March 2006

Whoa. Dude.

by zora on March 31, 2006

It’s so simple, yet so genius: deep-fried Cadbury Creme Eggs. Explain to me again–why did the British lose their empire?

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I went all the way to Flushing…

by zora on March 29, 2006

…and I ate a hamburger. For those of you who don’t live in NYC, this is almost equivalent to eating at McDonald’s in Taipei. Flushing is New York’s second Chinatown, in some ways now more dynamic than the one in Manhattan. I went out there to do a little on-the-ground research for The Rough Guide [...]

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Warn a Brotha: in the grocery store

by zora on March 24, 2006

And by “brotha,” I of course mean a fellow food lover. THIS is what everyone should be warned about: This vile new product, this thing they call the “Grapple” (that’s “GRAPE-ul”–see the diacritic mark?)–I saw it in the grocery store and was purely horrified. But did I share my knowledge with my friends and loved [...]

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Holy Jowl of God!

by zora on March 17, 2006

Last week, more than ten pounds of pig arrived on our doorstep, shipped from the kind people at Heritage Foods. This is a very honorable organization or charming farmers, whom Tamara is going to run off and marry a couple of, because their meat is so tasty. They’re the ones who made heirloom turkeys hip–they [...]

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