What is Umami? Ponder the oyster. A martini. Tom yum. Carne asada. Fleur de sel. All umami. Don't try to define it! Just surrender to the addiction; savor the flavor implosion.
kayoko: Eric- you’ll need to free up a few belt notches, for sure. So jealous!
kayoko: HOORAY FOR LANCASTER BUTTER! Don’t know what the Amish do, but they make the BEST BUTTER EVER.
Eric: I’m very concerned for my heart health when I move to NOLA next year.
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December 9, 2009
While he ate his sandwich and sipped his beer, a bit of conversation came back to him. Blaisedell, the poet, had said to him, “You love beer so much, I’ll bet someday you’ll go in and order a beer milk
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December 1, 2009
Trader Joe’s. Cupertino, CA. Do you see all the little silhouettes of monkeys everywhere? The whole thing is so cheesy, I couldn’t resist buying a box (only $1.99 for four bananas!).
Just in case you were interested:
November 5, 2009
My new favorite ice-cream product is Chocobari. The closest translation for the Japanese word “bari” in English is the onomatopoeia “crunch.”
I first knew of Chocobari in the summer months when they were running ads for it on TV. I couldn’t
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September 28, 2009
Just got back from LaLaLand for the last in a never ending series of weddings this year (uhhh, SEVEN). Jon Sublet got hitched!!! It was quite the wedding for the ages- the dessert table consisted of Persian sweets,
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September 3, 2009
My partner and I took a mini-honeymoon to Hokkaido this week with one mission – to eat our way through the Northern land famous for squid, crab, salmon and dairy. We ate so much that I will blaze through our eats in a series of posts centering on
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June 3, 2009
I went to Whole Foods the other day to buy “healthy stuff.” When lo and behold, what do I see in the freezer section? Frozen rice krispie treats filled with ICE CREAM!! What?!
But as I get
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April 19, 2009
Drove down to Palm Springs last weekend for Sashe’s fabulous wedding weekend. It was to be a fun-filled weekend of old friends, celebrating love,
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February 25, 2009
My dear friend Jim is opening a sandwich, beer and ice cream joint in LA!!! My three favorite food groups all under one roof- could you ask for anything more? I think not. He and his biz partner Jason have named the cafe The Golden State, that will quite appropriately be highlighting
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February 12, 2009
Just got back from lunch at Google- this time on the main campus. Dude, cafeteria is so ridiculously insane: Indian bar, sushi bar, and an “East Meets West” bar where they had BACON FRIED RICE!!!! It’s on the menu once a week, which is to say I will be sneaking in every week to get my bacon rice
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February 3, 2009
As my introductory post, I would like to tread upon virgin Umami Mart territory… DUN DUN DUN… *HOSPITAL FOOD*!
Perhaps it doesn’t have the allure of airplane foodstuffs, but hospital food is interesting in a way
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