I’m not finished with Portland, Maine. Yes, I know it’s not their fault that Epicurious.com called them “the new Portland, Oregon.” for 2009: Abundance of great chefs, restaurants, and local foodies? Check, check, and check. Want examples? Visit Five Fifty-Five, Hugo’s, and Fore Street to start. Never-the-less, I quite like the idea of a cross-country […]
Patrick Alan Coleman
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December Boozy Goodness: Filthy Cheap Auction Items
Giving gifts to drunkards really isn’t too hard. Basically, all you need to do is give them booze, or something to put their booze in. But preferably, you give them booze. Still, there’s not a lot of adventure in throwing a bottle of bottom shelf scotch on your significant others lap after they’ve passed out […]
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Never Too Early For Christmas Cookie Bukkake
Kitten! I adore Mercury film editor Erik Henriksen. It’s not just because he’s smart, and attractive, and knows all the cheat codes for just about every Mario Bros. game ever made; it’s also because he clues me in to stuff like the annual holiday dick shaped cookie ( or, dickerdoodle) contest, sponsored by Penny Arcade. […]
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Lucier to Close: Temporarily (?)
According to Portland Business Journal, Chris Dussin, head of Dussin Group, plans to close the outfit’s oft maligned and ultra ritzy restaurant, Lucier, on December 14th. Though Dussin claims the economy is at fault, the luxe eatery has been the butt end of some fairly lukewarm reviews, most recently from the Oregonian’s Karen Brooks (which […]
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Going to Extremes
Eating Outside the Box with the Oregon Culinary Institute
One Oregon Culinary Institute Class gives the adventurous eater a very
strange tour of they way the rest of the world eats.
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Cooking With Coolio
Why the hell didn’t anyone tell me that Coolio has a cooking show? Why? I had to read it on Time’s website. TIME for god’s sakes. We’re talking Coolio the self proclaimed “ghetto witchdoctor superstar chef,” a couple of barely dressed women who hang around his kitchen known as “Sauce Girls,” spices in dime bags […]
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Your Boozy Girlfriend
She enjoys short walks to dark bars, the way your eyes look through a shot of whiskey, and sometimes just staying home to drink a quiet fifth in front of the fireplace. She’s hard to shop for because her bar is stocked and she doesn’t like jewelry (she’d just lose it in a drunken stupor, […]
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Epicurious, Maine: Suck It!
Oh no you didn’! The website Epicurious released their Top Ten Food Trend predictions for 2009 last week. After I recovered from the headache brought on from all the eye rolling (my god, people, now I know how you feel reading my posts!), I was finally able to think clearly enough to put together a […]
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$1 Coffee Helps to End Hunger
Hey! It’s the one year anniversary of Caffe Umbria tomorrow. To celebrate, they’re selling any coffee drink for a crisp one dollar bill (but I’m sure they’ll take the wrinkled ones too.) That’s right Mr. Shaky Hands, that quad soy gingerbread latte is all yours for just one dollar. The proceeds will go to help […]
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Amazing Race Through Alder Carts
Did you watch last night’s finale of the Amazing Race? Oddly enough, it ended in our fair city and included a mad dash along the food carts in Alder street and an even madder dash to VooDoo Doughnuts. This actually reminds me of times I’ve been frantic to get to VooDoo… Oh, and someone should […]
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Go Ahead, Thank Him.
You like me. You really like me. It’s good to know that an America as diverse as ours can be represented by an equally diverse internet. Case in point is thankyoupresidentgeorgewbush.com, where you can thank president Bush for protecting America during his eight years in office. Essentially an on-line petition, users are able to sign […]
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Last Night’s Mercury “Holiday” Party
It’s been mentioned on Blogtown several times today, and I’m sure you probably wish you’d been there. Scant evidence of the evening remains, but I’ve found a video that matches, almost perfectly, my fuzzy mental reconstruction of the karaoke fueled insanity. What follows is likely the most accurate depiction that can be found after an […]