December 17, 2008
There’s a little Korea-town in the Akasaka section of Tokyo, just a little side street filled with Korean-owned and operated restaurants. Here, my friend Maho took me to one of her favorite spots, Ton-chan. There
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April 22, 2008
Many say that Dinosaur is the best bbq in town- nestled deep into the northwest corner of Manhattan, borderline Harlem/Morningside Heights, under the rumblings of the West Side Highway. It’s quite a trek, which made for the perfect Umamiventure.
April 2, 2008
My buddy Ray recently had his birthday gathering at Tomales Bay Oyster Company. It was genius. We headed north from SF over the Golden Gate and about another hour and a half on highway 1 winding through Stenson Beach to Tomales Bay. The place is simple. They
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January 21, 2008
Got back from a big road trip. We did NYC-Chicago-Memphis-Austin-New Orleans-Atlanta-Miami-Savannah-Charleston-NYC with a bunch of stops along the way. 3 weeks, 6000 miles. This could get way too long, so I’ll spare the descriptions of the food. I don’t know enough adjectives, and you can’t eat words anyway.
Left NYC a few days before Christmas, after eating at my
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November 22, 2007
Hello my name is Sonja and I’m a new poster here! I’ve been taking photos of food since I was 16 and never stopped. My life is recorded better in food pictures than in pictures of friends and family (that is sad). I live in Williamsburg but have never had really great food there (I seriously don’t think it exists)
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August 20, 2007
(As always, I forgot to take pictures of mine, and this is not from my kitchen)
Recently there are quite a few BBQ restaurants popping up in New York, including Justin Timberlake’s Southern Hospitality (let’s bet how long it lasts).
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June 6, 2007
There aren’t too many things I enjoy doing more than grillin’ outside with friends. I take great pride in my BBQ skills. More importantly I enjoy the look of satisfaction on people’s faces after each bite of my mouthwatering hamburgers.
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April 19, 2007
I don’t care what Time Out thinks. They ridiculously passed up the The Smoke Joint for Blue Smoke in Manhattan in their Eat Out Awards last week for Best BBQ, and all I have to say is: BAD CALL. I’d like to testify that The Smoke Joint is far superior to Blue Smoke, in taste
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