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Good news
Neil is home. We just discovered they sell Magnum bars at our grocery store, and we have been dreaming about them since our very first trip to Mexico together. They are a big deal. Seriously....
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"I feel a rekindling of hope for the human race because we can still do great...
Like bake a Cherry Pie, an Apple Pie and a Pumpkin Pie, then cook each inside a separate cake, and THEN cook all together inside Another Cake!!!. God bless the human race.
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Cafe Rio's in our 'hood
Yep, that’s right. We went to the grand opening of a Cafe Rio about 13 minutes away from our house today. (for those of you not familiar with this Utah chain, it can freakin’ beat the pants off...
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Afghan Grill
The maiden voyage of the PIG Project was to Afghan Grill in Woodley Park, DC. and we have earned our Afghani Merit Badge! We were joined with some gourmet company, Adam, Thelma, Jill, and...
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Our Algerian Feast
Another successful PIG project meal, this time Algerian and at Thelma’s house in DC. Unfortunately, the only Algerian restaurant in DC, Couscous Cafe, closed its doors a few years ago. Luckily they...
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Je me déplace à Paris!
Wow. I Paris really is as dreamy and magical say everyone makes it out to be. No stranger to hyperbole myself, I thought, perhaps it was often over-sold. But, no. It’s all that and a bag of éclairs....
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Brazil
I figured Brazil would be tricky for a vegetarian & I was right. We managed to find a great place in DC that was not a million dollars a plate, which is apparently the going rate for a Brazilian...
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Burma/ Myanmar
Burma has been in the news a great deal as of late, because Obama took the first official state visit to Burma ever, just last week. Obama and Clinton visit Burma Nov. 2012 As we near the end of the Bs...
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Bhutan: “well known to be the world’s worst cuisine”
We ticked off a couple of the more obscure B countries in NYC this past weekend, ever faithful to dwindling down the list of the PIG Project. We schlepped out to Queens to the Himalayan Yak, a Nepalese...
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A Belorusian restaurant which may, or may not, be a money laundering front...
In stark contrast to Bhutanese food, the Belorusian restaurant we found in south Brooklyn far exceeded our expectations. Granted, our expectations for Syabri Restaurant were pretty dang low, so they...
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