In honor of the most memorable image the late Randy Savage contributed to my life, I am literally about to snap into a Slim Jim. The last time I checked, the Slim Jim is the only snack food in this country that actually becomes more difficult to chew the longer it’s in your mouth. This [...]
The following story, an adaption of a post on this blog, was read on stage at Vol. 1 Brooklyn‘s “Greatest Three-Minute Food Stories Ever” on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. I am incapable of drinking butt. I didn’t always know this about myself. One day I walked into Papaya King with a friend. I ordered two [...]
“You eat with your eyes first.” Fair enough. Here’s another one: “What game was the ref watching?” I’ll accept pride in plating, but when I order a tray of carne asada fries, a fistful of fried dumplings, or a Jack-in-the-Box taco, I calibrate my visual appetite accordingly. The same rule applies when I’m in line [...]
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 [...]
On Saturday, April 10, I will join forces with The Feisty Foodie, Umamimart’s Payman Bahmani and Puff and Choux‘s Mary Ann Porch as part of Japan Society’s “Clash of the Foodies” live game show! The show, which begins at 4:30 p.m. in the Japan Society theater, is one of a sprawling set of events that [...]
When I accepted Cathy’s offer to be on the blogging team for the Week of Eating In, I envisioned myself incorporating bold new moves into my cooking repertoire. Then, I realized that this is deadline week for Ice Cream Man‘s Off the Wookie, an annual magazine of which I am the editor. Add this to [...]
When I started reading food blogs in early 2007, two web sites jumped out at me right away as great resources with great voices. The first was Monster Munching OC, a deep reservoir of informed, informative and fun reviews of an expanse of land with much more amazing food than most people realize. The second [...]
Every so often, I relish poor decisions. This is rarely the case when said decisions involve food and never the case when they involve champagne (though it is always the case when said decisions involve relish). In a case for rarity, last week’s snowtorious blizzard, which for me capped about a month of intermittent winter [...]
Since this story was written, Peshku has closed its doors. Nate has since found a new love in Pristina’s Fish Grill. Nate Tabak is a journalist and a man of flavor living in Pristina, Kosovo. Like the dim red light baiting the baby-faced sailor about to make his first trip to a brothel, the logo [...]
Vicky’s off this week, but I went to Japan and found something just as awesome!
