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dutch food is death: beyond, the ditch eat it for lunch, dinner and
breakfast. what Joe is needs is Jobst Brandt's guide to scenic California rides! does this exist? |
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. com, " wrote: On Aug 27, 12:29 am, Ryan Cousineau wrote: Holy Regrettable Food, Batman! http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/spec.html An old favourite, courtesy James Lileks: (if you only have time to visit one gallery, you could do worse than this one): http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/10PM/index.html http://www.amalah.com/photos/the_com...ook/index.html Although semi-inspired by Lileks, I actually like this one better. Among other things, the cookbook is contemporary, not a 1962 horrorshow. People are making this stuff RIGHT NOW. They may even be eating it. The truly frightening thing is how many ways there are to combine sausage, eggs, and cheese, each of which is yummy in its own right, into something which looks utterly disgusting. I'll have the lobster thermidor aux crevettes with a mornay sauce garnished with truffle pate, brandy and a fried egg on top and spam. -- Michael Press |
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I'll have the pork fat garnee and a pitcher of heavy cream
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In article . com,
" wrote: On Aug 27, 12:29 am, Ryan Cousineau wrote: Holy Regrettable Food, Batman! http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/spec.html An old favourite, courtesy James Lileks: (if you only have time to visit one gallery, you could do worse than this one): http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/10PM/index.html http://www.amalah.com/photos/the_com...ook/index.html Although semi-inspired by Lileks, I actually like this one better. Among other things, the cookbook is contemporary, not a 1962 horrorshow. People are making this stuff RIGHT NOW. They may even be eating it. The truly frightening thing is how many ways there are to combine sausage, eggs, and cheese, each of which is yummy in its own right, into something which looks utterly disgusting. Ben I'm a little confused. I've gotten about 10, 15 pages in, and the only non-cheese dish is "Green Dessert." I've also concluded that there's virtually no way to make a casserole look non-regrettable. My own contribution to regrettable food is this cake: http://wiredcola.blogspot.com/2004/0...or-of-non.html In all its glazed glory: http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcol...pinecake-l.jpg Tastes as good as it looks, -- Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/ "I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos |
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Ryan Cousineau wrote: My own contribution to regrettable food is this cake: http://wiredcola.blogspot.com/2004/0...or-of-non.html In all its glazed glory: http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcol...pinecake-l.jpg Tastes as good as it looks, Not regrettable: http://www.poubelle.com/images/Dec2002/puzzlecake.jpg Scroll down for more info: http://www.poubelle.com/butterpig/archives/000004.html -- tanx, Howard Fabergé eggs are elegant but I prefer Fabergé bacon. remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? |
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is there a cal rides guidebook?
I lost the link to the coast plateau ride? anyone know? what's the train cost in Holland? pas the rinds... |
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datakoll wrote: is there a cal rides guidebook? For northern California, try "Roads to Ride" and "Roads to Ride South" by Grant Peterson and John Kluge. -- tanx, Howard Faberge eggs are elegant but I prefer Faberge bacon. remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? |
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On Sep 2, 11:06 am, Howard Kveck wrote:
In article om, datakoll wrote: is there a cal rides guidebook? For northern California, try "Roads to Ride" and "Roads to Ride South" by Grant Peterson and John Kluge. -- tanx, Howard Faberge eggs are elegant but I prefer Faberge bacon. remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? tanx Howard! gee, I want to ride the plataeu ride. I believe the route is up around below Mendocino. Was posted here or in RBT. There's a fairing equiped recumbent and a map. anyone know where Joeseph is? was he mugged at the Shasta rest area? |
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BURP!
Joseph! Here's the poop. World Catalog at the local library in Advanced search: WorldCat results for: kw: bicycle and kw: California and ((dt= "bks") or (dt= "map") or (dt= "url")). (Save Search) Records found: 1,095 Rank by: Number of Libraries Posted to 100 titles for the malformed-several internet cites and maps and historic materials published before bridges were invented Roads to ride : a bicyclist's topographic guide to Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin counties / Author: Petersen, Grant.; Anderson, Mary. Publication: Berkeley, Calif. : Heyday Books, 1984 Document: English : Book Roads to ride South : a bicyclist's topographic guide to San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties / Author: Petersen, Grant.; Kluge, John. Publication: Berkeley, Calif. : Heyday Books, 1985 Document: English : Map Book Libraries Worldwide: 46 · NorthernCalifa biking :150 of the best road and trail rides / Author: Brown, Ann Marie. · Publication: Emeryville, CA : Avalon Travel Pub., 2003, ©2002 Ho! for Yo-Semite by foot, horseback, horse-stage, horseless carriage, bicycle & steam locomotive : eleven original accounts of early day travel to Yosemite Valley / Author: Johnston, Hank. Publication: Yosemite National Park, Calif. : Yosemite Association, 2000 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 24 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item The Asset Forfeiture Program a case study of the Bicycle Club Casino : hearing before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, March 19, 1996. Corp Author: United States., Congress., Senate., Committee on Governmental Affairs., Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Publication: Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1996 Document: English : Book : Microform Libraries Worldwide: 22 More Like This: Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Touring the Los Angeles area by bicycle / Author: Powers, Peter. Publication: Eugene, Or. : Terragraphics, 1992 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 22 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Road biking, northern California : road rides for the serious cyclist / Author: Nagiecki, John.; Grob, Kimberly.; Grob, Kimberly. Publication: Guilford, Conn. : Falcon, 2002 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 21 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Bicycle trails of southern California : the definitive work on where to bicycle in southern California / Author: Kurk, David.; Miller, Robert H. Publication: Los Angeles : Price/Stern/Sloan, 1974 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 21 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Sonoma County bike trails / Author: Neumann, Phyllis L. Publication: Penngrove, Calif. : Sonoma County Bike Trails, 1978 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 21 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item A bicyclist's guide to Bay Area history / Author: O'Hare, Carol.; Olsen, Nancy, Publication: Sunnyvale, CA : Bear Flag Books, 1985 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 21 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Bicycling through the Mother Lode. Publication: [Sacramento] : California State Dept. of Parks and Recreation ; [California] : American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of California, 1975 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 21 More Like This: Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Mountain biking the San Francisco Bay Area : a guide to the Bay Area's greatest off-road bicycle rides / Author: Jackson, Lorene. Publication: Guilford, CT : Globe Pequot Press, 2004 Document: English : Book Mountain biking Southern California / Author: Ross, Mark A., 1968-; Fine, Brad L., Publication: Helena, Mont. : Falcon, 1999 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 30 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Mountain bike! Southern California : a guide to the classic trails / Author: Story, David, 1962- Publication: Birmingham, Ala. : Menasha Ridge Press, ; [Guilford Conn] : Distributed by The Globe Pequot Press. 2001 Document: English : Book Internet Resource Libraries Worldwide: 27 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Bicycling California's spine : touring the length of the Sierra Nevada / Author: Paul, Bil, 1943- Publication: San Francisco, Calif. : Alchemist/Light Pub., 1981 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 26 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item The Bay Area Ridge Trail : ridgetop adventures above San Francisco Bay / Author: Rusmore, Jean. Publication: Berkeley : Wilderness Press, 2002 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 40 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item .. Bicycling Baja : cyclists' guide to major scenic and historic routes through fabulous Baja California / Author: Wong, Bonnie, 1946- Publication: San Diego : Sunbelt Publications, 1988 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 40 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Bay area bike rides / Author: Hosler, Ray. Publication: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1990 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 39 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Pico Street stories & the fortunes of Pedro / Author: Tufts, Kingsley, 1907- Publication: Santa Barbara, Calif. : J. Daniel & Co., 1998, 1984 Document: English : Book : Fiction Libraries Worldwide: 38 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Bay Area bike rides / Author: Hosler, Ray. Publication: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1994 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 37 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Bay Area bike rides / Author: Hosler, Ray. Publication: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2002 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 34 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item The best bike rides in California / Author: Grob, Kimberly. Publication: Old Saybrook, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, 1995 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 33 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item 50 southern California bicycle trips / Author: Schad, Jerry.; Krupp, Don., Publication: Beaverton, Or. : Touchstone Press, 1976 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 33 Roads to ride South : a bicyclist's topographic guide to San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties / Author: Petersen, Grant.; Kluge, John. Publication: Berkeley, Calif. : Heyday Books, 1985 Document: English : Map Book Libraries Worldwide: 46 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Cyclists' route atlas : a guide to the Gold Country & High Sierra/south / Author: Braun, Randall Gray. Publication: Berkeley, Calif. : Heyday Books, 1988 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 57 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Grape expeditions in California : 15 tours across the California wine country / Lena Emmery; Sally Taylor 1987 5th ed. English Book 77 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. San Francisco, CA, USA : S. Taylor & Friends, ; ISBN: 0934101000 : 9780934101004 Investigation of motor vehicle/bicycle collision parameters / Author: Roland, H. E. Publication: Washington, D.C. : The Administration ; Springfield, Va. : National Technical Information Service [distributor, 1979 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 55 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item A bicyclist's guide to Bay Area history / Author: O'Hare, Carol. Publication: Sunnyvale, Calif. : Fair Oaks Pub., 1989 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 55 Brevard County Libraries More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Mountain bicycling in the San Gabriels / Author: Immler, Robert. Publication: Berkeley : Wilderness Press, 1987 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 51 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Mountain bike! Northern California : a guide to the classic trails / Author: Austin, Linda Gong. Publication: Birmingham, Ala. : Menasha Ridge Press : Distributed by the Globe Pequot Press, 2000 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 51 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... 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See more details for locating this item Family bike rides : a guide to over 40 specially selected bicycle routes in northern California / Author: Grossberg, Milton A. Publication: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1981 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 46 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item L.A. bike rides : a guide to 37 specially selected bicycle routes in Los Angeles County / Author: Mac Arthur, Loren. Publication: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1985 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 45 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Bicycling country roads from San Jose to Santa Barbara / Author: Rife, Joanne. Publication: Santa Cruz : Western Tanager Press, 1982 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 44 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Mountain bike! Southern California : a guide to the classic trails / Author: Story, David, 1962-; Leman, Laurie.; Leman, Chris., and others Publication: Birmingham, Ala. : Menasha Ridge Press, 1999 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 43 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... See more details for locating this item Bicycle planning and design / Author: Mayer, Richard W. Publication: [Washington, D.C.] : American Society of Landscape Architects, 1978 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 44 More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... 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Thanks for all the info everyone. Some of it was even pertinent and useful! I'm back from my scouting trip. I drove over 2,600 miles (4,100km) all over the place. I also went for about 10 hours of bike rides using a folding 5 speed Dahon I borrowed. I wasn't planning on borrowing the bike, so I brought no cycling clothes, but that was just as well. I went on one ride in 110F (44C) for 2.5 hours in the hills north of Fresno. The other rides were shorter and in slightly less demanding conditions. I didn't go on any group rides, but I went on rides recommended by local bike shops. Here are a few observations (backed up by rigorous statistical analysis and sound scientific reasoning, and as such incontrovertible fact): Riding on wide bike lanes is comforting in some ways, but something I'd need getting used to. I am used to hearing the cars (and trucks!) approching from the rear slow down when they get close. When they keep their speed it triggers a panic response I'll need to retrain. 4-way stop signs blow. Stop signs in general blow. I'm used to yeild signs. Something else to get used to. On the highway in cars, lane discipline is a foreign concept of which almost everyone seems completely oblivious. On 2-lane roads, despite having cars with bags of power, most people are very timid about passing. I drive a 1.4 liter Fiat at home, so the 3 liter BMW I borrowed was a dream for getting around slow pokes, often as many as 5 or 6 at a time. People who can't see over the steering wheel ought not drive huge SUVs. People from Oregon are morons. Mexican people in mexican restarants, taco trucks, etc are exceedingly friendly and talkative with Anglos like myself. I take this to mean these places are infrequenlty (never?) visited by Anglos. The women in these places were also particulary flirtatious. Chrome 22's are apparently more desirable than not living in the ghetto. I now really now what the term Fatty Master means. I have realized that I'm actually not that fat, nor particularly slow. I saw very few cyclists, even though I made a point of testing virtually all the local riding roads recommended by shops. My price range keeps me out of the Bay Area and some of the more rideable LA areas so I didn't even bother looking there. Perhaps I would have seen more cyclists in those places. Apart from the immediated downtown areas or by looking around at the surrounding hills (if there are any), almost all the smaller cities and towns are indistinguishable from one another. This means that price and proximity to good riding roads (irrespective of the riding scene) will probably guide my ultimate choice. Joseph |
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