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it’s carb on carb action at Domino’s

Posted in food finds on May 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

You know the saying.  Too much of a good thing…  Well, that’s the case with new BreadBowl Pasta from Domino’s Pizza.
Disclaimer:  I was formerly employed at the Company’s advertising agency, so had heard in advance about what sounded like only Michael Phelp’s nutritionist, after a night of partying with the gold medal inhaler himself, could dream up. 
I know, I know.  Your gasps at [...]

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watermelon snack with chat masala

Posted in author's kitchen, food finds on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This is a quick, taste bud-tingling snack that is sure to cool you down as the temperature rises.   I sliced a nice firm baby seedless watermelon and then sprinkled the wedges with my chat masala brought back from India.  You can score your own stash of the salty-sweet spice mixture at one of our [...]

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yogurt rice

Posted in food finds, off the beaten path, travels on May 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I was first introduced to yogurt rice (pictured below, bottom right) at one of our regular mid-afternoon lunches at Mukund’s family’s home and immediately fell in love.  This dish combines some of my favorite newly-discovered Indian ingredients like plain curd (yogurt), fresh bright green curry leaves and nutty dots of black mustard seed.  It’s a tangy and refreshing take on [...]

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Eat again shoppe

Posted in food finds, off the beaten path, travels on April 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

An abarkhabo store sells snacks and sweets.  Hence, its meaning “eat again.”  Here in Cal, Gupta Brothers is one of two that are regarded by locals like my friend Mukund.  They sell an assortment of  Indian as well as typical Bengali taste treats (Calcutta is the capital of the state of West Bengal.)  Snacks range from savory combinations [...]

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eat your way through MiMo. and turn off your lights for Earth Hour.

Posted in food finds, sustainable thinking + doing, wine finds on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Culinary adventures north of 395 rarely disappoint.  With MiMo on BiBo, perhaps it’s because of the novelty of the new, er, revitalized. 
According to Wikipedia, Miami Modernist Architecture, better known as MiMo, is a style of architecture from the 1950s and 1960s that originated as a resort vernacular unique to Miami and Miami Beach.  It was a [...]

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a la mode at Joe’s

Posted in food finds, tagged , , , , on March 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »

After a traditionally decadent feast of stone crabs, grilled tomatoes and hash browns at Joe’s Stone Crab (est. 1913,) my brother Kevin asked if I was the one who had mentioned that the apple pie there was amazing.  I was pretty sure I had only tasted the perfected key lime of my childhood, from when the late Paul Wilson Sr.* had wielded the [...]

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say cheese, plate.

Posted in food finds, wine finds on March 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Thursday evening, after an afternoon of working the check-in desk at an event on Miami Beach to unveil the new Bordeaux vintage, I rushed from the Gansevoort South down to Pinecrest for a class I didn’t want to miss.   Phew.  “Cheese 101,” taught by a knowledgeable and enthusiastic Jamie Futscher (the wine and cheese buyer [...]

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community supported agriculture, part one

Posted in food finds, off the beaten path, sustainable thinking + doing, tagged on March 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This series of posts is about farmers.  About how product grown by seasoned hands, through sustainable techniques, tastes better – a lot better – and is better for you.   And my interest in supporting and spreading the word about the people doing it, so they can keep doing it.  I won’t be taking sides or wagging [...]

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on molecular gastronomy

Posted in food finds, tagged , , , , , , on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last Friday, I attended a South Beach Wine and Food Festival event launching the Biltmore Culinary Academy, a new cooking school where ordinary people can take professional quality cooking classes from the acclaimed chefs of this historic Gables hotel (CulinaryAcademy@BiltmoreHotel.com or phone: 305-445-1926.)   It was not the event at which orange-Croc’d chef Mario Batali dropped the f-bomb TWICE in the presence of [...]

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