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Gator Chomping at Tart Restaurant

February 3rd, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Munchin' on gator.

On the recommendation of a friend, I ventured out to Tart Restaurant near The Grove on Fairfax to try out their alligator.  This friend had never actually had the alligator, so it was a bold suggestion, yet I always thought it would be great to consume gator just as Brandon Graham consumed Tim Tebow in the Senior Bowl on Saturday.  Tart isn’t just some random restaurant serving gat0r, though.  The whole place is a Southern theme, which the gator fits right into, so I went in looking forward to some good Southern eats.

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Greg Givan: Unvegan Hero

August 17th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
Looks like meat to me.

Looks like meat to me.

It takes a special type of person to realize the seemingly unlimited possibilities with eating meat.  One of these special types of people is Greg Givan.  Givan throws an annual barbecue, and this year his theme was “Grill around the Globe.”

The lineup sounds like an unvegan fantasy, “…Givan ordered yak (California), alligator (Louisiana), crocodile (Bolivia), elk (New Zealand), boar (Texas), llama (California and elsewhere), kangaroo (Australia), as well as antelope sausage.”

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A Biblical Valentine

Let's get biblical.

This year I got biblical for Valentine’s Day.  No, not like that you sicko.  Instead of having a boring, fancy meal with my girlfriend, we decided to get cooking.  And not just any kind of cooking, we decided to use Lobel’s Meat Bible, which was sent to me by Chronicle Books a few months ago for free.  I knew this book would be incredible just based on the cover, but the back cover really sealed the deal for me because it says, “Armed with Lobel’s Meat Bible, carnivores will find themselves with more delectable meaty choices than ever before.”  Mmmm meaty choices.

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