Writing about food since 2004.
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Misc. Fun
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Make Your Own Civet Coffee
For years, I’ve been wanting to try the delicacy known as Kopi Luwak–or Civet Coffee–which comes from the islands of Sumatra, Java, and Bali. The coffee is made by feeding beans to wild civets and then, after digestion, collecting the beans (along with the feces) which take on wonderful flavors because of fermentation in the…
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The Ultimate Food and Musicals Quiz
Jonathan Gold is the only Pulitzer Prize winning food writer in history and, as far as I’m concerned, I will never do anything in my food writing career that comes anywhere close to what he’s been doing for the bulk of his. Except for this. You see, the other day Mr. Gold, who writes a…
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My 2013 Holiday Gift Buying Guide
Growing up, I never really made a Hanukkah list. My mom said to me early on, “We can get you one nice gift or eight crappy gifts,” so obviously I’d pick the nice gift and each year beg for something very specific, like a Nintendo or a Super Nintendo or a Nintendo Gameboy or basically…
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Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise
That’s how I react when they’re out of simple syrup. [via my friend Zach]
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Reasons To Make A Crumb Cake This Weekend
1. Because it’s the weekend and you can eat whatever you want and not get fat. 2. Because crumb cake works equally well as breakfast, as an afternoon snack, a post-dinner dessert or a late night treat. 3. You have four sticks of butter in your refrigerator and you don’t know what to do with…
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Beating Jet Lag
Here’s some great advice on Kottke.org about beating jet lag by changing your diet. This will come in handy in five weeks when I make the 19 hour journey to Perth!
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Who Drinks This Stuff?
The other day at Gelson’s, I was looking for almond grappa to make Franny’s toasted almond gelato (shockingly, I was unsuccessful) and during my search I spied the bottle you see above. Who drinks this stuff? First of all, I think it’s hilarious that it translates to “The Spirit of Paris” and the flavor is…
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Look, I Don’t Know How To Tell You This, But My Cake Stand Is Also A Punchbowl
Sometimes you invite people over to your house, and you sit around and have a pleasant conversation while sipping lemonade or iced tea or maybe a combination of lemonade and iced tea which is called an Arnold Palmer, named after a golfer who my dad admires. Other times, you invite people over to your house…
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How Do You Eat Corn?
At last night’s BBQ bonanza (wait, am I allowed to call it a BBQ?) I noticed a funny thing. Craig ate his corn by rotating the cob and leaving his teeth stationary; I ate mine by chomping across and then rotating the cob. So the plate above is Craig’s and you can see how he…
