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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October 21, 2009
A few weeks back, my bff Kristi, Nate and I stopped by Preston Creek Winery on our way back from the Ladhabhoy nuptials in Healdsburg, Sonoma County (I went to a total of seven weddings this
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August 28, 2009
Since moving to California, I’ve become a bit of a drunk. I’m not sure if it’s out of boredom of living in Cupertino, in the house I grew up in, right across the street from my high school. It could be that I’m almost 30 and living with
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January 28, 2009
I don’t pretend to know anything about wine, but I do drink lots of it. When choosing a bottle, I honestly just peruse the aisles with a puzzled look until I see a label that
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November 4, 2008
Sepi (aka Jon Sublet) and Amira got engaged!!! To celebrate this momentous occasion, we popped open a special bottle of Juve y Camps cava that Marc brought back for me from Barcelona. So awesome of him! I had been saving it for a special moment, and this was IT.
September 22, 2008
Picked up a bottle, er, a BOX of Bandit Pinot Grigio last weekend at LeNell’s in Red Hook. This stuff rocks!!! It was $10 and totally decent wine… in a Tetra Pak!
July 24, 2008
I’m noticing way too much asian-ness on this blog right now, so I’m gonna mix it up a little bit. Gotta keep it culturally diverse. (Insert sarcastic face here).
Fumiko just got back from a jaunt in Barcelona- she has a nice Mediterranean glow and is speaking in funky JaSpanGlish with a weird Catalan accent. Oy.
She brought me back, what else,
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July 13, 2008
I was having trouble deciding on a wine and just as I started to get frustrated, I was struck by Basket Case’s lighthearted, cute label that proclaims “everybody [is] just a little bit crazy” and “wine is about fun.” I’m
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July 9, 2008
Hard to believe that in my little hometown of Cupertino, CA, there is a world renowned winery tucked deep into the hillside. Cupertino is a part of the Silicon Valley- it’s where you can find 1 Infinite Loop aka
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June 27, 2008
My friend Stephen is a professional gardener at the Conservatory Garden in Central Park and he invited me to a sweet little soiree they were having on Wednesday. If you haven’t been, it’s a spectacular garden on 105th Street
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June 26, 2008
This week I went to a champagne reception at Adour Alain Ducasse, the 6 month old restaurant inside the St. Regis Hotel in NYC. I was there taking pictures of a reception for supporters of the James
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