November 2008

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Pizza
Frank Pepe’s in Manchester, CT
11.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Before we start - sorry for the consistently blurry and fuzzy pictures lately. I had a relatively cheap point-and-shoot I was using for food pictures which recently died. I’m buying something nice soon but for now I’m making due with the camera on my phone. It looks horrible, I’m aware. Onward!
From page 4 of Lanier [...]
Restaurants
A trip to Collinsville, CT
11.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Last Friday was a dreary one, but the fog and gloom added a certain ambience to Collinsville, CT. Eating at the excellent Crown and Hammer was great for lunch (the bread wasn’t great but the dipping sauces were - check out the killer Buffalo Chicken Wrap and Reuben), and walking around the riverfront and taking [...]
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New Britain’s Polish Enclave Pt. 2
11.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I’ve just started The Taste of Place: A Cultural Journey into Terroir by Amy Trubek which is full of interesting stuff, but I was a little shocked to see Trubek cite another author I’m reading at the moment, French scholar Michel de Certeau. I’ve just started de Certeau’s The Practice of Everyday Life and while [...]