Sunday Traditions

April 6, 2010

Sometimes I really dig repetition.  I find rhythm soothing and like the familiarity of things that occur with some regularity.  It’s not that I want to go to the same bar every day or eat the same things again and again, it’s more of creating little traditions out of the seemingly mundane.  Think Thanksgiving [...]

Read the full article →

Domo arigato, afogatto roboto?

March 31, 2010

I don’t know why the lyrics popped into my head but there they were — domo arigoto — distracting me from the task at hand.  Last nights meal at Bibbiana came to a close with hot espresso cascading over two small quenelles of milk gelato.  An exercise in simplicity compared to the fanfare that [...]

Read the full article →

Gone Fishin’

March 30, 2010

When I was much much younger my mom packed up the car, bought me a Chinese take out container of grass shrimp, and took me on a fishing trip. The lake churned with blue gill and my bait was like potato chips. I was pulling fish out of the water as fast as [...]

Read the full article →

A Morning Buzz and a Perfect Cup of Coffee

March 29, 2010

So I think I’ve got a bead on a pretty bangin’ brunch.  Normally I ignore the ritual preferring to lounge at home with a press pot and records, but a recently stoked soccer addiction has me dragging my ass out of bed.  Bars and restaurants all over the city are taking advantage of games [...]

Read the full article →

Time for some work.

March 17, 2010

When I’ve neglected something for a significant period it’s sometimes difficult to find my way back in. But I think I’ve waited enough… And I’m hungry now. And if the best way to start any new day’s effort is breakfast, then why not the same for this post?

“You got any Taylor Pork Roll?” [...]

Read the full article →

Bye-Bye Basil

August 17, 2009

If your basil looks anything like the picture below then you might not have been aggressive enough with your scissors this summer. Not that I’m casting blame. Every plant in my front garden has grown tall and lanky despite my best efforts.   I think local weather this season was conducive to bolting.
While [...]

Read the full article →

Millions of Peaches

August 4, 2009

I think these farmers are up to something.  On little plastic plates piled high for grubby hands were the sweetest, most perfect representation of peachy pleasure I’d encountered all summer.  I’d been waiting for peach season for weeks and rumors that the rainy Spring was great for stone fruit was fueling desire.
At home with the [...]

Read the full article →

Lil’ Choppers

August 3, 2009

Grill books love to tout huge cuts seared over intense flames and finished  slowly over indirect heat. The results are a charred exterior and if you prefer, a wonderfully rare center. It’s a great technique that works for just about everything except fish and chicken but it requires you commit to a sizable [...]

Read the full article →

Defining Madness

July 17, 2009

Standing in my garage next to an old gas grill and a stand alone propane burner I told my friend that I was ready to conduct a follow up test run.  Frank was taken back, noting my burgers were already better than most.
“They were fine” as they were.
“Fine?”
I was comparing myself to the great restaurant [...]

Read the full article →

Meat Popsicle

July 15, 2009

The NY times offers a look into the world of gyro manufacturing today.  With so many food writers bashing processed food as of late it’s interesting to see a journalist cover a big manufacturer and not light fires.  The article itself is alright, but the  accompanying video is borderline disturbing.   Not that it’s unsanitary [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →