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You know, Leadbellies like a glass of wine now and then, provided it’s really cheap and has a kangaroo on the label, or something like that.
So, imagine our delight when we read the following piece from The Daily Beast! Pretty much, most wine is no different from a bag of Doritos! And you didn’t even know it!
Take that, you pinkie-extending sippers, you…
Thoughts, anyone?
Wow, folks up in Iceland are about to all get skinnier… Good for them.
According to this story from Reuters, McDonald’s is closing the last of its eateries in the island country, saying the economy is too tough.
Um, OK … So is this bad news, necessarily?
Sorry, kids, it’s been a slow week with the Leadbellies … you know, work and life DO occasionally get in the way of eating. But never for long…
So, where you folks in Happy Leadbelly Reader Land eating these days? Been anyplace lately you want to share?
And what did you like about it?
Munch munch munch…
Ahoy, Brother Ron here… I met a friend at the very fine Sunrise Cafe in downtown Yellow Springs yesterday evening — the place is becoming one of my favorite local restaurants, btw — and I had another run-in with their famous “Vick Burger.”
As before, it was totally different from the last time … That is because, as you may know, the Vick Burger is a chef’s-choice sandwich in which the burger is topped by whatever the kitchen wants to put on there.
Literally. Anything. They. Want.
The thing is named after our DDN book blogger Vick Mickunas, who’s a longtime regular at the Sunrise, and who just leaves the cooking to them. So…
“Is there anything you really don’t want on it?” the waiter asked.
“No anchovies, please.”
“We don’t have those anyway.”
“OK, then, have at it. I trust you.”
Sure enough, here’s what arrived on my burger: a slice of provolone cheese; two thick pieces of bacon; pesto, lightly grilled on the bun; a tomato slice; a Mediterranean olive; lettuce; bean sprouts; carmelized, grilled onion chips; thinly grated carrots; and a fried egg. Oh yes, and a piece of grilled asparagus, apparently for good measure.
They don’t do fries, so I had it with broccoli. Yum.
My friend’s advice was to just do it with the knife and fork, and not try to eat it like a burger. Good advice, that.
Anyway, it was AMAZING.
Check this place out. And trust them.
Saturday and Sunday you can visit Cox Arboretum MetroPark for this year’s Garlic Festival — it’s good family fun, but it’s also good eating.
For the last few years, the Leadbellies have been the judges for the special garlic food items and recipes prepared for the fest by local chefs, and this year was one of the best.
We did the tasting Thursday night, and I don’t know about Brother Ray and our newest Leadbelly, Brother Kyle, but I know I’ve been living in a garlic haze all day… Stay away, you vampires! And everybody else, for that matter.
But I do love garlic, and I wasn’t the only one.
These restaurants and caterers will be represented: El Meson, Giovanni’s, Brock Masterson’s, Chimneys Inn, Bahn Mai Thai Cafe, Stengl’s Catering, Maggie Moo’s and Boosalis Catering and Cafe.
The latter two had great garlic ice cream (uh-huh) and cheesecake… The garlic in the ice cream was odd at first, but actually rather tasty after the second bite.
Brock Masterson had wonderful crab cakes; El Meson did lamb meatballs; the Pasta Giovanni was killer; Stengl’s offer healthy, yummy wraps; Chimneys Inn had amazing fish chowder… and yes, garlic was the chief ingredient in all of it, or darn close.
Check out the festival this weekend, and find out for yourself. Tell ‘em a Leadbelly sent ya.
Have fun!
Hey, you guys love to talk about burgers…
Check out yesterday’s post down below asking for Dayton’s best, as Five Guys gets ready to come to town. One of the commenters mentioned California-based In-N-Out Burgers, a fairly well-known chain that is mostly on the West Coast. Coincidentally, I found a story about the chain yesterday, too, and it’s worth a read.
Sounds yummy. Simple is good.
Anybody been to one?
BTW, commenter Vick Mickunas is right about the Sunrise Cafe in Yellow Springs. You deserve to try to a Vick Burger there… And in other burger news, our DDN food guy Mark Fisher has posted this item today on his Taste blog about a changeup in Denny’s burger lineup that sounds worthwhile… We’ll have to stop by and see…
Meanwhile, what do y’all have against the Pine Club? Sheesh.
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Good article. It is amazing the amount of juice sold by these bottlers. A brand like “Yellow