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Tasting the Terroir of Quebec

by Max Rudy May 23, 2013

“If you simply venture 10 minutes outside of Québec, you will run into farmland. Québec City (where pesticides are banned) has agro-tourism located just across the St. Lawrence at Ile d’Orléans. On top of the Chateau Frontenac, they grow their own herbs for their four restaurants. The origin of their food is of utmost importance.”

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Bringing Home the Bacon: Pig Farming in Maine

by Good. Food. Stories. Contributor April 15, 2013

“Once the 25-degree morning arrived, I took a few practice shots on a plastic milk jug to get a feel for the gun. We lured the first pig from its electric paddock into the pen, while sequestering the second pig in the woods so it wouldn’t witness what was going on and lose its calm—stressed animals will have a stronger taste due to the adrenaline running through their system.”

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Good Morning, Singapore!

by Good. Food. Stories. Contributor April 11, 2013

“Whether or not it is a weekday or weekend morning, you will see throngs of people eating breakfast in a hawker center. The weather in Singapore is typically a muggy 90 degrees year-round but that doesn’t stop locals from enjoying a bowl of hot rice porridge or spicy curry for breakfast.”

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In Edinburgh, the Graves Call Louder than the Food

by Rebecca Peters-Golden March 21, 2013

“We’d both been to Edinburgh before and, really, we wanted a chance to see what it might be like if we actually lived there. So on this trip, we mostly ate where we found ourselves, popping into likely looking places after getting off the city bus from our latest jaunt.”

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(Wood)Fired Up for Brunch at Oakland’s Camino

by Good. Food. Stories. Contributor February 4, 2013

“Finally, the baked eggs with cream arrived. Nothing could have prepared me for the eggs. Cooked in the huge, roaring wood-fired oven and pulled away from its heat at the perfect minute, the runny yolks and silky whites were revelatory.”

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Where to Eat During Miami Art Week

by Good. Food. Stories. Contributor January 24, 2013

“And while I was only recently a starving grad student who couldn’t eat out at all in Miami, I’m also not going to write for my former self, because, well, PB&J tastes basically the same from any supermarket. So this post is for the many attendees of this art world confab, like my current self, who fall somewhere between the two categories.”

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