Finca el Puig

C and I had a great dinner last night at Dante in Cambridge...the arugula salad was amazing, the maccheroncelli was delicious (and very springy), the steak was prepared well and the fries were crisp. Service was good and accommodating but the best part of the meal was this wine...I LOVED it. I actually told the sommelier that I wanted to marry it - is that weird?

Definitely going to try to purchase this locally (or in Chicago) for my personal stash. Here's the label - enjoy it responsibly.

Corn dog

So, what do you get when you cross a hot dog with an ear of corn? Yeah, that's right. The food of the frozen gods - I mean, who actually makes these from scratch except that former Top Chef contestant?

I'll tell you where we had the juiciest, crunchiest, most corn-a-licious corn dog - All Star Sandwich bar in Inman Square (Cambridge, to all you Bostonians). I read the menu, skimmed right over the dog and ordered my falafel burger on wheat, all the while C is salivating secretely over this corn dog. He conveniently orders the Beef on Weck, only to add the "...and also the corn dog" to his order. Eyebrows raised, I turn my head in question..."I just really want a bite of that"

"So, you ordered the whole meal?"

"It's a corn dog. When was the last time you had a corn dog?"

"Honestly? Never, I would only eat the corn and give the hotdog to my brother."

"Just wait, I just really want a bite of a corn dog."

So, I waited, and I LOVED IT. Delicious - crispy, and corn-y, and moist, yumminess. Impossible not to like, regardless of your previous experience. I gotta give C some snaps for that order.