Robert’s Top Ten 2008 Each year, my final column is a list of the top ten dining experiences I enjoyed over the previous twelve months.

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Eggnog I am not a fan of eggnog.

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Give Me Some Skin Big Ganny During the first 20 years of my life I never encountered a boneless, skinless chicken breast.

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We Wish You A Figgy Christmas A group of Christmas carolers stopped by my house last night.

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Newk’s Evil Chocolate Cake I am on a diet.

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It's mid September in Mississippi. Is it fall yet?Yesterday I was watching the Weather Channel and the announcer talked about "fall" weather in the Northeast. Fall in September? You've got to be kidding.

 I am a Methodist because my grandfather owned a pair of shoes.   My great-grandmother was a Baptist. My great-grandfather was a Methodist.

Mexican is my favorite ethnic cuisine.

I paid $100 to fill my gas tank today. Actually, the pump stopped at $99.38, but I kept squeezing the handle, topping it off, and eking the last $.62 out of the pump just to see if our economy had actually reached a point where it takes a clean, crisp Benjamin Franklin to fill the tank in my vehicle.

My friends at Turn Row Books in Greenwood, MS spent the entire weekend cooking from New South Grilling. The following is swiped from their blog at http://www.turnrowbooks.typepad.com/: