{"id":37354,"date":"2013-04-11T08:11:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T15:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=37354"},"modified":"2013-03-25T16:11:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T23:11:32","slug":"last-meal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=37354","title":{"rendered":"Last Meal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I recently finished reading the book “Life After Death<\/a>” by Damien Echols. If you’re unfamiliar with the name, he was one of the West Memphis 3 that was wrongly imprisoned for 18 years. Damien was the only one of the three boys that was on Death Row. The book will make you sad and angry at the same time. The injustices are unfair and hard to read. But that’s not what this post is about, this is \u00a0more light-hearted and fun.<\/p>\n

Last Meal<\/span><\/h4>\n

What would your last meal<\/a> be?<\/p>\n

Looking at some famous “last meals”<\/a> it seems that people go for comfort food – fried chicken, pizza, ice cream and cheeseburgers. I totally get that. If it’s your last day on earth, why would you eat a salad? (Although, I do love salads…)<\/p>\n

It got me thinking. If I knew it was my last day on earth, what would I want to eat? Back in the day when I was obese I would have said a tub of chocolate mint ice cream, homemade chocolate chip cookies and pizza. I’d like to think that my tastes and preferences have evolved over the years, but that still sounds pretty damn good.<\/p>\n

I want my last meal to be at Craftsteak<\/a>. It’s one of my favorite restaurants in the world and happens to be in one of my favorite cities, too. Vegas!<\/p>\n

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Craftsteak is Tom Collichio’s restaurant (from Top Chef) and although Michael and I went the first time years ago as kind of stalker-fans, we quickly realized that the food was absolutely amazing.<\/p>\n

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I don’t have a very good photo of their amazing steaks from my collection (above is from the internet) \u00a0but trust me, one of the best I’ve ever had. And those rolls are addicting. I could eat all of them on my own. They are fluffy and hot and dusted with salt and butter on top. Everything I’ve ordered at Craftsteak has been delicious. I mean, just look at my happy face:<\/p>\n

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That is ecstasy, my friends, ecstasy. Amazing food. So yeah…my last meal would be a steak from Craftsteak, a huge bottle of their best red wine (and maybe even one of their super strong martinis), a pan of those rolls, asparagus and…for dessert…I think I’ll go with something from a local restaurant:<\/p>\n

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Papa Haydn’s<\/a>. The best desserts in Portland. \u00a0I have never had a bad dessert there. Their Bourbon Ball is devilishly delicious. The cheesecake makes me melt. Man, now I really want to eat all of that stuff!<\/p>\n

QUESTION: What would your last meal be?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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