Posted in Bourdain, Fergus Henderson, Gabrielle Hamilton, London, Meat, Prune, cornichons, gherkins, parsley, podcast, salt on Nov 14th, 2009
Sometimes there is just no reason to be extra creative and come up with your own spin on a dish. Sometimes you just have to follow a recipe exactly as it is. Sometimes you have to trust that the least amount of ingredients and cooking time is just right – no need for tweaking or [...]
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Posted in America, Chorizo, Colombian, Restaurant Review, arepas, caldo, chicharron, diversity, eating, empanadas, indulgent meal, podcast, red beans, restaurant, rice on Feb 5th, 2009
Cositas Ricas, A Colombian Food Primer:
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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 [...]
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Posted in British, England, Fergus Henderson, Food Commentary, Gabrielle Hamilton, London, Prune, Restaurant Review, animals, dining, duck, eating, family, holiday, lunch, mutton, parsley, pigs, podcast, restaurant, tourism, travel, trotter on Dec 3rd, 2008
Eating Nose to Tail in London - St. John Restaurant:
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Since Amy and I have been together I think we’ve only spent two Thanksgivings in America – not because we don’t enjoy turkey, but because it is often the cheapest time of the year to leave the country as many expat Americans are returning home. And true to form, this year, despite a sizable delay [...]
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Posted in America, Beach, Garlic, Italian-American, New Jersey, Olive Oil, Recipe, aglio e olio, butter, crab, crispy, culture, delicacy, dining, easy, eating, fish, grilling, holiday, podcast, saute, savory, seafood, shore, soft-shell, summer, tourism, tradition, travel on Jun 25th, 2008
Soft-Shell Crabs: A Mid-Atlantic Delicacy:
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Nothing says summer to this Philly girl more than ‘going down the shore’ (translation: heading to southern New Jersey to go to the beach), grilling, horseshoes, and soft shell crabs. The first time I was asked to taste a soft shell crab I had to ask my dad what the f it meant. “You mean [...]
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Posted in Bastille Day, Carcassonne, Europe, Food Commentary, France, French, French-ness, culture, eating, festival, french fries, fried, grilled, grilling, history, holiday, patriotism, podcast, sandwiches, sausage, street food, summer, tourism, tradition, travel, unhealthy on May 6th, 2008
Sandwich de Merguez - French Street Food at its Best:
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A few summers ago we were very fortunate to spend a long vacation traveling through northern Spain and southwestern France. It was our first real vacation alone since Amy and I had met, and was especially well-deserved because we had spent the previous 12 months going through the traumatic [...]
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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?”. [...]
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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
Provencal Rabbit Stew:
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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 [...]
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