A week or two after this global horror show was officially dubbed a pandemic, I had my last drink in a crowded bar.  The Ordinary Pub is an antebellum cellar in the young and beating heart of Savannah, Georgia.  It's dark as a coffin, has low ceilings, lots of wood and thick stone, and was...

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Lox, lachs, gravlax, smoked salmon - they're all a bit scary to make the first time.  Folks who sample the home-cured fish I serve them do often go nuts over it and ask for the recipe but they will rarely, rarely make it.  Few want to take that big first step of shelling out for...

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