Julian and I planned our summer vacation like you'd plan a Saturday night. We went where our friends were. Colin was triathlon training in Mallorca, Zach and Talley were dropping into Paris from Zurich, and Berlin...well, we just wanted to go ther...
Read More8 Rules to a Tang-Style New Year's Hotpot
Every year, my family has hotpot at my Uncle George and Aunt Shirley's house. Hotpot, also known as shabu-shabu, is an easy dinner to put together once you get all the ingredients. And yet New Year's at the Tang household has a special aura about ...
Read MoreSummer's Last Gasp in the Hamptons
Corn, Bacon & Clam Stew. Recipe from Food52. Now is a good time. Corn and tomatoes are still sweet and juicy. Sunny basil hobnobs with moody rosemary. Wintry cruciferous veggies gesture towards the upcoming Season of Feasting, while roast fish wit...
Read MoreFamily Dinner in Montreal
Poulet au Vin Some people are born into money. I was born into food.* Last weekend, we went up to Montreal for our somewhat-annual family reunion. Every moment is spent eating. Mom is the youngest daughter of ten children, born ethnically Chinese ...
Read MoreCruise Dining (Much, Much Better than You'd Expect)
Appetizers, Soups, Salad. 1. Beef Tartare 2. Mushroom Vol-au-Vent 3. Beef Carpaccio 4. Chicken Curry Salad 5. Oysters Rockefeller 6. Pea & Mint Soup 7. Buffalo Frog Legs 8. Bruschetta 9. Escargot 10. Tuna Carpaccio 11. Crab Louis 12. Romaine Salad...
Read MoreEating the 10 Most Popular Dishes on Foodspotting
Deviled Eggs The internet is a palm reading for the world. Right now, the top three searches on Google are Rick Perry, Mall of America, and Miranda Cosgrove. The most emailed articles on the New York Times are about an inspiring gold-hearted girl ...
Read MoreLegend Szechuan Restaurant
To say a dish is spicy is to say a woman is beautiful. Helpful? Yes. Telling? No. Consider the difference between mustard, peppermint, and the main topics of this blog post, red chilis and Szechuan peppercorns. Mustard, horseradish and wasabi are ...
Read MoreI8NY on the Brooklyn Grange
Almost all the produce was harvested that afternoon on the farm, which happens to be the largest rooftop farm in the world. We ate on precarious stages. Laguardia-bound planes flew like kites overhead and CCR crooned from a thatch of kale. Last Su...
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