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Tasting Hartford
I’m currently reading Michael Ruhlman’s The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute, a book which chronicles the sort of culinary rigors students go through at the Culinary Institute of America. It’s a fascinating read, especially for folks like me - those who are fascinated and enthralled by the world of cooks [...]
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Burgers, Chains
Custom Built Burgers at The Counter, Blue Back Square
Blue Back Square, in West Hartford, CT is a bit of a controversy. It’s a huge commercial development near West Hartford center which features several shops, offices, and lofts, all packaged into what feels and looks like an urban neighborhood. The buildings are tall, the streets are pedestrian friendly, and the mixed use private spaces [...]
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Markets, Neighboorhoods, Street Food
Discovering Hartford’s Parkville Neighborhood
Parkville, a neighborhood of Hartford, CT, is a remarkable place, and a beautiful representation of some of the changes Hartford as a whole has experienced through history. As late as the 1880’s, Parkville was still farm land located at the junction of the North and South branches of the Park River. The Park River still [...]
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Restaurants
Asian Flavors in West Hartford, PT. 3
You’re reading part 3 of a 3 part series of posts. Here’s 1 and 2.
The treasures inside A Dong Grocery anchor a shopping center with many businesses which serve the Asian-American community. Pho Boston (weirdly, not in Boston, still in West Hartford here) is an eatery dedicated to, among other things, Pho, the traditional Vietnamese [...]
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Markets
Asian Flavors in West Hartford, Pt. 2
It’s a beautiful duck. It really is. But you see, it’s smiling at me. - A Christmas Story
Those are ducks at A Dong Grocery in West Hartford, CT. For a very reasonable sum you can go up to the counter, profess your desire for either a half a duck or a whole duck, and what [...]
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