The other night at Hagi I had the most wonderful drinking snack: gobo chips with spicy mentaiko mayo. Never heard of them? Neither had I, but when the bartender Sean told me that gobo was burdock root, I decided...
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Cute food doesn't usually do it for me. The sole exception: images of cute animals engaging in cannibalism, like this gigantic crab on this bag of kanikko who is gleefully devouring his thumb-sized brothers and sisters. I like to...
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In 2006, I was fortunate enough to study abroad in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Between Spanish classes and group excursions, I found myself filling the hours lying on the beach, eating and drinking wine. Not one of these things...
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Gordon Mark weighs in with another of his Guides to Manhattan's Chinatown. This time, he attacks cheap snacks with reckless abandon.
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A couple of weeks ago an ELE reader reported on the donuts at the Bouchon Bakery (Time-Warner Center, Broadway bet. 59th and 60th Sts., 3rd Fl., 212-823-9366). The reader posted that the BB donuts were really good, but they were...
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Returning from a series of business meetings, I found myself wandering through the food market in New York's Grand Central Station. At the Murray's Cheese shop kiosk I came across a container of Largueta Almonds. Murray's proprietor Rob Kaufelt is...
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When you're on a diet, and you love food as much as I do, you find yourself living (and eating) vicariously through other people's experiences and stories. Last Thursday New York Times reporter James Barron wrote a hilarious and sharp-eyed...
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