The Baltimore Snacker

• AO, ah want craaaabs fer Chrismiss

  Youse KNAYOSE we'll all be hearin' dis owin de raydiayo awll Dezember, hons.* From the WMPT show "Crabs" circa 1984.
  
  
  
  * Translation from the Bawlamerese: You all KNOW we'll all be hearing this on the radio all December, everybody...... ..... Post taken directly from the Baltimore Snacker website.' [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 10:47am EST
  

• Because it's Eid Al-Adha

  Adam "Amateur Gourmet" Roberts explores the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Adha, the Sacrificial Feast. And he finds out just how much of a foodie holiday it truly is! It's a nice read. And ya gotta love the shots of delicious Pakistani food...... ..... Post taken directly from the Baltimore [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 11:02am EST
  

• Thanksgiving in Baltimore, Hon

  Someone should nominate Avalon as Baltimore's official Thanksgiving movie.
  
  ..... ..... Post taken directly from the Baltimore Snacker website. If you're not reading this on a feed or feed site (such as "Where the Locals Eat" or "Blogtimore.com") then you KNOW the "person" who put up this spam site' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 3:00pm EST
  

• Thanksgiving Chairs

  May your Thanksgiving go smoother than Snoopy's starts, and end as well as Snoopy's ends.
  
  ..... ..... Post taken directly from the Baltimore Snacker website. If you're not reading this on a feed or feed site (such as "Where the Locals Eat" or "Blogtimore.com") then you KNOW the "person" who' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 12:45pm EST
  

• Food Ethnography on a Budget: Eastern Woodlands II: Wild Rice and Maple Syrup

  My next sample of Eastern Woodlands food - in this case, something clearly from the northern reaches of the Northeastern Woodlands - was a dessert. In her New Native American Cooking, Dale Carson does not have a recipe for "Wild Rice and Maple Syrup," per se. Why should she? [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 5:34pm EST
  

• Because it's Thanksgiving Eve

  I posted this last year. You can't find this particular Debbie Downer video that easily on NBC's website but the embed code still seems to work! Thankful for very small favors - since that seems to be the only thing going right these days :\
  
  WHAAA' WWWWWWWWWHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA....
  
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:36am EST
  

• Food Ethnography on a Budget: Eastern Woodlands I: Venison Stew

  The next stop on my Food Ethnography quest takes me right to our own backyard, and the foods and cuisines that have existed on this continent for thousands of years. That would be the many food traditions of the native peoples of North America, which of course influenced what the [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 1:37pm EST
  

• Fraa-Jee-Lay... It must be Italian!

  
  
  Wendi at Bon Appetit, Hon! has started a(n annual?) award-giving practice of just recognizing some area blogs that she likes and has great things to say about. But in true Pay It Forward fashion, whoever receives a "Major Award" has to award [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:00am EST
  

• An Original Thanksgiving, Pilgrim-Style

  I don't even have to wonder what the first Thanksgiving feast was like. Guinea Pig Diaries author A.J. Jacobs has found out for us! It had no factory-processed turkeys, and was probably held in September or October. And the Wampanoag came on their own. And instead of' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:06am EST
  

• Baltimore City needs to support its A-rabbers, dammit!

  
  Something is sticking in my craw right now. It's soapbox time!!!
  
  I am listening to the Mid Day with Dan Rodricks show on WYPR right now. As you may know, the city has dealt its next blow in its quest to end [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:41pm EST
  

• Food Ethnography on a Budget: Cambodia III - Amok Trey

  My mini "excursion" to Cambodia is almost done, and I couldn't finish it without trying my hand at what (so I've read) is to Cambodia as the hamburger is to the US: the coconut milk, fish sauce and galangal-coated steamed fish dish known as amok trey. Known in Laos [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 4:53pm EST
  

• Foodie Potluck at Dara's House on Friday

  Who says Friday the 13th has to be unlucky? It was quite a good night for a food blogger potluck dinner. And I have to thank Dara Fromm-Bunjon from Dining Dish for hosting this event that brought a lot of us together to talk and eat and drink and [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 11:10am EST
  

• It's just two weeks away...

  I think I linked to this a few years ago. Still funny. Just don't up and blame the cat. Happy two weeks before Thanksgiving!
  
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:02pm EST
  

• The Internet Food Association hates those galldarned fancy cupcakes

  I had no idea there even was a blog called the Internet Food Association, authored by people from all walks of the web-osphere (from educators to political pundits). It's kinda smart-assed. Funny enough that I'd sure hate to be a "faincy" cupcake caught in their crosshairs.
  
  Mmmm. [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:15pm EST
  

• Food Ethnography on a Budget: Cambodia II - Nataing, Crispy Rice Cakes and Jícama Pickle

  My quest to discover new cuisines at bargain basement prices continues. Already, I've spent more than I had expected or wanted to spend, but a lot of that has been mitigated by my choosing recipes that used ingredients I mostly have lying around. That's an important part in saving money [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:06am EST
  

• Food Ethnography on a Budget: Cambodia I - Rice

  My first excursion into this foodie self-education is an excursion to Cambodia, by way of the Elephant Walk Cookbook. The authors, Katherine Neustadt and Longteine de Monteiro, compose a cookbook that is a primer both on the recipes served at the three Elephant Walk [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:42pm EST
  

• Starting a new project...

  Just an update between too infrequent posts. Despite very supportive family and friends (thanks, everybody), the stress, disappointment and frustration of job searches and whatnot is getting to me. Because of that, I haven't had a lot of money to spend eating out lately.
  
  Nevertheless, I am starting a' [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 3:26pm EST