Musings on Starters, Mains, Desserts and Second-Helpings…
Posted in African, Ethiopian, Recipes, Saveur, beef, bread, butter, culture, diversity, flour, food magazines, kale, lentils, peas, spices on Feb 22nd, 2009
Last week I had off from work for our “midwinter” break. It wasn’t a very relaxing week but cooking, for me, is very relaxing. Five hours of cooking can actually be quite relaxing as well. And that’s what happened when I decided to take on the challenge that Joan of Foodalogue put in front of [...]
Posted in America, Chorizo, Colombian, Restaurant Review, arepas, caldo, chicharron, diversity, eating, empanadas, indulgent meal, podcast, red beans, restaurant, rice on Feb 5th, 2009
This podcast is an interview with our friend and native Colombian Juan Camilo Osorio covering not just the Colombian restaurant – Cositas Ricas – we visited together, but also some background on Colombian food and how it is eaten.
Some readers may remember back in the early fall when we posted about Bandeja Paisa, the gut-busting [...]
Posted in Chorizo, Recipe, Recipes, Steak, beans, beef, cabbage, chicharron, cilantro, cornmeal, crispy, diversity, egg, fried, grilled, indulgent meal, lunch, masa, morcilla, peppers, pinto beans, pork, red beans, spicy, tourism, tradition, yucca on Oct 1st, 2008
Disclaimer: Our dear Colombian friend kindly let us know that our too-styled, “pretty” version of Bandeja Paisa is a bit less authentic because of the way we put things on the plate. Hear our Juan Camilo discuss Bandeja Paisa and all things Colombian in our exclusive podcast interview.
We are fortunate enough to live in a city with [...]
Posted in America, California, Food Commentary, diversity, summer, tourism, travel on Sep 13th, 2008
Recently, Amy and I had a lovely vacation in northern California, spending the latter portion of it in the charming and constantly hilarious company of the Garing/Combs family – Amy’s aunt/uncle/cousins on her mother’s side (in case you care for that level of detail). On our penultimate day with them, we visited the “world-famous” Mystery Spot, [...]
Posted in America, Brooklyn, Caribbean, Food Commentary, New York City, Roti, culture, curry, diversity, festival, fish, fried, fritters, goat, summer on Sep 1st, 2008
We literally just walked in after spending our Labor Day afternoon at the annual WIADP (West Indian American Day Parade) on Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, but to describe what we just witnessed as simply a parade would be akin to saying that scotch bonnet peppers are sometimes a little spicy, i.e. an enormous underestimation. The parade [...]
Posted in America, Bourdain, England, Fergus Henderson, Food Commentary, Gabrielle Hamilton, London, Mark Bittman, Prune, Restaurant Review, alcohol, batter, bone-marrow, butter, celebrity, chefs, cornichons, delicacy, dining, diversity, eating, game, gherkins, indulgent meal, offal, philosophy, podcast, quail, rabbit, restaurant, squab, sweetbreads on Apr 24th, 2008
Normally, when I think of prunes my first thought is the familiar TV commercial showing the side-by-side comparison of someone experiencing “bloating and discomfort” and someone enjoying the verve and gaiety brought on by just one bowlful of California prunes. However, since last Thursday, my first thought is now “when can I have some more?”. [...]
Posted in America, Easter, Meat, Provencal, bay, braised, bunny, capers, chicken stock, delicacy, dining, diversity, eating, flour, game, healthy, hearty, lower fat, mustard, olives, onions, parsley, podcast, rabbit, rosemary, savory, slow cooking, thyme on Mar 27th, 2008
It’s the Thursday after Easter and most people out there are still picking the candy and chocolate out of their teeth having just gorged themselves on all manner of Easter Bunny-shaped confectionery. Ever the destroyers of convention, we have been doing something altogether more real and, some may say, sinister. Yes, friends, cover your children’s [...]
Posted in Food Network, G Garvin, The Neelys, diversity, rant, television show on Jan 18th, 2008
Well, it looks as though either my blog has been read by Fool Network execs or there are more people out there wondering where the diversity has been on the station (NOTE: There are alot of other blogs discussing how homogeneous TFN has become, not only me). Starting at the beginning of February (Feb. 2nd, [...]
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