06 October 2009

WATCH THIS SPACE

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To the loyal friends who still check to see if I've tapped anything into the blogosphere: hang on, something new and better is coming. H...
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Borough Market Resilient

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Fear no more: Borough Market is alive and well despite construction on the historic site. Network Rail has begun work on a new train line in...
06 July 2009

Fish!

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Hullo from Cheery England! These past three years, under Marcus' careful tutelage, I have been learning to enjoy fish again. Ever since ...
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23 May 2009

Declaration on How To Eat Avocados

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Wherefore: I love recipes that set us free to be our own creative geniuses in the kitchen. Whereas: Organic avocados at Whole Foods come in...
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10 May 2009

James Beard Foundation Awards 2009

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Attending the JBF Awards was a dream come true, and I've been walking around in a trance ever since. Still, I was determined to pay hom...
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06 May 2009

Not a very good photo

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Not a very good photo (this is the end of my 4-year-old digital point and shooter), but this is the magnificent pici with fennel and cinnamo...

Best Burger in NYC

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Today's New York Times highlighted a group of men in New York City dedicated to discovering and rating the city's best burgers. I ap...
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01 May 2009

Falai: Best of NYC

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Falai serves the top Italian food in NYC, so extraordinary that it would hold its own as a top restaurant even back in Rome (hometown to it...
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30 April 2009

Favorite Food Blogs

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The UK's Times Online posted a list of "50 of the world's best food blogs" . I chose to view the ommission of my own blog ...
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Twitter Cookbook Magic

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Although I've resisted the Twitter bug, I succumbed to the charms of this New York Times article by Lawrence Downes . Maureen Evans, a B...
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29 April 2009

Sam's Falafel

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Just off Broadway on Cedar Street, way down at the tip of Manhattan near Wall Street stood the largest line for falafel I've seen in a g...
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22 April 2009

BACKSTAGE PASS: Food Bank Can-Do Awards 2009

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Food and celebrities united for a good cause made for a fine evening yesterday. Since it was a glitzy fundraiser for the Food Bank For New Y...
20 April 2009

Making Stock / Dancing with a bag of Peter Luger Cow Bones

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I took my bag of Peter Luger steak bones out to dance at the Alphabet City Lounge after dinner. It was worth it, and it was surprising how...
19 April 2009

Peter Luger Steakhouse

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First of all, thank you to the person who posted this exquisitely evocative photo of Peter Luger's facade on Flikr. Last Saturday was my...
13 April 2009

Back after a cold winter's night

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It's been a rough two weeks! I've made and consumed two chicken stocks to finally defeat a long and nasty cold that's been circu...
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29 March 2009

Portrait in a new (food) economy: Matthew Wexler

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It can feel a little crushing if you're caught too close to the fall-out of this economy, like a bad hangover. This is why the effervesc...
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Donate to the Food Bank

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The state of the economy is such that it permeates every topic and every conversation, especially since I began to work at the Food Bank For...
23 March 2009

How to get creative with the kitchen cabinet

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A friend asked how I create meals on the spur of the moment with a limited pantry. It's a good question, one I've considered at leng...
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19 March 2009

Pea Pesto!

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A pasta aficionado like myself should not have waited so long to spread this gospel: If it's winter or you don't have a garden full ...
18 March 2009

Flatbread 101: Bread that is Flat

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I'm fascinated by making things from scratch as much as I can. It is my life's greatest tragedy that I live in New York City instead...
09 March 2009

New Mexico: a menu

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From Mexico to New Mexico. My 2 favorite New Mexicans put together a truly stunning dinner party this weekend. The food was killer, but what...
04 March 2009

Eating seasonally is easy in Mexico City

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Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 80° F | 42° F 80° F | 42° F ...
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03 March 2009

Mexico City, 16:01

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March 3, 16:01 It's essentially an octopus and shrimp stew. So good. The crab was fried simply, topped with shallots and cilantro and se...

Mexico City, 15:39

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March 3, 15:39 The best yet: octopus and shrimp tacos. The seafood in a clinging, spicy deep red sauce, with slivers of avocado to give a li...
02 March 2009

Mexico City, 12:29

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March 2, 12:29 Hello! I'm just sitting digesting a heartbreakingly good breakfast and thought I'd continue the updates! I just ate t...
01 March 2009

Mexico City, 22:59

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March 1, 22:59 I received your email while eating dinner in the 55-year-old restaurant my driver insisted I come to instead of the 'nouv...

Mexico City Food Correspondent

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Friend and fellow blogger extraordinaire, Erin Newby of O-Absalom , sends us dispatches from the Federal District's food scene. Unfortun...
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22 February 2009

Polish Nostalgia

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The lovely Nicole Galpern had me over for some Polish TLC after a meeting at Food and Wine Magazine . We bonded the first year of Barnard Co...

Salads of the Non-Lettuce Kind, Winter Version

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Spending my early childhood in Rome meant that my craving for delicious vegetables were constant. Yet the large portion of my life spent in ...

Ray of Light Beef Tacos

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I have decided that Tyler Florence is the only ray of light left on the Food Network . When I first started receiving cable TV two years ag...
11 February 2009

Hungry in Afghanistan with No Time to Cook?

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Find out what the Expats in Kabul are eating : http://easyfood.af/ Someone's making brisk trade on Westerner's time and security con...
06 February 2009

Oops...

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What’s your greatest kitchen mishap? I’m not talking about the unfortunately ubiquitous slivered finger, but the more dramatic events. Last ...
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David Tanis' North African Comfort Food

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On a day when I had no idea what I wanted to eat, much less cook for a dinner party, Tanis ' cookbook, A Platter of Figs , solved everyt...

Homemade Crème Fraîche

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I spent the day in the Strand Bookstore 's cookbook section, reveling in the many, heavy shelves of food writing. While I wanted them al...
29 January 2009

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Modern Taste of Charleston : Chef Aaron Deal of Tristan (figure in far right, pondering) My first taste of a James Beard Foundation dinner ...
16 January 2009

Angela's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

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A guest article by Angela Williams , who makes chewy yet crispy chocolate chip cookies of a special magnificence. I especially like how the ...
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The Best Steak Sandwich

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Last night we ate NY Strip Steak (my favorite cut for its big flavor and chewy texture) with oven toasted, rosemary and thyme-rubbed potato ...
15 January 2009

White House Chef: Walter Scheib

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The James Beard Foundation is my new favorite organization. It's dedicated to excellence in American cuisine. Need I say more? In addit...
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