my life by a series […]
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‘Bringin’ ’em good food’
Peace, Love & BBQ or Fried Shrimp. It’s the motto on Gerald’s Diner tie-dye T-shirts, the shirt Gerald Schantz is wearing when I enter his business for lunch. I of […]