Posted in Beach, Brazil, Brazilian, Food Commentary, Portuguese, alcohol, alcoholic drink, beverage, brandy, cachaça, culture, drink, language, lime, soccer, sugar on Oct 7th, 2008
When you think of Brazil what do you think of? Is it the lazy sway of coconut palms, golden beaches, beautiful, bronzed people, a back-drop of Sugar Loaf Mountain, and soundtrack of relaxing bossa nova? Is it a throbbing samba rhythm, huge, garish paper-mache heads, and crowds of people dancing at carnival? Is it the magnificent […]
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Posted in Mexican, Recipe, Recipes, Steak, barbecue, beef, cabbage, cheap meal, chile, chili, cilantro, culture, easy, language, lime, meal, oregano, peppers, serrano, spicy, technique, tomatillos, tortilla, tortillas, tradition on Apr 10th, 2008
Normally we wouldn’t post a recipe for something as everyday as a steak taco. Most people know how to make them, right? But how many take the time to cook them really, really well? It actually doesn’t take much longer to make them more authentic. I’m not being a food snob […]
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Posted in Chorizo, Los Pollitos, Mexican, Recipe, Recipes, avocado, beans, black beans, cheap meal, chicken, chile, chili, cilantro, cornmeal, cream, food, lime, masa, onions, peppers, pinto beans, red beans, serrano, sopes, spicy, tomatillos on Feb 14th, 2008
Almost every time we eat out at one of our favorite local Mexican cheap-eats, it is difficult for me to resist the crunchy and tasty sopes. These traditional Mexican dish involves fried masa cakes and can be topped with a variety of things - chorizo, beef, chicken, pork, veggies or beans. Some are made small […]
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Posted in Chorizo, Garlic, Recipe, Recipes, beans, black beans, cheap meal, chile, chili, cilantro, easy, entertainment, food, lime, pinto beans, quick meal, red beans, rice, sausage, side dish, spicy, tradition on Dec 13th, 2007
It is widely-known that one of the meanest, yet most effective, ways of taking revenge on someone for an injustice is by poisoning them. Throughout history countless numbers of important and unimportant people have been killed with poison. So great was the fear of being poisoned that the kings and queens of Great Britain employed […]
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Posted in Asian, Brooklyn, Meat, Recipe, Recipes, Restaurant Review, Ribs, Thai, beef, cilantro, food, lime, pressure-cooker, rant, rice on Dec 10th, 2007
Did you ever have a restaurant that you once loved and somehow, over the years, it lost its way? Did you give that restaurant just ONE last chance, hoping that it would eventually return back to it’s former self, but it never really did? One last question, did you ever give the same restaurant a “second […]
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