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ANNOUNCER: Weaned on Campbell’s chicken noodle and tomato canned soups, the boys’ soupy palates have broadened considerably over the years. They still get a hankering now and then for trusty ol’ Campbell’s; maybe it’s the sodium they crave. At any rate, while they do enjoy an elaborate seven-course meal, there’s
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ANNOUNCER: Remember the amazing soul food in the back room at Lincoln Bowl Lanes? The folks who served those heaping dishes of Southern comfort have moved out on their own. Thurmond Brokenbrough and his wife, Linda, ran Uncle Thurms Soul Food inside Lincoln Bowl before moving a year and a
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ANNOUNCER: Remember the amazing soul food in the back room at Lincoln Bowl Lanes? The folks who served those heaping dishes of Southern comfort have moved out on their own. Thurmond Brokenbrough and his wife, Linda, ran Uncle Thurms Soul Food inside Lincoln Bowl before moving a year and a
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ANNOUNCER: There are things in this life that make the boys believe in a higher power: Sipping Silver Oak Cabernet on a beach at sunset; Jeff Buckley records; Fender guitars and women’s orgasms; Sofia Bistro’s lemon crème, just to name a few. They’re made from scratch — the lemon crèmes, that
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Good beef I have been reading the “Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan. Anyone who has read this book will understand when I say I don’t want to look at another mainstream burger again. It’s shocking how much petroleum, disease and genetic engineering goes into beef. I’ve always been aware of food
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Good beef I have been reading the “Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan. Anyone who has read this book will understand when I say I don’t want to look at another mainstream burger again. It’s shocking how much petroleum, disease and genetic engineering goes into beef. I’ve always been aware of food
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ANNOUNCER: There’s nothing the boys like better than eating among throngs of farm animals hooting and hollering in their pens. Give them some fried onions on a hamburger and a 500-pound pig named Daisy, and they are in heaven. So, it’s easy to understand why most of September you’ll find
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ANNOUNCER: There’s nothing the boys like better than eating among throngs of farm animals hooting and hollering in their pens. Give them some fried onions on a hamburger and a 500-pound pig named Daisy, and they are in heaven. So, it’s easy to understand why most of September you’ll find
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ANNOUNCER: There are things in this life that make the boys believe in a higher power: Sipping Silver Oak Cabernet on a beach at sunset; Jeff Buckley records; Fender guitars and women’s orgasms; Sofia Bistro’s lemon crème, just to name a few. They’re made from scratch — the lemon crèmes, that
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ANNOUNCER: For most of us, Korean cuisine can be difficult to like. First of all, it is the cuisine that gave the world kimchi — the notoriously stinky, fermented cabbage that is an essential part of any Korean meal and an acquired taste at best. Then there is the fact
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ANNOUNCER: For most of us, Korean cuisine can be difficult to like. First of all, it is the cuisine that gave the world kimchi — the notoriously stinky, fermented cabbage that is an essential part of any Korean meal and an acquired taste at best. Then there is the fact
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FUJI JAPANESE STEAK HOUSE:Teppanyaki, the Japanese art of cooking foods — meat, fish, vegetables — on a large griddle rules here. It’s an exhibitionist-lovers delight, complete with flashy knives and flying food. 7914 Martin Way, Suite 3, Lacey, 360.459.4499. FUJIYA: Fujiya owner Masahiro Endo selects the fish from the market, offering
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FUJI JAPANESE STEAK HOUSE:Teppanyaki, the Japanese art of cooking foods — meat, fish, vegetables — on a large griddle rules here. It’s an exhibitionist-lovers delight, complete with flashy knives and flying food. 7914 Martin Way, Suite 3, Lacey, 360.459.4499. FUJIYA: Fujiya owner Masahiro Endo selects the fish from the market, offering
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ANNOUNCER: It’s easy to look at Tacoma Szechuan and laugh. Outside the Lakewood restaurant is a banner over the name of the former smoothie restaurant the Chinese restaurant replaced in the strip mall. Inside, there’s a smoothie counter, a glass display with crystallized rock formations, reviews of the restaurant matted
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ANNOUNCER: It’s easy to look at Tacoma Szechuan and laugh. Outside the Lakewood restaurant is a banner over the name of the former smoothie restaurant the Chinese restaurant replaced in the strip mall. Inside, there’s a smoothie counter, a glass display with crystallized rock formations, reviews of the restaurant matted
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ANNOUNCER: For years, the boys were told as children to stop playing with their food. But sometimes it’s OK for food to also be entertainment, especially when it involves sharp knives, a little ginsu flair and quality meat. But that’s not the real story here. Lacey received another homegrown, made
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ANNOUNCER: For years, the boys were told as children to stop playing with their food. But sometimes it’s OK for food to also be entertainment, especially when it involves sharp knives, a little ginsu flair and quality meat. But that’s not the real story here. Lacey received another homegrown, made
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ANNOUNCER: There is a comical quote attributed to National Review columnist and notorious right-wing homophobe John Derbyshire that sums up many people’s notions about Irish cuisine: “We put the food in boiling water. Then we go and hoe the fields for 10 hours or so. Then we have a ‘ceili’
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ANNOUNCER: There is a comical quote attributed to National Review columnist and notorious right-wing homophobe John Derbyshire that sums up many people’s notions about Irish cuisine: “We put the food in boiling water. Then we go and hoe the fields for 10 hours or so. Then we have a ‘ceili’
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As far as the Weekly Volcano is concerned, any excuse to eat Mexican food is a good one. But the celebration of Cinco de Mayo — usually observed over a period of days, not just on the 5th — provides us with even more ammunition for gorging on tacos, chile