Eatin' wit' a Regular Guy

Hugo Coffee is creatin’ a buzz around savin’ dogs, and that makes my tail wag!

Hugo Coffee is my kinda thing! They’re a Utah-based coffee roaster who donates a part of their proceeds to dog rescue and animal charities from across the country. I tried it and liked it so much I had to talk with the head roaster John Lynn. It was like goin’ to college for coffee beans and brewing!

Ratings

• Bonafido Dark Roast 5 chugs
• Roll Over Breakfast Blend – 5 chugs
• New Trick Light Roast – 4 chugs

Links 

• Hugo Coffee
• Fluffy Cow Coffee
• Baratza Encore Conical Burr Coffee Grinder
• bio-bean – coffee grounds recyclers
• Yunessun Spa - Japan

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The salad my bride said she’d leave me to marry!

Gotta get yer roughage. When it comes to salads, ya know, I like one for dinner once in a while. Most of the time they leave me hungry – this one don’t! Chef Win Wilde, the genius who invented this salad, talks to me about how she came up with it and how you can add to it. We also pick up some goat cheese trivia and good ideas for roasted brussels sprouts. 

Ratings

• Blood Orange, Asparagus and Goat Cheese Salad – 5 forks (and da Mrs. went 6!)

Links 

• Recipe: Blood Orange, Asparagus and Goat Cheese Salad
• Orange Peeler Tool
• Ready, Set, Eat! Personal Chef Service in Portland, Oregon

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When you make a sammich at home, this is the bad boy you want as a wingman!

My cousin Rebecca joins me to talk pickles! We’re dishin’ up my own 5 fork recipe for deli style dills, and talkin’ a little pickle history. We also meander past sauerkraut and salads along the way and share a funny story about Mike the Hotdog Man from the old neighborhood… best hot dogs of all time, and my pickles would be a good add to ‘em!

Ratings

• Stan’s Homemade Deli Style Pickles – 5 forks
• Famous Dave’s Devil’s Spit Pickle Chips – 5 forks

Links 

• Recipe: Stan’s Homemade Deli Style Pickles

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The Regular Guy finds a new church home!

Recently my butcher closed shop, so I needed a new place. A friend shared a post about a joint called The Meating Place. She commented about their sandwiches, so I checked them out. Tried their Reuben, Cubano and the side Gouda Mac Salad, all good stuff. Plus, they have a full-service butcher shop… I found a new church home!

The Meating Place Café and Butcher Shop 

6495 NW Cornelius Pass Road

Hillsboro, OR 97124

(503) 533-0624 - https://meatingplacepdx.com/ 

Hours

Café & Butcher Shop - Closed on Mondays

Café - Tues – Sat 9 AM – 6 PM  /  Sun 9 – 5 PM

Butcher Shop - Tues – Sun 9 AM – 3 PM 

Ratings

The Reuben 5 forks  /  The Cubano – 4.5 forks  /  Gouda Mac Salad – 5 forks  /  Butcher Shop – Don’t wait, just go!

Links 

• The Meating Place Facebook Page
• The Meating Place Instagram Page

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I hate sweet potatoes and this one made a believer outta me!

Diane Supinski made a believer outta me with her recipe for Sweet Potato Enchiladas. A great vegetarian recipe that you can flex with other vegetables, or even shift it to add in chorizo. And the recipe for the enchilada sauce is a star by itself! I paired with Rogue Ales’ Batsquatch Hazy IPA, a perfect fit. If you can’t get it where you live, try any hazy IPA. Bonus Tips: Mise-en-place and tasting ingredients.

Ratings

• Sweet Potato Enchiladas 5 forks!
• Enchilada Sauce – 5+ forks
• Batsquatch Hazy IPA from Rogue Brewery in Newport, Oregon – 5 chugs

Links 

• Recipe: Sweet Potato Enchiladas
• Recipe: Enchilada Sauce
• Rogue Batsquatch Hazy IPA (6.7% ABV / 54 IBU) – from Rogue Ales & Spirits out of Newport, OR

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A gem of a diner on the southwest side of Chicago

My friend Joe Kalas talks about Café 63 and Chef Dale Andrews’s approach to dishing up good, honest food, made with fresh ingredients. His favorites are the breakfast skillets, Friday fish fry and homemade chips and coleslaw. We’re also talkin’ fried bologna… Joe’s had just about everything on the menu and it’s all forkin’ great! 

Café 63

https://www.cafe63chicago.net/

6411 W 63rd St., Chicago, IL 60638

(872) 267-5101

Joe’s Ratings

• The Conway County & Mexicali Skillets 5 forks
• Homemade Chips and Cole Slaw – 5 forks
• Friday Night Fish Fry – 5 forks
• Overall – Service, atmosphere and other dishes – 5 forks

Links 

• Café 63 Facebook Page
• Blazing Saddles Cowboy Fart Scene

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A great way to celebrate Mardi Gras or a friggin’ cold day

My brother Waj Dobrowski makes a wicked good Jambalaya. Just the right amount of heat and a dish that’s easy to adapt for gluten-free diets.* Waj paired this with Omission Lager and I sipped a 2019 Pinot Noir from Prophecy Wines. We also talk Pączki Day and a couple of great Chicago bakeries. 

*Please check all labeling and ingredients to make sure they are certified gluten-free. 

Ratings

I’m givin’ the Jambalaya 5 forks!

Waj rates Omission Lager – 4 chugs

Stan rates 2019 Pinot Noir from Prophecy Wines – 5 chugs

Links 

• Recipe: Waj’s Jambalaya
• Recipe: Harissa Paste
• Omission Lager
• Prophecy Wines 2019 Pinot Noir
• Bridgeport Bakery 2.0 - Chicago
• Defloured Bakery - Chicago

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A lighter take on a Regular Guy favorite

Theresa Springer shares her recipe for a Three Bean Turkey Chili. We’re leading off with a boiled egg trick and serving up a side dish on the history of any chili recipe’s keystone spice – Cumin. And Stan’s pairing for this one is Bouy Beer Co.’s Dunkel Lager.

Ratings

I’m givin’ it recipes 4.5 forks, but only ‘cause I like my chili hotter!

Bouy Beer’s Dunkel Lager – 4 chugs

Links 

• Recipe: The Boss’s Three Bean Turkey Chili
• Theresa Springer’s business website
• Bouy Beer Co.
• Bouy’s Dunkel Lager on the Untappd app
• Bierly Brewing 

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Finally! Real pizza in the Portland area and a whole lot more!

If you’re lookin’ for Italian food in the Portland, Oregon area, look no further than Nonna Emilia’s! They serve up huge portions of comfort food goodness, so you’ll always have leftovers. Since taking over the joint in 2018, owner Rob McCue has refreshed the recipes, returned to hand-crafted pasta and sausages, all fresh local ingredients, upgraded the kitchens and brought consistent excellence back to every dish. You can’t miss with anything you order. The pizza is pitch perfect, lasagna and portabella ravioli is off the hook, and the gnocchi’s orgasmic. The desserts aren’t a runner up here, either. 

Ratings

Pizza – 5 forks  l  Lasagna – 5 forks  l  Portabella Ravioli – 5 forks  l  Gnocchi – 5 forks

Dark Chocolate Blackout Cake w/Raspberry Buttercream – 5 forks  l  Tiramisu – 4 forks

Nonna Emilia Ristorante Italiano

(503) 649-2232

Open for take-out from 4p-9p, 7 days a week

Delivery through DoorDash, GrubHub and Postmates

17210 S.W. Shaw

Aloha, Or. 97007

https://www.nonnaemilia.com/

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Two vegetarian diamonds from Yasmin Fahr

Here’s two really good vegetarian recipes. These dishes’ll satisfy even a meat and sausage lover like me! The first recipe is a creamy feta-based, roasted veggie dish served over orzo, hit’s all the marks. I’m also dishing up a little feta history. It’s super easy and you can chunk in just about any kind of veggies. I might even try it over different kinds of pasta. And speaking switching out pasta, the second recipe leaves a lot of room for being creative too – wheat or gluten-free pasta, kale instead of spinach, and from mild to burn out the bung hole hot – however you like it.

Ratings

I’m givin’ both recipes 5 forks!

Links 

• Recipe: Sheet-Pan Baked Feta and Veggies
• Recipe: Spicy Butternut Pasta with Spinach 
• Keeping It Simple: Easy Weeknight One-pot Recipes by Yasmin Fahr 
• Yasmin Fahr Website  
• Salt Fat Acid Heat on Netflix 
• Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat
• Can Feta Cheese Be Made with Cow's Milk? - Sheep's Milk and the Story Behind Real Feta Cheese by Nancy Gaifyllia, The Spruce Eats 
• Dicing a Butternut Squash Video 

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