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Detroit Tigers: Unvegan Heroes

March 10th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Mmm tiger meat. Wait what?

By virtue of being both from Detroit and being named after my favorite animal, the Detroit Tigers are worthy of any hero-ship you can dream of.  But a story published by The Detroit News has given the best baseball team in the world another reason to be heroes. Continue Reading»


Free Meat Alert: Texas de Brazil

June 8th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

For one day of the year, unvegans all around will be wishing they were fathers.  And if they are fathers, Father’s Day this year can be truly memorable.  Texas de Brazil, the Brazilian steak house chain is offering a free dinner for fathers on Father’s Day.  Of course some restrictions apply, but this is still a great offer for some delicious Brazilian steak.


Going Global at Plan Check

Fries of the world.

A couple of weeks ago, The Backyard Bite invited me to The Burger Culture Clash, sponsored by Stussy (which apparently still exists) and Plan Check. Plan Check, by the way, is a sort of new (since February) restaurant in West LA with Chef Ernesto Uchimura of Umami Burger fame. As my love of burgers, especially those of the umami variety, I jumped at the opportunity.

Although I arrived alone, I was not the only lone eater. Just next to where I was seated, I met e*star LA and we decided to share a meal called loneliness, because it’s better than eating alone. We made quick friends over our respective blogs and Midwestern roots, then got to work at dissecting the special menu, which Plan Check will be featuring for the next month if anything tickles your fancy.

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