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Fast Food: Huevos con Chorizo

I like our local University meat salesroom. You may have read about them on ChambanaMoms, where I was quoted lamenting letting the reader in on the UI meat salesroom because “you’ll all grab the good stuff before I get there.” It’s true, this place has gotten very popular–for good reason! The boss, Chuck, usually sends [...]

Fargo Part 2 – Maple River Winery and Distillery

Jul 17th, 2010

by Jason.

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The first part of our Fargo trip includes a delicious, local meal at the HoDo Lounge in downtown Fargo. One of the drinks we had included a locally-sourced rhubarb vodka. I had already planned on visiting this winery, so this just added another reason to visit. We headed out west, about 15 minutes from Fargo, [...]

Fargo part 1 – HoDo Lounge

Jul 13th, 2010

by Jason.

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Our older daughter was going to attend a week-long Japanese language immersion summer camp in middle-of-nowhere, Minnesota (shout out to the camp, Mori no Ike, which she LOVED, offered through Concordia Language Villages). Since we were driving and going to stay not too far away from the camp, we left our younger daughter to spend [...]

Bacaro in June

Jun 16th, 2010

by Jason.

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This past Saturday, my wife and I were invited to a dinner party at the local fine dining restaurant in downtown Champaign, Bacaro. It’s the only restaurant in town where I’ve seen a tasting menu. The chef there, Thad Morrow, initially opened a wine bar, but it quickly blossomed into a full service restaurant, opening [...]

1000 Year Old Food Club

Feb 9th, 2010

by Jason.

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“1000 Year Old Food Club” sounds like a dangerous place to be eating anything, but I attended this curiously named event this past weekend and enjoyed food most people will never get to try. The idea is not old food in the sense of aged or rotten, but in the method behind it. I forgot [...]