From the category archives:
The New York Times ran a nice little piece on a live-poultry-and-more joint in the Bronx. I’m a big fan of these operations, so it’s nice to see some positive coverage about them, and with a ‘here’s a normal part of the neighborhood’ tone, instead of the ‘what is that mysterious place at the end [...]
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I recently came across (OK, no, Peter forwarded me the links) two blogs doing reviews of Astoria restaurants.
Every Restaurant in Astoria seems like the more promising, if only because its authors recognize the sheer foolishness of their endeavor: “like Sisyphus, but with gyros,” as they put it. I like their moxie, and their attitude comes [...]
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Spotted this video on deboning a pig’s head on Gourmet.com, but was too distracted to watch it. Handily, one of my informants passed me the link yesterday. I’m glad I didn’t miss it.
Oddly, the only thing I found heebie-jeebie-inducing was the part where he cleaned out the ears. Ew.
Good prep for the pig-butchering class [...]
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We went to the St. Francis of Asisi crab feast in Baltimore again. It was fantastic. They had a new caterer this year, which may be why the crabs seemed plumper and the side dishes were tastier. Zim Zemelman and his orchestra were replaced by some new dame, but the monsignor still played the trombone, [...]
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I’m so proud! An essay of mine about my killer year in Cairo is in the new summer issue of Gastronomica (Vol 8, no. 3).
You might remember my previous appearance in Gastronomica, but that was just on the letters page, and I was wrapped in blue Saran wrap.
Now I have two whole pages to [...]
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Long ago, I started an email correspondence with a man who wanted me to taste his balls.
I know, these guys are a dime a dozen on the web, but this one was special–it was the estimable Chef Thorwald Voss, one of the founders of the Supperclub. I’ve written about him before, but on this last [...]
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They’re up on Flickr: Amsterdam July 08. Once I sifted out all the photos of restaurant menus and museum opening times, alas, there was not a lot left. But enough to show some of the city’s finer points…even if I had to be locked in to get the shot.
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I feel incredible smugness at the moment for getting my blog all transferred and working again…as long as I blot out the parts where I totally fucked it up and made the job a thousand times harder than it had to be. I guess we cause problems just to solve them…
The most aggravating part [...]
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