Archive for February, 2009
Sliced at the Table, Meats, Brazilian Style
At Pantanal Restaurant & Churrascaria, the food is plentiful and the price is right.
Table to Farm
A small-town Missouri restaurant connects the community, one root-beer-braised brisket at a time.
Grilled Pork Porterhouse With an Apple-Maple-Ginger Sauce
A small-town Missouri restaurant connects the community, one root-beer-braised brisket at a time.
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Food Of The World - Brazilian
watchmojo.com visits Brazilian restaurant where chef Marcus shows how to make the traditional dish- feijoada
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Filed under: Food Oddities, America, Shellfish, Meat, Wild Edibles
Late Thursday night, a security guard at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey noticed an unknown man emerging from a restricted kitchen area. The man wasn’t a hotel employee, and there was something strange about his appearance, so the guard decided to investigate. As he got closer, he realized that the man had stuffed his clothes with what later turned out to be 91 frozen lobsters. The perpetrator, 38-year-old Anthony Jones was subsequently arrested.
When I first read this story, I imagined that it had to be something of a fluke. First off, there was the impressive number of lobsters; how does one hide 91 spiny crustaceans in one’s clothes? Second, there was the simple improbability of the crime. It’s hard to imagine that a lot of criminals have attempted to steal lobsters through concealment in clothing.
When one googles “stealing lobster,” the vast majority of hits focus on lobster poaching. Even a brief perusal will convince one that this crime is very serious, at least for the denizens of Maine, and the punishment is pretty severe. If the police catch you, you’re looking at serious jail time. If fishermen catch you…well, let’s just say that you’d probably prefer that the police catch you.
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Filed under: Food Oddities, America, Shellfish, Meat, Wild Edibles
Late Thursday night, a security guard at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey noticed an unknown man emerging from a restricted kitchen area. The man wasn’t a hotel employee, and there was something strange about his appearance, so the guard decided to investigate. As he got closer, he realized that the man had stuffed his clothes with what later turned out to be 91 frozen lobsters. The perpetrator, 38-year-old Anthony Jones was subsequently arrested.
When I first read this story, I imagined that it had to be something of a fluke. First off, there was the impressive number of lobsters; how does one hide 91 spiny crustaceans in one’s clothes? Second, there was the simple improbability of the crime. It’s hard to imagine that a lot of criminals have attempted to steal lobsters through concealment in clothing.
When one googles “stealing lobster,” the vast majority of hits focus on lobster poaching. Even a brief perusal will convince one that this crime is very serious, at least for the denizens of Maine, and the punishment is pretty severe. If the police catch you, you’re looking at serious jail time. If fishermen catch you…well, let’s just say that you’d probably prefer that the police catch you.
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