The older kids down my block once told me that if I stood in front of a mirror in the dark and repeated “Bloody Mary” over and over while spinning around, a bloody Mary Stuart would be waiting for me inside the mirror, and I would need to shine a flashlight on her before she [...]
I’ve written here about my formative obsession with American breakfast cereal, and though I’ve since grown into more mature tastes, there’s still one time of the year when I drop everything for the sake of my inner child. It helps that when Halloween invades the promotional aisles of supermarkets throughout the nation, General Mills tips [...]
Since moving to New York, I’ve had the feeling that Thai food in this town lags behind its California counterparts. On average, I’d still bet that this statement is empirically true. In the Bay Area, I can get a very decent Thai curry or noodle dish, full in flavor, replete with fresh California produce and [...]
Lesley Téllez is a freelance writer based in Mexico City. She writes about Mexican food and expat life on her blog, The Mija Chronicles, and gives private tours of Mexico City tacos, street food and markets with her culinary tourism business, Eat Mexico. Lesley is currently studying Mexican gastronomy at the Escuela de GastronomÃa Mexicana, [...]
My newest barbecue column for Serious Eats is the last of the stories I’ve written on my recent trip through the Carolinas. This piece is about the experience of eating at Scott’s Variety Store and Bar-B-Que, a country smoke house that is enough to make a man believe every barbecue legend in the book. Click [...]
What does Thai food mean to you? I agree with the artist. I’m going to go with smile! That artist, Little Tawan, had a different experience. As a small child, he had this restaurant named after him and designed after his drawings. Until late high school, I probably couldn’t have told you the name of [...]
Zach once encouraged me to join him for Sunday mass at an Orthodox church in East Los Angeles, a trip he would make whenever his grandparents were in town. He knew that I had nothing to gain in terms of salvation. He also knew, however, that my ears would perk at the mention of anyone’s [...]
My newest barbecue column for Serious Eats is the third of four stories I’m writing on my recent trip through the Carolinas. This piece includes a set of reviews focused on the region stretching from Columbia to Charleston in South Carolina. Referred to by some as “The Mustard Belt,” this area is known for pairing [...]
Being bedridden with sickness for a week is one good way to confirm the myth that life in New York moves faster than it does anywhere else in the United States. As I spent the past 10 days contracting, realizing and recovering from a particularly nasty infection, countless food and drink events – some of [...]
My newest barbecue column for Serious Eats is the second of four stories I’m writing on my recent trip through the Carolinas. This piece is devoted to the incredible side dishes of North and South Carolina. Featured: Brunswick stew, hush puppies and the Palmetto state’s barbecue hash (pictured above), which is essentially the American South’s [...]
