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The Dumpster: Something Fishy Going On
My favorite place to go for seafood was a box of Mrs. Paul’s. Fish sticks were my favorite. Throughout my life I thought I loved seafood. It turns out what I love is tartar sauce and wine vinegar. Tartar sauce
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Letter From the Publisher: Issue 13
Welcome to the new issue of Food & Spirits Magazine. We think you’re going like this one – it’s got some meat on it (see what I did there?). A lot of incredibly talented writers, photographers and designers came together
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Food Service Warrior: What’s a ‘Fried’ Egg?
Editor’s note – Our guest columnist for this issue’s Food Service Warrior is a short-order cook – a guy in the trenches, making your food with pride and grumbling at the same time. Oh yeah, he also makes your eggs.
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Finding the Food: Wahoo, Nebraska
The recent opening of Lake Wanahoo just outside of Wahoo, Nebraska got me thinking about the area and what might be out there for food options for visitors. In my country drives I used to end up in Wahoo from
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Letter From the Publisher: Issue 12
This issue of FSM features some of the best writers we’ve had over the last five years. In food, Ann Summers delights as always and takes on pickling in her most recent piece. Ron Samuelson is back to give you
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The Dumpster: Blow Me Away
The first time I witnessed a real breakthrough in the culinary arts was when a fistful of Pop Rocks exploded in my mouth. Not as in, “exploding with flavor!”; as in, blew up. Taste the Explosion!” the packaging exclaimed. I
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The Dumpster: Condimentary
I was 27 years old when I learned that ketchup doesn’t come with a refrigerator. Every fridge I had ever met had ketchup, mustard and pickles. I never met anyone who bought ketchup. My formative years had been spent living
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Beer Chat: Raising a Toast to Nebraska’s A+ Offerings
We are blessed in Nebraska – great beer is not in short supply here. Let’s raise a toast to the Cornhusker State’s A+ offerings. For those who’ve been following this column through past issues, I’d like to announce a bit
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Finding the Food: Valley, Nebraska
Recently, I have spent a few days looking for a town or area to write about for this quarter’s article, and, surprisingly, it was more difficult than usual. Many times when driving around the back roads and through the towns
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The Dumpster: It’s a Wrap
I bought a 16MB Flash card for my camera. The card itself is about the size of a Cheez-It. It was packaged in a little plastic box, which was wrapped in a four-inch plastic bubble, sealed in a plastic hanger
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