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FLASHBACK: Spring (or Early Summer) Green Pasta

 
An oldie, but a goodie. In honor of those of us in less-blessed and more earnest climates, I offer something to use up the proliferation of greens. As much as one enjoys sauteeing, sometimes, a bit of creamy texture is necessary to break up all that roughage-monotony. A food processor is your friend here - one of the few gadgets I will forever and ever extoll. - Vanessa

The solution for professed vegetable-haters is to make something vegetal appear distinctly not. Case in point, a sauce of broccoli and spinach for a jumble of linguine. Not that I have issues eating any matter of vitamin-suffused roughage, but there's only so much steaming and sauteeing a girl can take on the plate. And given the blossoms on the branches, the warmer temperatures and sporadic rain, it's a nice dish to make on a quiet night-in, to thank the stars it's finally spring.

"Man v. Food" Lands in Salt Lake City

The Travel Channel's food adventurer landed pretty close to home recently. Adam Richman apparently made a stop in Zion and mercifully avoided anything have to do with Jell-O and concentrated instead on some more savory and belly-filling offerings.

Local places of interest:

1.) Bruges Waffles & Frites - Can't say I'm a fan of their waffles, but their frites are hands down irresistible. Though from what I understsand, on Adam's menu is The Machine Gun sandwich, a gut-busting spicy merguez lamb sausage slathered with spicy mayo and topped with - you guessed it - frites.

2.) He pits that against Crown Burger's signature Crown Burger. By the sounds of it, it's a double, not a single that he'll sample and compare to the machine gun. Personally, I'd take either one, though the Crown Burger has always been fast and reliable while the Bruges joint tends to take their sweet ass time.

3.) Kobe Sushi - A little known sushi joint in the city's suburbs where they serve something called Hellfire Spicy sushi. The clip above shows what Richman is up against. I'd heard about the tuna topped sushi, but haven't had the balls or the will to drive out there to try it.

Will this compel? Well, like you, I'm gonna have to watch and find out.

Man v. Food: Salt Lake City, UT

Wednesday July 7th at 9:00 E/P on the Travel Channel

See, we've got more food than you think. Just so you know, Richman is barely scratching the surface in terms of what this city has to offer ...