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BY TINA ESHLEMAN
Posted: 3/11/10 5:14 PM
After temporarily stopping lunch service while they prepared for an addition to the family,
Avenue 805 owners Jeff and Sarah Baird resumed midday hours yesterday at the Davis Avenue restaurant.
Jeff reports that Ruthie Jane Baird was born Feb. 5, a month early, in the middle of a snowstorm.
“We wanted to get the house ready and make sure everything was all right with the baby,” he says.
The lunch menu has been streamlined, with some low-cost items added, including chicken or grilled veggie quesadillas and variety of sandwiches, all priced at $6. One addition was imported from upstate New York, where Jeff is from. It’s called the State Fair Spiedie — chicken or pork marinated in special spiedie sauce, with lettuce, tomato, mayo and provolone.
“It’s street food, served from lunch carts or at fair grounds at those little booths,” he says. “I took it and turned it into a sandwich form. I have my family bring the marinade down from New York whenever they come.” Read full story
The Secret to Perfect Bread
All you need are wood and mud
The first time I ever made bread, I got up from the living-room couch, opened a book by Julia Child and followed the directions. In the end, I had two lovely baguettes, and although my friends complimented my work, I found out later that they thought I’d been doing this for a long time, so they were only moderately impressed. They should have been astounded.
I’ve never made bread like that again. I’ve come close. I’ve Read full story
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