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L&B stumble upon the Billy Goat Tavern, one of the Best Restaurants Ever. Here: Leslie enjoys her Lost Coast Great White Beer, pulled pork sandwich and albacore tuna melt, and garlic fries. Not pictured: potato-leek soup and shrimp and scallop ceviche. Damn, what food! - IMG_1335
Weed Golden Ale--brewed in Weed, CA. - IMG_1335
Compost! - IMG_1336
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A greenhouse to speed up the tomatoes. - IMG_1337
Bryan, moved to place the cork in his ear. - IMG_1337
2nd amuse bouche: salmon "coronets." - IMG_1338
If you ever find yourself in Mt. Shasta, CA, eat here. - IMG_1338
First course: Oysters and caviar. - IMG_1339
Second course (a): foie gras with strawberries, celery and walnuts over brioche. - IMG_1340
Second course (b): "degustation" of garden onions. - IMG_1341
First seafood course: sashimi of atlantic fluke. - IMG_1342
Second seafood course: butter-poached lobster with peas and morels. - IMG_1344
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On the way to Crater Lake: snow! - IMG_1346
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First meat: pork belly. - IMG_1347
At Crater Lake - IMG_1348
Second dessert (a): white chocolate mousse. - IMG_1350
Leslie, dark, in the viewing tube - IMG_1351
Leslie in front of the lake - IMG_1351
Second dessert (b): lemongrass, kumquat, black sesame and ginger "anglaise." - IMG_1352
Bryan, slightly underdressed for snow, in front of the viewing tube - IMG_1353
Bonus third dessert: chocolates! - IMG_1356
On the way to Ashland, the rain begins. - IMG_1357
The damage (at least it's on a cute laundry ticket). - IMG_1358
Our bathroom in the Ashland Hostel. - IMG_1358.JPG
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Window-shopping in downtown Ashland--corsage bling! - IMG_1360
The full menu + annotations.