Sure, I’ll bite! You want me to blog about “Bite”? I can do that… as he finishes off the last bites of his Giant size, Hershey’s Milk Chocolate with Almonds bar.

Aside from being visually oriented, one of the next fascinations I have is with bites. A bite of this and a bite of that. I don’t need to have a huge helping of something, I need to have a bite of everything. A plethora of tastes is my first priority, and a buffet is the best place to get that.

We go out to brunch just about every Sunday, at least we did until the Coronavirus lockdown. Our favorite brunch location is the Talking Stick Resort’s Wandering Horse buffet in Scottsdale, Arizona. We’ve been going there for years. There is another buffet at the Casino Arizona just south of there that has been our backup. Talking Stick was shut down for a while over a year ago due to flooding and the resulting damage to their facility. We went to Casino Arizona for a few weeks and found some of the regular patrons doing the same. Even some of the staff were able to transfer down there during that time.

Here’s a link: https://www.talkingstickresort.com/dining/wandering-horse-buffet-scottsdale/

Many, many years ago a guy I worked with in Florida told me there is a specific order in which you should approach a buffet. You go first for a little of the light stuff: salads, etc. Then you get the heavy hot things: fish, meat, potatoes, etc. Afterwards you get deserts. Doesn’t sound that intellectually difficult all these years later, but I have added some of my own rules. Don’t select foods that you can get any day of the week. Stay away from starchy or carbohydrate heavy foods like breads and pizza. Do pick foods that are expensive or rare: Alaskan King Crab legs, prime rib, sushi, etc. Specially prepared items like Jalapeño bacon are good, too. And don’t forget – all of those require a “bite”. (See how I did that?)

I would like to have posted a picture of a buffet which I took personally. After an hour of searching old photos on my iPad, I gave up and posted a link to the Wandering Horse Buffet site instead. Sorry about that. Seems like the Internet took a bite out of my old photos. Images of the shrimp/crab leg/crab claw display are gone from my files.

Have a good day. Get some sleep. And don’t let the bed bugs bite!