A FOOD LOVER’S JOURNEY Archive

A FOOD LOVERS’ JOURNEY – Eating like a local in Toronto

By Larry Levine – (The 6th and final article in a series – A Food Lovers’ Journey) It’s better than a traveler’s guide book, better than a restaurant rating books, better than one of those web sites that allow everyone and anyone to post opinions about where to eat and where not to eat. It’s [...]
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A FOOD LOVER’S JOURNEY / NUTTY FOOD RULES – Can’t do a rare burger, but steak tartare is fine

Larry Levine — (Number 5 in a series – A Food Lover’s Journey) Today’s topic is nutty food laws. The inspiration: two weeks in the province of Ontario Canada. It began when our friend Dan ordered a hamburger cooked to medium rare for lunch one day in a restaurant at Niagara-on-the-Lake. “It will have to be [...]
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A FOOD LOVER’S JOURNEY / BOB’S BIG BOY DOUBLE-DECKER HAMBURGER – We found a Southern California institution by a highway in Michigan

By Larry Levine – (Number 4 in a series of articles – A Food Lover’s Journey) It was a 1950s ritual: lines of teen agers in cars waiting to park and eat in the car hop service area of a Bob’s Big Boy restaurant. The lines were longest on Friday nights during football or basketball [...]
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A FOOD LOVER’S JOURNEY / ZINGERMAN’S DELICATESSEN, ANN ARBOR, MICHGAN – It asks the question: when is a deli a deli?

By Larry Levine - (Number 3 in a series of articles - A FOOD LOVER’S JOURNEY.) As a place to find excellent Jewish rye bread, Zingerman’s sets a high standard. As a place to select from an impressive assortment of cheeses and a variety of specialty hams, Zingerman’s Delicatessen is worth a visit. But is Zingerman’s a true [...]
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A FOOD LOVER’S JOURNEY – Neon green relish, the Girl and The Goat, and Wrigley Field hot dogs … it must be Chicago

By Larry Levine — (This is the second in a series of articles tracking a three-week summertime journey from Los Angeles California to Toronto, Ontario, Canada and back.) REPORTING FROM CHICAGO - I never really thought of Chicago in terms of food until we started to plan this current trip and friends, who either once lived [...]
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A FOOD LOVER’S JOURNEY — Train Travel in the USA

(This is the first in a series of articles tracking a three-week summertime journey from Los Angeles California to Toronto, Ontario, Canada and back.) By Larry Levine - Remember those old movies that glamorized train travel, where men in jackets and ties and women in cocktail dresses would appear at the dining car to be [...]
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