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 26, 2010
Lake Tahoe is a bit of a nightmare during the height of the summer. The lake is a dream but South Lake Tahoe is swarming with slot machine hungry tourists from both sides of the border (California and Nevada).
We stayed at the Marriot and I had no complaints, especially
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June 3, 2010
Hot Doug’s (The Sausage Superstore and Encased Meat Emporium) was really the ONLY place Matt wanted to go to during our Chicago visit. Our conversations leading up to the trip often went like this:
Kayoko: Should we go to Burt’s Place for pizza?
Matt: Sure, I’ll
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April 27, 2010
It’s sugar snap pea season! These beans are so sweet and only need a minute in the frying pan, which means it’s perfect for us LASYASSES.
Remember when I wrote about chinese sausages, aka lap cheong
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April 9, 2010
One of my loyal Monday night regulars brought me these on the other week. A bag full of Chinese sausages! YAY! He grew up in San Francisco and swears that this one butcher in Chinatown, Mao Lee, makes them the best (somewhere around
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February 23, 2010
Last week I was invited to dinner at the Farm on Adderley in Brooklyn and by chance there was a special dinner going on, so we signed up for it! The butchers from Fleisher’s in Kingston, NY were hosting
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February 12, 2010
I love chicken livers, but battered in panko and fried???? HOLY HOTCAKES! I could not stop– I think I ate this entire plate all by my lonesome. No sharing, sorry!
The nuttiness of
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PREQUEL
Umamiventure #22: St. George Spirits & Hangar One Vodka (SF Bay Area)
What’s the best accompaniment to whiskey? BBQ all the way! As I’ve already told you, the very first time I tasted St. George whiskey was at
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February 8, 2010
Ibu Oka is one of the most famous food joints on the entire island of Bali– located in a touristy area of Ubud, Ibu Oka serves some of the best suckling pig. Anthony Bourdain has been here, as have many other food celebrities. Since we stayed
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August 21, 2009
So after watching Julie & Julia and being the dork that I am, I got inspired to make boeuf bourguignon. Props to my buddy Grant – I got the recipe from
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August 13, 2009
So had some friends over on Tuesday night and wanted to make something special and complicated (ish) — I had not cooked in a about a week and my Two Dudes, One Pan
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