‘Food’ Archives
Inside Harvard’s New Science of Cooking of Class
Ten minutes before Science of the Physical Universe 27 -- better known as the food/science extravaganza that's bringing in Ferran Adrià (El Bulli), Wylie Dufresne (wd-50), and José Andrés (minibar, Jaleo) to campus -- the doorway was already mobbed. See the press release about the food science class here. . There's a seven minute rule at the school. Classes never start on time; students [...]
The Berkshires’ Amazing $5 Tomato
I picked up some beautiful heirloom tomatoes at Rubiner's in Great Barrington, MA. One of them was truly a beaut: a giant green tomato that tasted better than any ketchup-red supermarket pretender. But it did cost about $5. The finished display, with slices of mozzarella, drizzled with olive oil and liberally doused in kosher salt. I have to say, if you're in Great Barrington, Rubiner's [...]
Attention, NYC Chinese Food-venturers!
I got this interesting email the other day. Josh is starting up a group to explore NYC's food scene, with the first trip using my two guides for the Golden Shopping Mall. If you're interested in joining other people to eat Seriously Good Chinese food at the Golden Shopping Mall in NYC, do take Josh up on his offer this Saturday... My name is Josh and I just started a new Meetup Group, called the [...]
Persian and Italian Prix Fixe Traveling Meal
I ignore a lot of press releases, but I got an interesting one recently about a Persian/Italian dinner done by Lala Rokh and Bin 26 enoteca. I had to reread the description before I figured it out. This is not some fusion dinner, per se. It involves two courses at Lala Rokh (Persian homestyle food) before getting up and walking over to Bin 26 enoteca (for the Italian portion). You can also [...]
Zinneken’s in Harvard Square Brings You Belgian Waffles
This exclusive tip just in: Zinneken's, a Belgian waffle shop, will be opening in about four months in Harvard Square. Zinneke in Brussels dialect means someone of mixed origins, which not only represents the founders, but also their ambitions to introduce authentic Belgian food to Bostonians. They promise that Zinneken's baked-to-order offerings will to put your standard Americanized "Belgian [...]
How To Make Trailer Trash Eggs Benedict (Recipe!)
Eggs Benedict with Hot Dogs. I'm not joking. (My photo, with a Canon Rebel XS + kit lens + PS) I was cooking up breakfast one Saturday morning for my better half when the urge hit me. You know. The urge. That crazy little idea in your head. Yeah, I thought. Yeah, I'm a cooking badass. I'm going to make EGGS BENEDICT. You don't understand how exciting this idea was. I had never [...]
Flushing Mall’s Improbable Statue
There are some things in life that can only be elegantly described as "WTF?" This statue (with me hamming it up on the left to convey scale) was found in Queens' Flushing Mall en route to the Flushing Mall Food Court. Photographer Robyn Lee was equally perplexed. Yes. WTF indeed.
Why Chinese Restaurateurs Get Stuck Selling Cheap
Egg drop soup, courtesy of Serious Eats' Robyn Lee I got an interesting comment on my post about why Chinese restaurants are so cheap about a month ago. (And my friend Sam sent in an excellent post about the culinary fundamentals that work against Chinese chefs.) The reader was Jack Neefus, a Baltimore resident who works in finance and dabbles in cooking and travel. He's been to China few [...]
Cambridge Restaurant Search Directory
I stumbled across this useful page, which may interest the Cantabrigians and Cambridge-lovers amongst you. It's a check-the-boxes style of restaurant search where you can sort by cuisine and neighborhood. It is, however, two years out of date. Craigie on Main "will open in November 2008" on their Central Square directory. Yeah... But worth a glance if you'd like to browse a comprehensive list [...]
Deuxave opening in Boston’s Back Bay’s menu, hours
Photo courtesy of CBH CommunicationsI have been observing Deuxave's construction on Mass Ave and Commonwealth for months now. I'm frequently found traipsing around Back Bay these days, so an ambitious new neighborhood restaurant is much welcomed. The food is seasonally inspired new American, with emphasis on sourcing local ingredients, and priced at around $26 an entree. The whole shebang is [...]
CampusTweet interviews me on video; Korean food ensues
The very talented Lynne Guey of CampusTweet interviews me on video. Dinner was at Woorijip, a Korean fast food place in NYC's Korea town. She's also written up a lovely and insightful blog post about meeting someone you've been following through the Internet. There are some embarrassing photos in there. Yes, I wore a spike bracelet and red zebra print tank tops. I thought I was pretty [...]
Calling all Boston Vinophiles
Want to win tickets to Morton's Uncorked Tasting Series? Have ace recommendations? See the blurb below: Uncorked Tasting Series, Morton’s The Steakhouse Back Bay is asking Boston vinophiles to submit wine suggestions for the August 30 tasting (theme is “You Tell Us”) for the chance to win four comp tickets to the event. All folks have to do is send suggestions (sky’s the limit) to [...]
Best food in Flushing, Queens: 11 food stalls, 1 monster post
The followup to yesterday's post about the Golden Shopping Mall's first floor can only be outshone by the followup. This is truly epic, and I say this with no twinge of marketing bravado. You should take a look at it, even if you have no interest in visiting Queens, because you want to see what a truly obsessive, twisted blog post looks like. Seriously. This stuff took weeks. And there's a [...]
How to eat Flushing, Queens
Don't miss my most recent post for Serious Eats, a monster roundup of Golden Shopping Mall's first floor. Yeah, I did all the graphics. Because I'm obsessive and like twiddling bits on Photoshop for hours and hours. My roundup of the basement is tomorrow, and there will be a Flushing Mall food court post as well! Finally, I'm working on a video to accompany these posts where I'm the genial, [...]
Scallion, bacon, egg, and Sriracha pizza pie
For those of you that expressed interest (i.e. the inimitable MyInnerFatty), here's my scallion pie from a few entries back that I never posted a photo of. The Sriracha is cleverly mixed with crushed San Marzano tomatoes as sauce. That was kind of the whole point of the pizza. All kinds of massive pizzafail after the jump. No, I don't pretend I'm a professional pizza maker... [...]
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