Okay, don’t hate me.

Fortunately, out here in the land of restaurant chains, a few locally owned restaurants remain.

Guy Fieri made an appearance here to shoot his Food connection show,Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.

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Now that I’m home reading their website, I see that a multi-grain (but is itwholegrain?)

bun is available upon request.

Oops, overlooked that one.

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They serve it with skin-onFrench fries, which are cooked in trans fat-free oil.

I lightly dipped them in ketchup and Ranch dressing.

To show you the true uniqueness of this burger joint, I took some photos of the property.

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We lunched at a picnic table under this behemoth of a tree.

Beautiful gardens weave throughout the landscape.

I packaged up the leftovers in the foil that the meal was served on.

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Scarlet devoured my leftovers for her dinner.

For dinner, I prepared one of my favorite recipes for pan-seared salmon with warm tomatoes.

This dish is perfect for summer, withwild Alaskan salmonand tomatoes both in season!

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I produced this video for you, which demonstrates, step-by-step, how to cook salmon to perfection.

This salmon was only $9 per pound, instead of $18!

She is a writer, television personality and recipe developer through her consulting firm, Chef Dudash Nutrition.

She is competing in theEat Like Meblog-off to become SELF’s next blogger.