Archive for the ‘North America’ Category

#0 Eating Iowa: fun with a deep fryer

I have a theory: pretty much anything tastes damned good when you dip it in batter and deep-fry it. A deep-fried hot dog surrounded in cornmeal? Delicious. A deep-fried Oreo cookie or Twinkie? Gooey and scrumptious, if you’re into that sort of thing. Deep-fried shoe leather? I haven’t tried it, but I’m pretty sure it […]

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#15 Canada: Poutine and Hockey Pucks

A friend of Canadian ancestry was visiting me from out of town this week, and I thought that it would be fun to take her out for Canadian food. Trouble is, I had pretty much no idea what the hell Canadian food is. All I could think of was Canadian bacon (which, for all I […]

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