Sure, Portland is known for great chefs

who create great food from all the best local ingredients, but that's not all you can eat in Portland.  Oh, no.  At the airport, for example, you order this crazy bastard of a dish.

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Yup, that is the Mac-n-Cheese Burger, which comes with bacon, of course, because once you're this deep into the food insanity, how could you hold back the bacon?

Don't worry about me, though.  I made it all healthy by choosing a salad--the inimitable lettuce wedge, which itself comes with bacon and bleu cheese dressing--in lieu of the gorgonzola fries that one normally gets with the burger.

"Gorgonzola fries."  Even saying it tastes good.

As you might expect, this burger stayed with me for the rest of the day.

It's good to be home.