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jillbcooks 7/14/2009 11:05:00 AM
Whether I am on vacation or enjoying a Stay-cation, I love to explore good food. For me, good food is not necessarily fancy food, but food that has a reputation for being exceptional in some way. I always seem to pay attention to “best of” lists when it comes to food. A while back there was a list of America’s best hamburgers in GQ magazine that listed the hamburgers at Le Tub in Florida as the very best. A list from Oprah Winfrey echoed the sentiment. That was it. On our next visit to Florida, we had to go. Here are the pictures from our hamburger adventure:...
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vacation, food, staycation, travel
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jillbcooks 1/6/2009 12:01:00 PM
A couple weeks back, I headed to my hometown of Buffalo, New York to visit family, celebrate the holidays, and, well, eat.
If you hail from a town like Buffalo or Pittsburgh or Cleveland, chances are you have a bunch of favorite hometown places that you must make a pilgrimage to if you are in town. The place may look non-descript and might be a dive or (horrors!) even a dump, but is much beloved by the community. It took much convincing when I began bringing my dear husband (then fiancée) home almost ten years ago, but he does realize now that the very best pizza in the known world comes from a moderately shabby take-out only pizza joint just minutes from where I...
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barbecue beef, Buffalo, hometown, hot dogs, travel