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• 11.29.08
  WINTER ROASTING: A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SOLUTION Uncategorized | (0)

  My home-roast espresso blend. 11/29/2008 I roast my own coffee. This may be the epitome of coffee geekiness, but it really is the only way I can ensure a proper supply of fresh, quality espresso blends for personal consumption. You would think that Fairfield County with all of its affluence would be fertile ground for real coffee, perhaps a "third-wave" cafe or at the very least access to freshly roasted coffee in the supermarkets. You would be wrong. After coming to this sad realization, I set out trying to bribe friends from New York to supply me with beans, I subsequently switched to mail ordering from ...
• 11.29.08
  QUICK READ: JACQUES PEPIN IN THE COURANT Uncategorized | (0)

  11/27/2008 My favorite old-school television chef, Jacques Pépin – a Connecticut resident – is featured in a short profile here in the Hartford Courant. Thankfully he is still around since people like Rachael Ray had to show up and ruin everything. I'll admit to watching the Food Network with a high degree of frequency, but I get so annoyed when – to cite a recent example – Rachael Ray makes a casual reference to her maid, making it apparent she thinks all of her viewers have domestic help. I, for one, do not. In fact, I'm working on Thanksgiving so I can afford a plane ...
• 11.29.08
  PUMPKIN PIE: THE LBC OVERCOMES STUPIDTY, REDEEMS SELF Uncategorized | (0)

  It ain't pretty, but that is not really the point. 11/26/2008 I've been tasked with making a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving dinner. Gratefully, I'm not in charge of any of the heavy lifting. Not really knowing what I'm doing, a family member recommended a recipe from an AP food writer J.M. Hirsch. NOTE: this advice came after my test pie turned into an unmitigated disaster...It's a long story. And if you thought it was impossible to do wrong by the instructions on the side of the can – trust me - I am fully capable of screwing up just about anything, no matter ...
• 11.29.08
  THE LBC PONDERS THE TURBACONDUCKEN Uncategorized | (0)

  11/26/2008 Bacon-wrapped turducken? For reals? I'm not saying this is acutally something I would attempt, or even neccesarily want to consume, but I have to give the guys at Bacon Today credit for trying. Check it out: here. –CP
• 11.26.08
  ARTOPOLIS BAKERY: ASTORIA’S LAND OF [FILO] AND HONEY Uncategorized | (0)

  Kataifi from Artopolis Bakery in Astoria, Queens. 11/25/2008 ARTOPOLIS BAKERY: 2318 31ST ST., ASTORIA, NY I don't know where to start; I can't come up with the right adjectives to adequately praise the Greek pastries here. I am without words to describe the feeling I have as I heedlessly dive into a box of kourabiedes and end up with powdered sugar all over my shirt; it is somewhere on the latter end of the scale between delight and euphoria. Of course the baklava, of which there several varieties, is fantastic. The kataifi – think baklava but rolled with shredded filo – is a work of art. Also ...
• 11.26.08
  THE GINGER MAN: REAL CASK ALE IN NORWALK Uncategorized | (0)

  Blue Point Brewing Company's cask-conditioned oatmeal stout at the Ginger Man in Norwalk. 11/24/2008 THE GINGER MAN: 99 WASHINGTON ST., NORWALK After mentioning my recent experience with the unfiltered, unpasteurized cask-conditioned ales at the Spotted Pig in the West Village, I'd be negligent if I failed to point out that the Ginger Man in Norwalk offers a cask ale that rotates weekly. I've certainly been to the Ginger Man before but somehow never noticed the cask ale. It wasn't until I saw a recent episode of the new CPTV show, Eating Connecticut, featuring the pub and their admirable selection of beers. When I stopped by ...
• 11.26.08
  THE SPOTTED PIG: HYPE-WORTHY [THE BURGER, ANYWAY] Uncategorized | (0)

  Chargrilled burger with Roquefort cheese and shoestring fries (and a pint of cask-conditioned bitter). 11/24/2008 THE SPOTTED PIG: 314 W 11TH ST., NEW YORK CITY It is with trepidation that I write this post as I realize the LBC is continuing to veer somewhat from the original purpose of this blog. However, while showing relatives from San Diego a little of New York on Saturday, we stopped in at the Spotted Pig, a "gastropub" in the West Village and with a camera in-hand, I decided I couldn't pass up the opportunity. For some time now I have been reading about their legendary Roquefort burger. ...
• 11.26.08
  GMA PIE UPDATE: WINNER ANNOUNCED SUNDAY Uncategorized | (0)

  11/22/2008/ UDAPTE: Norma Grubb's coconut creme pie from Sommerset Hall Cafe in Dover, Kan. was voted in at number one in the GMA pie challenge Sunday. As previously reported on the LBC, Michele's Pies, of Norwalk, is competing in Good Morning America's "Best Slice" contest. Check out the contest page, while there is still time to vote and to view Michele Albano's recipe for the award-winning chocolate chip bourbon pecan pie. The winner will be announced tomorrow, Sunday, Nov. 23, live on the show. –CP
• 11.26.08
  READ THIS: BEER, QUE IN THIS WEEK’S NEW YORKER Uncategorized | (0)

  11/19/2008 I recently decided I have no time to keep up with my magazine subscriptions. My nightly media consumption habits have devolved into endlessly watching reruns of The Simpsons and really pathetic stabs at reading the two books on my nightstand: Dexter Filkin's The Forever War, and Jeffrey Steingarten's The Man Who Ate Everything. So, in a fit of laziness, I declared a colleague to be my personal magazine reader. Since she plows through the weekly onslaught of glossy print journalism with much more diligence than I, the plan is, she will then inform me of what is worthy of my attention, thereby leaving ...
• 11.26.08
  AN LBC ADMISSION: WHO AM I TRYING TO KID? Uncategorized | (0)

  Chris Preovolos/The Advocate If you saw some knucklehead taking a photo of a Whopper with cheese while using his knee to steer a Subaru through a lane merge on Route 9 today, it was probably me. I apologize for endangering your life. 11/16/2008 UPDATED. 11/17/2008 Just who am I trying to kid anyway? A dreadful mass-market cheeseburger, eaten in a moving vehicle between assignments...this is a page from The Real Lunch Break Chronicles. Welcome to the life of a newspaper photographer. Today, after shooting a state field hockey championship which resulted in a downright un-American tie, I was running late to another game in Norwalk. Had ...

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