Saturday, September 15, 2007
Our favorite food and travel raconteur Anthony Bourdain has filmed a holiday episode of No Reservations with rockers Queens of the Stone Age. (I personally would’ve chosen a cooler band like, say, Iggy and the Stooges. But as one astute rollingstone.com reader pointed out, this is “much better than the ill-fated Emeril and King Diamond [...]
Monday, September 10, 2007
The New Yorker‘s annual food issue (September 3-10) features gems like Calvin Trillin’s essay on Singaporean street food; Gary Shteyngart’s “Sixty-nine Cents“, the author’s poignant and funny reminiscence of a young immigrant’s desire to free himself from the cuisine of his homeland in favor of McDonald’s hamburgers; and a short anecdote called “Tasteless” by David [...]
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Masaharu Morimoto of Iron Chef fame will be at Fox & Obel this Saturday for a demonstration and book signing. Here’s the info from Fox & Obel’s website: Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking FREE Demonstration and Book Signing With Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto Saturday, September 8th Demonstration 12:30-1pm Note: Demo is sold out [...]
The 4th of July may be over, but every day’s a good day to show your patriotism by consuming a pint of Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream. This is not a joke — it’s a real Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor, and we have the video to prove it. It’s one of my favorite Ben [...]
After a particularly deranged stream-of-consciousness Googling session, I came upon one of the most hilarious articles I’ve read in months: A fad too far: my hell on the baby food diet According to the article, Hedi Slimane (left), chief designer of Dior Homme, maintains his waifish physique by sticking to a diet of — you [...]
