ORDER THE ALL NEW THG #10 (Winter 06/07) NOW! Hot off the presses, it's the all-new Winter 06/07 edition of THE HUNGOVER GOURMET: The Journal of Food, Drink, Travel and Fun. The Baltimore City Paper 'Best Zine 2005' award winner is back with this brand new 32-page installment featuring:
A Report from the 2006 Crabcake Eating Championship
Burgers, Burgers and More Burgers including White Castle, In-N-Out, Multi-Tiered Monstrosities and more
Restaurant reviews, pork rinds, recipes, reader letters and more
While I'm no farmer, I have a certain, undeniable love for the indoor/outdoor farm markets of my native and adoptive homes.
My first love was the much-maligned (and soon to be shuttered) Pennsauken Mart located just outside Camden, NJ. This slightly sleazy outpost was my first introduction to a world beyond my mother's usual forays to chains like Two Guys and Pathmark. The Mart (as it became known) was where we'd go to score booze before movies, pick up ridiculously cheap vinyl, and avoid the food at any and all costs. If it wasn't hermetically sealed, it wasn't touching these lips.
The Mart softened over the years, cracking down on underage liquor purchases and closing the venerable Crazy Eddie's Beef & Beer, a pole-packed go-go joint where Miss Vicky – the former Mrs. Tiny Tim – once shook her post-divorce money makers. Still, if you wanted to score some Phillipino martial arts flicks or potentially hazardous knock-off action figures, The Mart was your one-stop shop. [ Read the Complete Article ]
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One of the questions I'm most often asked is "How'd you get this way?" and there's really no easy answer. But, in Origins of The Hungover Gourmet I continue to trace my culinary history through my relationships with family, eating out at Howard Johnson's, television cooking shows and more. [ Read Origins of THG ]
You don't get to be known as "The Hungover Gourmet" without wrestling a few hangovers in your day. Through extensive on-the-job research I've tested (and in some cases retested) many of the popular "cures", old wives tales, and preventitive measures. Your mileage may vary. [ Read Cures ]
Drink recipes used to be so simple. A couple mixers, a handful of hard liquors, some garnishes and you were set. Today, the world of esoteric drink recipes seems to grow and grow with each passing day. While we rarely partake in mixed drinks here at THG HQ (see our Hangover Cures page for reasons why) we understand that a segment of our readership needs to know how to make a nice Pisco Punch. [ Read "I Can Make That!" ]