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Dear Restaurants: I am so sick of seeing ******* on your menus!

Prices with a single digit to the right of the decimal point. $9 is a price, $8.95 is a price, 8.9 is a good review at Pitchfork. Bonefish Grill is the offender that comes to mind immediately, but it's far from the only one.

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Cook the Book: 'Canal House Cooking, Vol. 1'

Pasta with olive oil, garlic, lemon, and whatever herbs look good on the patio.

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Cook the Book: 'The Barcelona Cookbook'

Really loved Zarzuela in SF and Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba in Chicago. They'll do until I make it to Spain. :)

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Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'

We grow and preserve all kinds of things, but I'm a sucker for regular old homemade pickles.

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Cook the Book: 'Serious Barbecue' by Adam Perry Lang

The chickens and pork shoulder I smoked for Derby Day were superb. They disappeared as fast as I could pull them.

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Zingerman's Praise the Lard Gift Box

The boring old ham my family makes this time of year. Wouldn't make it myself, but it wouldn't be Christmas without it.

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Cook the Book: Martha Stewart's Hors d'Oeuvres Handbook

The smoked turkey I did for Thanksgiving this year. It was a thing of beauty.

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Zingerman's Praise the Lard Gift Box

Something I had from a street cart in Italy. I was afraid to ask what it was, exactly, but I can still taste it seven years later.

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: D'Artagnan Boneless Heritage Ham

Good thick country ham on a bun, purchased at a little festival cart. A little mustard if I'm in that sort of mood, but usually not.

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Blue cornbread!

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Website: http://thejtrain.typepad.com

Location: Hazard, KY

About: I'm a physician and professor in the wilds of eastern Kentucky.

Favorite foods: pizza, sausage, bourbon, tomatoes, blackberries, tapas

Last bite on earth: It's not really a bite, but I'll say some Elijah Craig 18yo with a splash. It needs to be from the very bottom of the bottle, though. :)