Posted in Chorizo, Meat, Pernil, bacon, chicharron, chops, guanciale, ham, iberico, jamon, pancetta, pigs, pork, salami, sausage, soppressata on Jan 25th, 2009
Anyone who takes even the briefest glance at our body of work on this blog cannot fail to notice that we have a definite proclivity towards the porcine, and so it is that this top five is perhaps the most hotly contested monthly selection thus far.
The pig is, in our humble opinion, the greatest animal [...]
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Posted in Chorizo, Christmas, Food Commentary, Madrid, Olive Oil, Spain, bread, breakfast, castille, cheese, egg, ham, holiday, holidays, iberico, jamon, salami, sausage, tomato, tortilla, tourism, travel, weight on Dec 17th, 2008
It’s nearly a year now since we were in Madrid, and while during that time we’ve managed to shed some of the excess poundage we gained there, we’ve lost none of our longing to be back there. And, it’s a strange thing about longing that all your memories become more vivid, and you remember even [...]
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Posted in Emilia Romagna, Italian, Italy, Modena, Pizza, Recipe, Tuscan, acorns, balsamico, delicacy, indulgent meal, lard, lardo, pigs, rosemary, salami, tourism, travel, unhealthy, vinegar on Nov 7th, 2008
Have you ever eaten something so fabulous, so lucious, so decadent that you almost felt the need to run to confession (to confess your indulgent food “sins”), say three Hail Mary’s (that’s for you Catholics out there) and pray really hard that you can zip your jeans up again? Ok, a bit exaggerated, but looking [...]
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Posted in Bon Appetit, Gourmet, asparagus, cheese, cold cuts, comte, cream, crimini, easy, egg, gruyere, healthy, mushroom, mushrooms, petite jurassic, pie crust, puff pastry, ricotta, salami, soppressata, tart, tomato on Sep 29th, 2008
In recent years, I’ve become a food magazine junkie. I’ve pretty much ordered every single one over the past 10 years (no Rachael Ray & Martha Stewart mags don’t count in my world) and found that only a small handful are worth reordering (ahem, Saveur, Gourmet, Cucina Italiana, Food & Wine). One that I keep [...]
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Posted in Food Commentary, Italian, New York City, Pasta, Restaurant Review, indulgent meal, offal, salami, tripe, tuscany on Oct 29th, 2007
This review won’t be long, and I won’t make it fancy. It’s been almost 24 hours since I left A Voce, the upscale modern Italian eatery in a strange part of the Flatiron district of Manhattan run by a former chef at Cafe Boulud, Andrew Carmellini. My body may have left there at 11PM Saturday, [...]
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Regular readers of this blog, and we still believe there are some, though we use the term regular advisedly, might be under the mistaken impression that we are firmly anti-sandwich after reading several of the “At the desk gourmet” posts in which we spoke somewhat derogatorily of “soggy, $8″ sandwiches that had spent the day [...]
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