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If You Won’t Give Me Free Cake on My Birthday, I’m Not Coming to Your Restaurant
ByChris Perrin April 18, 2011

If You Won’t Give Me Free Cake on My Birthday, I’m Not Coming to Your Restaurant Really, the title says it all. I know, it’s kind of a weird thing coming from yours truly, but it’s true. I have made a decision: if a chef isn’t willing to put forth the effort (which I believe…

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where life and lunch meet

Where Life and Lunch Meet: The Phad Thai Theory
ByChris Perrin April 12, 2009

Welcome to my first ever Where Life and Lunch Meet. This is a new thing inspired heavily by reading Jeffrey Steingarten and Tony Bourdain (specifically his book Nasty Bits.) I have found these two men’s tales about their (often obsessive) explorations of food to be educational, insightful, sometimes humorous, and generally, a fine thing to read. …

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