I wonder how good is the average bagel in a city outside of New York City. While we had ice cream from Luca and Bosco, my fatty side got the better of me and I started to think that more dairy products would be good....
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On 369 Broome St in Manhattan lives the real deal Banh Mi (as far as Manhattan is concerned). The Saigon Vietnamese Sandwich shop is ready to stand up tell all the pretenders to shut up. This is no overpriced and undersized crap like at Hanco’s...
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The old saying goes, “You can never have too much of a good thing.” Before you think about whether you generally agree with that statement, let’s apply that phrase to ramen restaurants in the East Village. Ippudo remains my favorite, although I like the straight...
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The only thing that I’ve eaten that was truly truly a party in my mouth was pop rocks. Those candies that give you little bursts of pop when you chugged those little cystals directly from the packet. Parties are loud and boisterous and lively. The...
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Near the town of Cancale in Brittany, there’s a well-known restaurant called Le Château Richeux. It’s owned by Olivier Roellinger. You may remember the restaurant and the dude from the episode of No Reservations when Anthony Bourdain paid a visit to the restaurant. It’s kinda...
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My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas. That was one of the first things I learned after starting third grade. It’s a mnemonic device used for learning the nine planets in our solar system, although now pluto is not a planet anymore. Does...
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I’m still editing pictures from Seattle, which is why you’re getting a picture of blue skies and the ocean. When the weather is nice up there in the Pacific Northwest, the outdoor stuff is pretty ridiculous. Meanwhile, let’s talk about some awesome food that was...
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Lately I’ve felt uninspired to write about food. Blogging in your spare time is like a hobby that feels like a job. No one likes a job. Sometimes I wonder if it’s New York City though. Coming up on my 11th year in the five...
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This past Saturday I was lucky enough to attend a Grand Tasting Event at the New York Wine & Food Festival. If you haven’t heard much about this festival in previous years, it’s because this was the first year of the festival in New York....
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Social media apparently can flatten the world. Ideas can reach across oceans and topple dictators and revoke a constitution so that an army could rule a country. Hurray for Egypt! I think? You know what social media is not doing for me though? It’s not...
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