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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Loading ...March 23, 2010
Wine bar meets patisserie? Yes, please! Especially when it involves Pichet Ong. Imagine a place where you can sit either with a book and cappuccino in the afternoon or with friends and Cabernet in the evening.
Reminiscent of a mini Parisian brasserie, the walls are decorated with antique
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May 26, 2009
People in this country are obsessed with bacon. Bacon-wrapped pork, bacon-wrapped hotdogs, bacon-wrapped corn, bacon is everywhere. Last summer, I posted bacon chocolate, and there are a lot of sweet/savor
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April 13, 2009
Coconut macaroons with Jordan almonds. Yes, Kayoko, they are color-coordinated with my Easter decor.
N.B. Not the same thing as macarons, with which
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February 8, 2009
I am totally into food. Add my friend who is also totally into food, and you get a Pepto Bismol-inducing food frenzy. On one such occasion, we visited perhaps the only authentic Chinese joint in
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September 11, 2008
After spending cocktail hour at Botanica, we headed over to Steve’s Authentic Key Lime Pie around the corner- a definite stopover everyone should make while in Red Hook. I had run into Steve at
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August 21, 2008
These new food trucks are going to be the death of me. This was yesterday’s eventful day in the office:
Phone rings
Lori: “Hello?”Chris: “Kathy got a waffle”Lori: “Be right there!”Lori runs down hallway faster than she’s ever run before
The infamous
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August 15, 2008
The worst thing about my job is that I work near Times Square — tourist central. One of the few perks about working in this horrid area is that the Treats Truck graces us with its presence every Wednesday!
We actually stare out the
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August 10, 2008
Greetings from Down Under! I am in Australia, spending a few weeks in Melbourne and having a great time.
There are all kinds of funny little wordy differences here:
‘capsicum’ means ‘ bell / chili pepper’how are you going? = how
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July 29, 2008
Met up with Kiwa for lunch at Katsuhama to get our tonkatsu on, and after a meal of fried meats and julienned cabbage, we needed something sweet. We stopped into the pseudo stylish bento place Yushi Bento Bar (think untz, untz, untz) and found these cute little cups of panna cotta for $2!
July 2, 2008
Johnny Iuzzini makes the most beautiful desserts I think I’ve ever photographed. Seriously, they were so stunning that as I left our shoot on the patio of Jean Georges, I couldn’t wait to get home and look
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