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 ...August 25, 2010
I’m feeling a bit deflated today. Recently I discovered that my column shares the same name with a right-wing, conspiracy theory, political blog (I’ll leave out the hyper link here, because you don’t need to waste your time with all that. Ok never mind, freedom of speech yaddi yadda, here you go).
So just
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August 3, 2009
My mama and I have this ritual lately where we go to the Mt. View farmer’s market on Sunday mornings. The market here in the Bay Area is unreal- it’s such a vibrant celebration of vegetables and fruits, the way I have never seen in NYC.
There’s so much
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July 9, 2009
My mom went to Paris and all I got was this lousy Edible Paper. Being a fan of everything fake and pink I had to give this a try.
Everyone across the world is probably constantly wondering: How do those French supermodels keep so beautiful
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June 19, 2009
Yesterday I was at my usual Thursday happy hour and started wandering around the city with a little buzz trying to figure out where to go next. As I approached the corner of Folsom and 7th Street, I noticed a food truck in a parking lot and
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February 23, 2009
Finally made it to my #1 NYC fantasy restaurant, Le Bernardin! I had been dying to go there for years- one time I had almost convinced my parents to take me, but alas
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January 5, 2009
In Vegas, every other thing that came out of my
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November 21, 2008
We splurged at one of the best restaurants in Cabo, which was conveniently located in the hotel we stayed at. We asked concierge to make a reservation, and I casually asked about dress code, and she said “elegant outfit”. WTF does that mean? It’s a beach vacation, and Nate only had a pair of jeans, and she
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September 17, 2008
Have you ever read “The Magic Mountain” by Thomas Mann? Everyone is dying of consumption up in the Alps, taking the “cure.” They are all a little too interested in the food because they have nothing else to do besides falling in love with other rapidly failing mortals. I went to Vals Therme, which is a kind of
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September 1, 2008
Halfway through our lunch at Interlude, Jack turned to me and said, “I think this may be the best meal I’ve ever had”. I had to agree. We both said that our meal at The
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July 30, 2008
I liked this restaurant for the atmosphere…very relaxed and casual feeling for somewhat not homey food. The chefs recently changed so the quality is supposed to have gotten better. One Italian and one Portuguese. We took the last bottle of an amazing wine but the funny part is that they actually mark last bottles on the menu as such.
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