Mission of Burma San Francisco

Mission of Burma San Francisco

by Zach Mann January 14, 2013

This post is retrospective (not a ranking) on six Burmese restaurants in San Francisco. Since completing the series, Zach has left the Bay Area for the broader pastures of Los Angeles, where he continues to write for The Eaten Path. Some friends and I were [...]

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Single Serving: Lard Bread from Mazzola Bakery in Carroll Gardens

Single Serving: Lard Bread from Mazzola Bakery in Carroll Gardens

by James Boo January 10, 2013

Over a decade since I first began reading from its pages, Chowhound is still my go-to resource for food intel. Over the years, complaints filed against the service – a collection of bulletin boards for food-obsessed locals – have clustered around “bad user interface,” “bad [...]

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2012: The Meals That Were

2012: The Meals That Were

by James Boo January 8, 2013

Happy Ongoing U.S. Congressional Failure Day New Year! In 2012, The Eaten Path entered its fifth year of food and travel. It’s hard to believe, but easy to stomach. As Zach and I work to push stories onto bigger pages – his into the Creative [...]

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Real Cheap Eats Greets the Mayan Apocalypse

Real Cheap Eats Greets the Mayan Apocalypse

by James Boo December 20, 2012

The Real Cheap Eats food writers’ collective is helping New York ring in the end of the world (and the end of the year) with with 22 new additions to its $10-or-less digest. Highlights from our selection include an enormous Yemeni lamb “omelete,” a fried [...]

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Live and Let Dine: Revisiting Chieu Kien Buddhist Temple in the Bronx

Live and Let Dine: Revisiting Chieu Kien Buddhist Temple in the Bronx

by James Boo December 14, 2012

Two years ago, I paid a visit to the Chieu Kien Buddhist Temple for a free vegetarian lunch. This week, I’ve been given a chance by New York’s brightest upstart storytelling publication, Narratively, to return to the temple for a deeper conversation with Thich Thien [...]

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Single Serving: Bubba at Shopsin's General Store on the Lower East Side

Single Serving: Bubba at Shopsin’s General Store on the Lower East Side

by James Boo November 30, 2012

The volume of food and flavor involved in a visit to Shopsin’s is nothing my stomach can handle on a regular basis – and neither is the cost. While staple offerings like “Blisters on My Sisters” and “Wiggly Pete” are priced to move, much of [...]

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Sugar Shack: A Documentary

Sugar Shack: A Documentary

by James Boo November 26, 2012

Back when I was eating my way across Montreal, I also made a two-day detour to a town called Rigaud, where I joined forces with the Goddamn Cobras Collective to put together a short documentary about a Quebecois “sugar shack” named Sucrerie de la Montagne. [...]

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Single Serving: Corned Beef Hash at Clary's Cafe in Savannah

Single Serving: Corned Beef Hash at Clary’s Cafe in Savannah

by James Boo October 29, 2012

On an especially early morning in Savannah, I crawled out of bed and stumbled to Clary’s Cafe for breakfast before the flight home. It’s the kind of restaurant whose Americana signage is difficult to judge off the bat, but two things convinced me to dig [...]

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Real Cheap Eats: From East Village to West Village

Real Cheap Eats: From East Village to West Village

by James Boo October 23, 2012

The newest from Real Cheap Eats NYC dives into the heartland of Manhattan dining. We’ve added over 30 new dishes to the guide, focusing on the East Village, West Village, everything between, and a few things on right on the edge. The spotlight skews towards [...]

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