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All posts by “Eugene Knapik”
The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie
Colter Wall….
The Food of Vietnam by Luke Nguyen
Luke Nguyen is an Australian restaurateur and celebrity chef, whose family left Vietnam in the late 70s as so-called boat people. The Food of Vietnam is a big, splashy, beautiful book which combines a personal travelog with many appetizing recipes. We had this book at… Read More
The Hole
The City has been replacing the water main on our entire street. This is a big job, one that takes months. They actually started prior to the Long Branch Garden Tour in June. Fortunately, there was a break in the action and the work didn’t… Read More
Starsky’s parking lot incident….
I do a lot of the shopping for our household, and I shop for groceries at a number of places, including 3 different grocery stores with an ethnic focus. They are Grants, which is an Asian market, Starsky’s with Polish (etc) focus, and Adonis, with… Read More
Yeah, yeah, I’m still here….
I haven’t posted much over the past week or so. I guess my ever-so-small brain is temporarily empty and needs to be refilled. Meanwhile, here are Emily Spencer and her late husband Thornton performing Rake and Ramblin’ boy. It’s a helluva song. I hope you… Read More
Rock Salt & Nails
The Local Honeys performing the Utah Phillips song, Rock Salt & Nails
Dirty Old Town
Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger
Big Scioty
The Big Sciota is a river in America…
BBQ Corn Chowder
I love this summer soup, and since Ontario corn has been making appearances in local groceries, I thought I’d whip some up today. I make it a little different each time and I don’t follow a recipe, but I can tell you how I went… Read More
27th Street 