What is Umami? Ponder the oyster. Tom yum. Carne asada. All umami. Don't try to define it! Just surrender to the addiction; savor the flavor implosion.
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September 1, 2010
Here at Happy Hour the subject all day every day is cocktails. I provide the recipes, and hopefully you enjoy them, and learn a little something new in the process. But a recent question from a friend prompted the realization that in all the posts
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I try to live my life void of time constraints. I don’t wear a watch, and I’m perpetually in a rush and am nearly always late for everything. I’m not proud of this, and it’s always something I try to improve, but it somehow makes me less anxious, not knowing
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So I’m having an old friend over for dinner, and he’s a vegetarian. Don’t we all hate cooking for vegetarians?
None of my tried-and-true-recipes-for-normal-carnivore guests, like Beetroot Chicken or Bloody Pot Roast Beef, would fit the food customs of my friend.
Luckily I recently had a fab side dish at another (non-vegetarian) dinner party some months ago–
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August 31, 2010
My sister came over the other day with part of an apple pie she had been talking about making for a while. The young, sour apples came from her garden and worked perfectly with the pie. The crust was very crispy on the ends – just
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August 30, 2010
I just had the most unique dining experience of my life and I have no idea what my food looked like. Basically, the above is what I saw for two hours straight.
NOTHING. I mean absolutely nothing. Didn’t matter if my eyes were opened or closed,
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August 27, 2010

Pizzeria Bruno was the one place I wanted to go during my visit to San Diego earlier this month. Mike Senese, television personality and hardcore pizzahead, had mentioned that it was, “easily the best pizza I’ve found in Southern California,” so of course I had to try it.
I walked
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August 25, 2010
“Idle hands are the Devil’s tools.” -Some historic hotard
It’s a rare thing for me to have down time these days, but after a very frenzied summer, I’ve stumbled upon a bit of unstructured time which quite frankly scares me. Naturally, I found a
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August 24, 2010

Introducing Breaderico Panini. Not to be mistaken with Federico Fellini, director of one of my favorite films, Otto e mezzo. (Is that so film student cliche, or what? Alas, I was not a film major. I was worse– the lit major).
Ain’t he dashing? Spitting image of Mastroianni.
I’m in a silly mood
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August 18, 2010
Since returning from New Orleans it seems like the pace of my life has only sped up, so I was thankful to be able to take a breather last week and have Kayoko fill in for me with an awesome post about
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August 13, 2010
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To bookend the week the way we started it, I leave you with more Tim and Eric Awesome Show. SWEET BERRY WINE! This one is my second favorite skit, after Ham’b Not Lamb. Steve Brule is such a genius.
And
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