One great thing about driving around rural Minnesota and Wisconsin has always been finding “undiscovered” local taverns and roadhouses, like the Kounty Quarthouse, Billy’s, or Swamp Sisters. Some are pretty new (like 50 years or so) and some date back to prohibition. While widely known and popular with a very local crowd, patrons from away… Continue reading Duluth, MN – Breeze Inn
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Milwaukee – Sausage Town
Milwaukee is a great meat town, and an even better sausage town. Two of my favorite companies are there, Klement’s, and Usingers, with the latter dating back well over one hundred years, and the former, the upstart, being only about 70 years old. Both companies offer a wide variety of smoked and fresh sausages, deli… Continue reading Milwaukee – Sausage Town
Living in Little Rooms
I am living in a little room, a self-contained single person quarters as it were. I have lived in many little rooms all over the world, in Chicago, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, London, Hong Kong again, New Orleans, La Jolla, CA, and now this one. I like my little rooms. My first little room in London… Continue reading Living in Little Rooms
Boron, CA – Home of 20 Mule Team Borax
(From our travel archives) I like to stop in obscure tourist attractions that mildly interest me, just to see how many other people are mildly interested. In Boron, CA, where they mine borax, today, the answer was nil. No visitors at the Borax information and visitors center. Most of you are probably not old enough… Continue reading Boron, CA – Home of 20 Mule Team Borax
Why I’m Done With McDonalds
Mc Donalds has been around my whole life, but it hasn’t been around me. It was late coming to my hometown, where my introduction to fast food chains came via the also-rans. McDonalds has tens of thousands of restaurants around the world. They took in almost $30 billion dollars in revenue in 2011. They have… Continue reading Why I’m Done With McDonalds
On Being Diabetic and Eating This Kind of Stuff
I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes about 2 years ago. Decades of not paying attention, being overweight, not exercising. I can still enjoy all these foods I write about, but in moderation, which should have been the case from the get go. I guess I was absent that day in health class. I’ve made… Continue reading On Being Diabetic and Eating This Kind of Stuff
Portland, OR – Fire on the Mountain
Another happy event brought to us by Delivered Dish in Portland. (Other Delivered Dish experiences here, almost all positive). Fire on the Mountain (FOTM) is the self-proclaimed the wing authority of Portland, and I’m not one to argue, being as I’m not a wing nut. (Great pun, eh?). But Mrs. BDB is, and we ordered… Continue reading Portland, OR – Fire on the Mountain
Change of Scene for Burgerdogboy
All good (and bad) things must come to an end, and so ends my time in Portland. Years ago, living overseas, I had an email address that was “global netizen,” and that’s what I shall become again (not the email, the real thing), traveling the highways and byways of this lovely planet, the world has… Continue reading Change of Scene for Burgerdogboy
Life of Pi – Movie Review
I don’t usually review movies on this web site, unless the central theme of the film is food (like “Big Night”). However I want to talk about this one, because it being the holiday season and all, I thought a movie all about pie would be fun, and hoped it would feature my favorite “pecan.”… Continue reading Life of Pi – Movie Review
South Range (Superior) WI – Kounty Quarthouse Review
Kawika and the Minnesota Burger Posse rolled into the Quarthouse the other day. Located off US Highway 2, about 15 miles south of Duluth/Superior. An establishment that dates all the way back to Prohibition, The Kounty Quarthouse specializes in an “updated” American menu, but with full dinner service available as well. (Spoiler alert). The posse… Continue reading South Range (Superior) WI – Kounty Quarthouse Review