Soaking your own chickpeas and fava beans makes all the difference.
I ate my first falafel far, far away from any palm trees. I was standing on the sidewalk alongside Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Mass., next to a truck that fed falafel to Massachusetts Institute of Technology students.
My big brother was letting me tag along while [...]
Bacon drizzled with butterscotch, apple shavings, lemon thyme, by poq.
There’s a restaurant in Chicago that’s trying to take fine dining into the fourth dimension.
Taste, texture, design. Those are the first three things most chefs think of as they craft dishes. But, following on the footsteps of Spain’s Adrian Ferra, a chef named Grant Achatz has [...]
True confession time.
My friend Jaybo brought a care package, a token of his love, back to the office in early February.
His Valentine was pork. We’re guys; that’s how we roll.
Pulled pork, to be precise, from a place I have never been to, in Springville. It’s called Smokin’ Tom’s (555 S. Cascade Dr. (Rt. 219), 592-7137). [...]
Bright, light and tasty - not a bad combination
(Kevin Purdy, a Central New York transplant who can’t seem to stay away from Buffalo, wrote the following guest post. He works as a journalist in Niagara County and is waiting, patiently, for The Great Asian Lunch Spot to open there.)
When I used to work in downtown [...]
Now that’s fresh fish
The store at 3306 Bailey Ave. is called An Chau Asian Market.
With all due respect, that’s a weak name. If you’ve got it, flaunt it.
On the other hand, “An Chau Asian Malaysian Ghanian Hatian Jamaican Nigerian Market” would probably not have fit on the building.
Andy Pham is from Vietnam, and he opened [...]
We’d just pick it up by the convenient handle, but that wouldn’t be civilized
Who doesn’t like a nice hunk of tender meat when it’s homicidally cold outside? Braised lamb shank is easy enough.
Get two lamb shanks, and cut around the bone an inch from the skinny end (this helps the meat fall away and expose [...]
Day 19 - delicious, magical Day 19 by mandydale.
Amanda Kelso was a vegetarian for 12 years when she decided to return to the “dark side” of life’s menu. She didn’t just dabble in chicken breast. No, she dove right into the deep end – having a different kind of pork each day for 30 days [...]
A delicious blanket stretching as far as the eye can see
Who took me to DiTondo’s for the first time? I cannot remember. This is only important because I believe that people who improve your life in a significant way deserve not only thanks, but payback.
When it comes to DiTondo’s, I owe so hard, it hurts.
DiTondo’s [...]
Gingerbread pancakes, by Homesick Texan
She grew up in Austin, Texas, where chicken-fried steak and Texas red (chili, no beans ever) were the stuff of life.
Then she decamped to New York City, where “salsa” comes in a glass jar. As many co-suffers do in times of desperation, she took matters into her own hands. Fortunately, she [...]
