Outpost 505

Seriously, Madison has too much good food to limit it to just one post. Which isn’t to say that everything we ate was wonderful – we had some downright lousy coffee, for example, and tried to get drinks at a couple of places that turned out to be too upscale (while also smelling really weird) [...]

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I realized when we were preparing for this trip that this would be the first time we’d just gone camping. We’ve done group campouts. We’ve done festival camping. What we haven’t done is the two of us in a tent … Continue reading →

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Things I will remember from our first full day of the trip: Breakfast at Java Joe’s. We sat on the patio and perused the exceptionally large newspaper/menu. Shane had a candy pancake – literally a pancake with candy. Reese’s Pieces, … Continue reading →

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A couple of weeks ago: Shane, eating breakfast: “Where did this bread come from?” E, making coffee: “It’s just the normal baguette.” Shane: “Oh! It’s really good! I thought maybe it was still some of the Roadhouse bread that Gemma had bought.” E: “That’s maybe the best compliment you’ve ever made about my cooking!” And [...]

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I’m not much of a pancake person generally, but a long Saturday night out and only three hours of sleep left me in the sort of state where figuring out what to eat is a challenge, much less figuring out what my stomach would digest. Everything on the menu at Fox and Obel looked too [...]

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I woke up this morning with pancakes on the brain.  Specifically, this pancake, which I read about the other week on Food 52. Before I tell you about the pancake, however, let me tell you about two things that led to the making of the pancake. First, there’s Food 52, which I started reading after [...]

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This morning I rolled out of bed at 6:55, showered, made and ate a real breakfast, made Chemex coffee, and ALMOST made the 7:36 bus.  Almost.  I would’ve made it, too, except that the coffee took a few minutes too long to brew.  Otherwise I am a morning machine. I’m on a quest, you see. [...]

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So Friday night Shane finally gave in to the weather and turned on the heat.  It was 26 when I left for work that morning, bundled up in my jacket, cowl, and gloves, shivering at the bus stop in the pitch black at 7am.  It was the beginning of soup weather, which was all I’ve [...]

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This morning I was reminded that the simplest breakfast can be the most wonderful.  I’m not talking about the half order of crab cake benedict that was still almost too much food for me.  I’m talking about this: We were all up and ready for breakfast at 8 this morning, so we decided to try [...]

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The hardest part of my last morning in Atlanta? Deciding between Ria’s Bluebird and Stone Soup Kitchen for breakfast. Both have adorable websites. Both were about a 20 minute walk away. The former supposedly has the best pancakes on the planet, while the latter has cheese grits. Cheese grits? Done and done. SSK is everything [...]

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