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Tartu - City of Good Food: August 2010

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Thursday, August 26, 2010. 8220;Happy Restoration of the Independence of the Republic of Estonia Day! 8221; I told Mrs. Mingus last Friday. Whether you say the full phrase or just refer to it as “Reindependence Day” or “Independence Day Two Point Oh”, it still makes me think of rocks. Big rocks. The ones that were used to block the streets when the tanks came rolling in on that fateful day nineteen years ago. 8220;We really should leave,” my friend stated. 8212;Oh. You honestly feel that way? The four-gr...

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Tartu - City of Good Food: October 2010

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Thursday, October 28, 2010. The following is an excerpt from. Streets of Tartu . Read it like they talk in the Big Apple. The choices were simple. La Dolce Vita had already been taken care of. All that was left was a little joint on Gildi Street called Itaalia Köök. Köök. Means kitchen or cuisine, depending on what neighborhood you’re from. The owner is from the neighborhood where it means “restaurant”. At least that’s what the menu said. But how could the menu know? But my problem with my grub was that ...

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Tartu - City of Good Food: May 2012

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Friday, May 4, 2012. This is an account of all my gastronomical experiences during that week. First stop was the Noble Ale Works, in Anaheim. We sampled no fewer than eight pale ales and India pale ales. Average alcohol content about fifty percent more than an A.le Coq. Each of these recipes would no longer be available in a couple of months, as they are only brewed once. Constant innovation and experimentation. Each ale was a work of art. The next day we ate a late lunch at some random restaurant in a m...

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Tartu - City of Good Food: January 2012

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012. 8220;Welcome to the Third Dragon, where weary Travelers can fill their Tummies and partake of the Drink! 8221; Krista the Wench greeted us in good English. We were three, and three were we. Two lady Jesters of international Renown and I. 8212;Hi, could we have a Menu? 8221; Krista bellowed with Surprise. “Of what speakest Thou? We offer but one Food, and it is Soup of the Elk! One Ladle is one Money. All that we offer here is one Money! What else do you have? We each ordered tw...

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Tartu - City of Good Food: December 2010

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Monday, December 27, 2010. I’m reminded of two things by this holiday’s snow. One is that popular catchphrase accredited to Marie Antoinette that is associated with the kickoff to the French Revolution. The other is a book and movie titled The Road. 8221; Little Mingus asked. 8212;It’s a treat, I said. For you. 8220;Mmm, it’s good. I’ll never have this again, will I? 8212;No, probably not. This is quite possibly the last can of chickpeas in Tartu. The big topics at the moment are Tallinn mayor Savisaar a...

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Tartu - City of Good Food: Fontaine Delisnack

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Monday, October 8, 2012. This would help to explain the evangelization of my home country despite the discovery of the Higgs boson. “But there’s a reason it’s called the God Particle”, they counter. The star of “Real Time with Bill Maher” —. Bill Maher —. Would likely refer to it as the "Willy boson" (“Willy” and “Bill” are both short for “William”). Mrs Mingus and I were meandering. 8221; she asked in reply to my question. 8212;Yes, please. Two, in fact. 8212;There are two of us. I did not know how to r...

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Tartu - City of Good Food: October 2011

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011. Sämmi Grill, and Sohva. Some readers have written me lately, asking that I not make fun of Russians. “Say ‘our eastern neighbors’ or ‘non-Estonians’ instead,” I’m told. What a ridiculous request! A country of almost a hundred and fifty million people, a hundred and fifty times the size of Estonia’s population, and I should refer to them as “non-Estonians”? By that logic, the whole world is non-Estonian. Their biggest fans are the ninety-nine percent. They are the leaderle...

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Tartu - City of Good Food: March 2012

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Sunday, March 25, 2012. I am a man of many inconsistent prejudices. For example, I love peanuts, but I hate peanut butter. Well, alright, maybe “love” isn’t the right word. That’s just the American talking. You love. Your children, you like. This peanut. But I do hate peanut butter. In the same way, I like cucumbers, and I like sauerkraut, but I despise pickles. All forms of them. I like beef, but I do not like porkbeef. What is porkbeef? 8212;I’m on it! 8212;So what’s it like? 8220;Sandwiches.”. 8212;Ye...

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Tartu - City of Good Food: September 2010

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010. 8220;Since the kids are gone now, should we go get a coffee and enjoy the weather? 8221; Mrs. Mingus asked, as we drove away from her parents’ house. 8212;I’ve had enough coffee today, but a glass of water sounds good. We have all afternoon to do anything we want, I replied. It’s only two o’clock. 8220;I think the tables are still out on the Square. Let’s go there.”. After sitting down at a table in a place called Sõprade Juures (At Friends’) with a good view of people,...

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Tartu - City of Good Food: June 2012

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Thursday, June 28, 2012. Everyone else seems to be going West these days, so we did, too. We took a week’s vacation in Kuressaare, in Saaremaa. That’s the main island off Estonia’s western coast. The last time I was there was also the first time I was ever in Estonia, so it was very good to revisit and re-evaluate some of my first impressions. And my first impression of Estonia was— võileivad. 8220;What’s this burger like? 8221; I asked Kristjan, the waiter. 8212;Um, it’s a patty in a bun. I could see I ...