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Ray’s Hell Burger

Sep 14, 10

Posted by Edmund in Fast Food, Featured Articles, Restaurants, Washington, DC

Cuisine: Slow Fast Food Burger. Location: 1725 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22209. Price: Most signature burgers cost $8-$10, but there are a couple for about $17 (they come with foie gras). I’ve touched on the DC-Virginia-Maryland gourmet burger craze quite a bit recently. Residents just can’t seem to get enough of this...

Cannoli at Mike’s Pastry

Sep 12, 10

Posted by Edmund in Bakeries & Sweets, Boston, Featured Articles

Cuisine: Italian Baked Goods. Specialty: Cannoli. Location: 300 Hanover St., Boston, MA. Price: $2.50 for a HUGE Cannoli. No city in the nation has really made the cannoli its own quite like Boston, where the cannoli has not just become a bakery staple, but also a city obsession. Not surprisingly, the epicenter of that obsession is...

A New City on the Way!

Sep 10, 10

Posted by Edmund in Bakeries & Sweets, Chocolate, Featured Articles, Ice Cream & Gelato, Restaurants

As you all know, school is underway, even for the Food Buster. That doesn’t mean I’m going to have to put my reviews on hold, though. Instead, I’ve got a whole new scene to bust. So now that I’ve settled into my new home in Boston, I’m going around, investigating the food scene, and so far I’ve...

Uruguayan Wines on the Way!

Sep 05, 10

Posted by Edmund in Featured Articles, Uruguay, Wine & Liquor

I know some of you are disappointed that I won’t go more extensively into Chilean wines, but there’s too much out there to explore and too little time. Next, I’m going to focus on somewhat of an unexpected site–the tiny wine-producing state of Uruguay, the rising challenger in South America. Specifically,...

Site Revamp Upcoming

Sep 02, 10

Posted by Edmund in Bakeries & Sweets, Chocolate, Featured Articles, Ice Cream & Gelato, Restaurants, Wine & Liquor

I just wanted to notify everyone that I’ll be slowing down reviews just a bit while I take care of some back-end work on the site. I’m hoping to come out with a sleeker template and a clearer format. In the meantime, though, I’ll have to take some time away from the reviews, focusing mostly on smaller write-ups,...

Scharffen Berger Extra Rich Milk Chocolate Bar

Aug 31, 10

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, Gourmet Chocolate Bars, USA

Type: 41% Milk Chocolate. Price: $4-$4.50 for 3 oz. (85g). Scharffen Berger produces a 41% Extra Rich Milk Chocolate Bar with no frills that nevertheless nails all the fundamentals. First off, the presentation is the traditional Scharffen Berger presentation. For more info, read up on the Scharffen Berger Bittersweet Chocolate Bar....

Baked and Wired: Cupcakes

Aug 26, 10

Posted by Edmund in Bakeries & Sweets, Featured Articles, Washington, DC

Cuisine: American Baked Goods. Specialty: Cupcakes. Location: 1052 Thomas Jefferson St. NW, Washington, DC 20007. Price: $3.25 or $3.50 for the cupcakes. Most treats are about $1-$3. As I’ve said before, Washington, DC’s Georgetown area isn’t the hippest, despite the large college community. While it has its fair share of...

Quara Torrontes Cosecha Tardía

Aug 25, 10

Posted by Edmund in Argentina, Dessert Wine, Featured Articles, Wine & Liquor

Type: Late Harvest Dessert Wine (100% Torrontes). Price: I can’t find the Late Harvest on Wine-searcher, but it should be a very cheap wine. This is a wine that was part of a tasting, and I was unable to check the year, but it’s relatively new (i.e. 2007 or 2008). Nice, golden, yellow color. Floral, soft aroma. Kind of a...