Shapleigh Corner Store, Maine
Aaah Maine. Chilly in Winter. Vacationland in Summer. A place to enjoy life's simple pleasures, like lakes, lobster and lazy breakfasts. And if you happen to make camp anywhere near Mousam Lake, I...
View ArticleTrident Booksellers and Cafe, Boston
Despite its name, the potato chuckwagon is very good...
View ArticleGreat American Bagel, Chicago O'Hare
If I change my first name from "Jamie" to "Professor" it doesn't really make me a professor. And calling a bagel joint The Great American Bagel doesn't mean the bagels are great. They are fine. But...
View ArticleBOS, Des Moines, IA
It's pretty hard to resist a signature dish, even if it does look like someone just threw up on your eggs...
View ArticleLe Petit Dejeuner, Toronto
When in Canada, be sure to try some peameal bacon, ideally with poached eggs and hollandaise on top...
View ArticleDemitri's Feast, Richmond
Growing up in 70s Melbourne, my sponge-like mind was drenched in a singular image of Greek food: the souvlaki. So it was quite a shock to my culinary foundations to be sitting down for a Greek-inspired...
View ArticleThe Overland, Adelaide to Melbourne
Somehow I managed to enjoy my freshly-nuked bacon and cheese croissant, despite its limp, deflated appearance. I think it was because I was on a train, which is fun, rather than a plane, which is not....
View ArticleMitte, North Fitzroy
For Melbourne's best poached eggs, go to Mitte, 76 Michael Street, North Fitzroy, Tel +61 3 9077 7379. I'd like to say the world's best poached eggs, but there are two good reasons not to. First, I...
View ArticleGrigons & Orr, North Melbourne
Well, there's egg and bacon; egg, sausage, and bacon; egg and spam; egg, bacon, and spam; egg, bacon, sausage, and spam; spam, bacon, sausage, and spam; spam, egg, spam, spam, bacon, and spam; spam,...
View ArticlePost 390, Boston
You'd be surprised how difficult it is to get baked beans for breakfast in Boston. Baked beans are like Massachusetts Republicans. They exist, but they keep a very low profile. So don't be fooled by...
View ArticleHampton Inn, Princeton
For an illustration of the moral hazard of serving a free breakfast, look no further than the Hampton Inn, 4385 US Route 1 South, Princeton, New Jersey, Tel +1 (609) 951-0066. I don't know what scared...
View ArticleToro, Boston
There are places in Boston that are popular for reasons I do not understand. And then there are places like Toro, 1704 Washington Street, Boston, MA, Tel +1 (617) 536-4300. Toro is popular because it...
View ArticleThe Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman
You know I have a very bad reputation - Avery TolarThe Cayman Islands can thank John Grisham for their bad reputation. Based on the adventures of Avery, Mitch and Abby, you'd be forgiven for thinking...
View ArticleMistral, Boston
Talk about slack. So many months, so little blogging. And so many breakfasts to catch up on. So here goes nothing. A highlight to kick things off, courtesy of Mistral. A rather fancy place in Boston's...
View ArticleHenrietta's Table, Cambridge
I wonder if the Winklevi ever did brunch at Henrietta's Table? Nice and close to Harvard. World class hash browns. What better place to load up on carbs before a big boat race? Or a big law suit for...
View ArticleStephi's on Tremont, Boston
It was something of a hash frenzy, my Boston Summer breakfast spree. Duck hash at Mistral. Potato hash at Henrietta's. And last but not least, meatloaf hash at Stephi's on Tremont. I am, as you may...
View ArticleLucile's, Denver
Being surrounded by mountains it seemed like a good idea to order pan fried mountain trout. I was in Denver, after all. Lucile's came well recommended. And the Eggs Pontchartrain sounded good: trout,...
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