{"id":852,"date":"2006-12-02T20:04:43","date_gmt":"2006-12-02T20:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=852"},"modified":"2006-12-02T20:04:43","modified_gmt":"2006-12-02T20:04:43","slug":"eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=852","title":{"rendered":"eating"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night we went to the Ringside Restaurant<\/a> in NW Portland to celebrate a friend’s birthday. The Ringside is an old school steakhouse (you know, professional waiters in suits) that has been around forever. I grew up near the restaurant, but I had never been there until last night. It always seemed like a mysterious place. The building is nondescript from the outside, has no windows, and is on a busy street. It’s pretty dark inside, but it was all dolled up for the holidays and was quite festive. My nutty brother<\/a> goes there every once in a while and spends a fortune. Last night was no different. While the rest of us went for the filet mignon in the $30 range, my brother opted for the $65 Kobe beef filet mignon! VEGETARIANS, LOOK AWAY:
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\"ringside<\/a><\/center>He said it was delicious, but I think he still had to use a knife (we thought it would just melt beneath the fork tines).
\nAnd now for some cookies! Every winter I get a hankering to make Santa’s Surprise Cookies<\/a>. They are peanut butter cookies with a miniature Snickers hidden inside. Surprise, indeed!
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\"santa<\/a>\"santa<\/a><\/center>I made a slight modification this time and added four chocolate chips per cookie. I thought it’d add a little kick. I used these new Nestle Chocolatier chips that are 53% cocoa:
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