Category Archives: Trippy Food (Tasty flora and fauna)

Amazing, exciting and otherwise delicious (or horrific) cuisine Val has discovered in his travels

The Oysters Are Coming! The Oysters Are Coming!

Oldest Restaurant in the U.S. Union Oyster House, Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts is a city rich with history, including laying claim to being the birthplace of the American Revolution; the signal to riders to warn of British occupation, the Boston … Continue reading

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Who Cut The Cheese?

Raclette, Switzerland and France For millennia, cheese has been a part of almost every culture on earth capable of extracting milk from mammals in order to extend its shelf life. While some softer cheeses are fragile and are consumable for … Continue reading

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She So Crabby

She-crab soup Charleston, South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina and its environs is a cultural microcosm, home to the historic culinary phenomenon known as lowcountry cuisine. This genre includes many dishes that are influenced by African and Caribbean cooking, often using … Continue reading

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Aged Beef

Birthplace of the hamburger Louis’ Lunch, New Haven, Connecticut Burger aficionados are constantly looking for the ultimate gourmet burger or the best fast food beef patty available – from the diminutive, oniony square bites from White Castle or Krystal, to … Continue reading

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Sunday In The Park With Gulliver

World’s smallest park Mill Ends City Park, Portland, Oregon If Occupy Portland had settled on Mill Ends City Park as their base of operations they would have been hard pressed to get Verne Troyer camped out there – the park … Continue reading

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