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Yes, and a pretty good one too...Aburiya Kinnosuke. I sorta remember them doing the thing with bonito shavings, making them look as if they were alive.

I think I saw that one of our esteemed Mouthfullers may have dined there last night?

Evidently, the critics who have identified as female fare much better. I can attest to only the one I dined with many times, and basically…she did not eat like a pig.

Great bar, often with good, free music. And…peanuts.

They may still set up around that time of year, but I don't remember or recall seeing them this year. Probably somewhere in Midwood or Borough Park.

I finally found the picture this reminded me of, one I took about 15 years ago... That was taken on the corner of Division and Canal, along with... The etrog sellers. Pre Dimes Square by a decade. And so much better then.

Final Cav chance is today...bring it, Manx Missile!

Try Tapies? Miro?

Comparatively speaking, so far it's better and I'm hoping it's over fast. I was running 101℉ yesterday, which had almost normalized by last night; this morning it was back up to 100.7℉, but now a few hours later, I'm back in my normal range (which tends to be around 98). It's kinda weird.

Indeed I have. I was hoping the great Cav might get one more, but at this point, seems unlikely. And though he may not end up with the green jersey, watching Girmay has been fun! And how crazy is it that Jonas is riding so well?! That's a pretty amazing recovery in like 3 months.

Thanks; it definitely feels different than my first bout.

And now, I have Covid again, which is tres annoying. I swear, this felt as if it came on in about 30 minutes, from a few sneezes after dinner, to testing at 2 AM, when it was positive.

I've watched all 15 stages so far; pretty amazing. At the same time, don't ever try to have an argument with someone who doesn't think these are truly amazing athletes. Or that teamwork isn't involved.

I think puntarelle benefits from less creaminess with it; but who had puntarelle?

She certainly was not the picture of health.

Maybe this NY Times' profile on her was just pure bad timing? Bad luck? Bad juju? Shelley Duvall Vanished From Hollywood. She’s Been Here the Whole Time.

Ravioli (from Raffetto's). Sauce from me. Poached shrimp and scallop "cocktail." Cocktail sauce by me. Lani's Farm heirloom tomato and lemon cucumber salad. Drizzled with olive oil and aged aceto balsamico. Both cucumber and tomatoes are very good.

His hands are too pretty, and I think he needs to sharpen that knife.

There are reasons to be thrifty, and then...there are reasons to not...like when you want to sear stuff on your grill.

A really lovely penne al pesto (with potatoes), though I forgot the already blanched string beans, because...I forget things every now and then. Grilled branzino, with couscous and chopped salad...Jack's Wife Freda.

Throw it out and buy real charcoal?

I feel that using a knife, much less a fancy Japanese knife, is a good way to lose a finger. And is probably not the greatest thing for the knife, either. But these work fantastically... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086RNF44R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So basically bigger than knee high on the 4th of July! I got some nice basil, made pesto.

I'm much more of the battery operated stuff. Though sometimes I do wonder if it's going to smash the whole jar to smithereens.

Oh, I do, I do! But…it sometimes doesn’t work.