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Epic Connecticut Hot Dog Throwdown 2009
01.04.09 | Permalink | Comment?

So, people in Connecticut love their dogs. As a non-native, this is something I had to learn. Hot dogs, are indeed fun, for a lot of reason. They’re usually pretty cheap. And usually pretty different across regions and even micro-regions. As Serious Eats so elegantly described, almost every part of the US has some sort [...]
Restaurants
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 [...]
Markets, Neighboorhoods
Another World: New Britain’s Polish Enclave Pt. 1
10.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

“Enclave” is a word that seems to be thrown around a lot, and the meaning can be a bit nebulous depending on how it is used and who is using it. It’s a word with French origins, but enclave is one of those funny words that ends up sounding somewhat like what it actually [...]