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Unemployed Critic Makes Do on Food Stamps

'Pork with Juices'
’Pork with Juices’ Photo: The Pork with Juices Facebook Group

In the Seattle Times last weekend, out-of-work food critic Ed Murrieta relates the sad tale of his life on the dole, grinding his own chorizo, scoring some $3 truffle oil at a discount store, and making some “poor man’s rillettes” out of canned “pork with juices” from the Dollar Store. [Seattle Times, Earlier]

Unemployed Critic Makes Do on Food Stamps