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Cheap and Awesome Cuban Food Returns to Chelsea!

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CUBAN FOOD ROCKS

“Oh, oh, I love it so…”

When Havana Chelsea closed last summer for “remodeling,” Geoffrey and I mourned and pouted for months that our favorite Cuban food diner/dive was lost to us forever. During our extended grieving process, we dined several times at the also-good-and-considerably-more-gay-friendly Cuba Cafe just a few blocks up the street, but the trade-off in ambiance/gayness/liquor license versus super low cost/actual taste of the food just didn’t cut it. We were ever so saddened.

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McDonald’s Takes on Starbucks in Euphemistic "Coffee Wars"

McCafe!
Would You Like a Shot of Mustard With That Latte?

I’m a pacifist as a general rule, but here’s one “War” that I consider to be totally worth getting behind: McDonald’s Plans to Battle Starbucks by opening high-end coffee bars in their restaurants! I say Bring it on, McDonald’s!!

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The Most Delicious Thing: Red Velvet Cupcake

Oh Heaven, Thy Name be Red Velvet Cupcake

The Red Velvet Cupcake from late, great Crumb’s Bakeshop is described thusly:

Traditional red velvet cake frosted with vanilla cream cheese frosting and drizzled in chocolate with red sprinkles around the edge and a cherry to finish it off.

Ohmygod, it was so good!

crumbs red velvet cupcake

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Recipe of the Day: Meatloaf Cake!

Meat Loaf Cake
Mmm . . . Meaty!

This is a picture of a layer cake made of ground beef and frosted with mashed potatoes to make a hearty Meatloaf Cake. I’m a big fan of meatloaf, so it looks pretty tasty to me. You can find out how to make your very own meatloaf cake right here.

Meat Loaf Cake 2
Everybody Loves Meat Cake!

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Gail and Geoffrey’s Excellent Cuban Food Adventure!

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Fried Sweet Plantains. Oh, So Delicious

One time, many years ago, I did a phone interview with Ian Astbury, lead singer for the Cult. Ian is a fascinating but super long-winded guy and he can talk for hours. That can be a blessing and a curse in itself, but that is another story. While I was on the phone with Ian he started telling me a story about his trip to Cuba (Aside: Ian is OBSESSED with the late Cuban Guerilla leader Che Guevara). He said to me at one point that “The food there was so fucking good, I wanted to eat the plate.” I thought that was a pretty funny quote, but of course he’s right. Cuban food rocks.

Last night, I went with my rad friend Geoffrey to this little Cuban restaurant in Chelsea called, appropriately, Havana Chelsea. Bluntly put, this place is the fucking bomb. I don’t even want to print the restaurant’s address because I want to keep it as secret as possible, so I can always get a table when I go there, which from now on will be OFTEN!
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