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Day: October 6, 2014

Cafe du Monde's beignets win the award for greatest quantity of powdered sugar.

Cafe du Monde’s Japanese Connection

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Everyone who visits New Orleans is aware of the original Cafe du Monde at the French Market in the Vieux Carré . It’s not possible to fly out of Louis Armstrong International unless a gate agent certifies that your shirt is covered with powdered sugar. There are seven branches scattered in and about NOLA, and they’re fine in a beignet emergency. However, the original is the most fun. But did you know that the greatest number of Cafe du Mondes can be found in Japan? 21 to be exact. How did that happen? Continue reading

Hut's Hamburgers of Austin, TX was named one of America's Top Cheap Eats.

Top Cheap Eats in US and Canada

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Urbanspoon just released their list of Top Cheap Eats in major cities across the U.S. and Canada. Hut’s Hamburgers and Round Rock Donuts were named in Austin, TX, while Gene & Jude’s and their hot dogs were chosen for Chicago. Some other favorites of ours: Shake Shack and Burger Joint in NYC, Peters’ Drive-In in Calgary, and the two noted Montreal bagelries, Fairmount and St-Viateur. Check out the full list here. Continue reading

Tables at Polly's are set with pure maple syrup, maple cream, and maple sugar. Dress your cakes to your heart's content!

Polly’s Pancake Parlor of NH Expanding, Moving to Year-Round Operation

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Polly’s Pancake Parlor in Sugar Hill, NH, founded in 1938, is the premier pancake spot in New England. They make their own maple cream and maple sugar, grind the organic grains for their buckwheat, corn, and whole wheat pancakes, and make a stupendously good topping, known as Hurricane Sauce, of apples cooked in maple syrup and butter. There are only two negatives that we can think of: it’s very popular but seats only 65, and it closes from October until spring. And that’s about to change. Continue reading

Dirty rice is listed as an appetizer rather than a side, which seems odd to us. It's one of the best dishes in the house.

Barbara Jean’s, Ponte Vedra Beach FL

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REVIEW

As you stroll from the parking lot to Barbara Jean’s front door, eyeing the Mercedes and Jaguars and BMWs you pass along the way, you might be skeptical of your chances of finding good, and inexpensive, home cooking inside. Nonetheless, here it is, in the golfing mecca of Ponte Vedra Beach. Continue reading

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