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Continue reading →: papersnack: my friend wrote a book
Most people have friends in their own profession, because you meet people at work or industry events and the like. It’s not surprising that many of mes amis are writers and journalists in the food arena. To wit, here’s a last-minute gift idea, special holiday shill for my friends. Kitchen…
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: hotline help
Ever since I did my time as line cook in Paris, I’ve been my family’s food 911 hotline, fielding all manner of culinary calls. “I bought the fish on Tuesday – is it still good?" “I don’t have powdered mustard – what can I substitute?" “Can you tell me how…
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Continue reading →: snackspot: tsukushi? just checking
And snackspot? Mais oui! Interactive too. I recommend and reveal and you go eat and see if I’m right.
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Continue reading →: liquidsnack: sake specific
Liquidsnack is also an interactive category. You send an email (snackblog@gmail.com) asking "which sparkling sake did you drink at the Mandarin Oriental?" And I answer – Harushika "Tokimeki" Sparkling Sake, Happo Junmai. Described as, "light and fresh with notes of lemon, apples and nashi pear." $10 glass/$34 bottle. Kampai!
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Continue reading →: snackwire: feast now a school of fishes
Snackwire is an interactive category. You send it, et voila! I post it. Here are two additions to the eating with the fishes post. Complete content after the jump.
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Continue reading →: snackingaround: pupu platter
It’s a daunting task to sift through the billions of bites of information the internet serves up everyday. Sometimes, you miss something good. Sometimes, your friendly neighborhood blog points the way to…Cheetos lip balm, the inner Daniel, the menu for hope, and the taste of seduction.
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Continue reading →: snackwire: eating with the fishes
Part of the freelance writer’s work day is calling editors to pitch them stories. I often encounter what I call “the rule of three.” One restaurant doing something is just a blip on the radar, unless it something very special or I’m really convincing. Two restaurants makes it more interesting.…
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Continue reading →: liquidsnack: holiday sparkler
A flute of something bubbly is almost a mandatory holiday accessory, whether it’s Champagne, cava, prosecco or the like. My personal favorite of the old French houses is Krug , which is undeniably exquisite and admittedly price-prohibitive for regular consumption. My latest sparkling crush is for sparkling sake, which I…
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Continue reading →: snackspot: tsukushi – escape the madness
The next stop on the ‘escape the madness‘ holiday tour is Tsukushi, a little subterranean Japanese spot in midtown. A Japanese friend took me to dinner earlier this year and I loved everything about it, particularly the authenticity and surprises of the omakase-only menu. I thought I’d made a brilliant…
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Continue reading →: hotsnack: LA chef joins le circus
For weeks, intriguing rumors of a possible new chef at Le Cirque and the departure of chef Pierre Schaedelin have swirled around like so much late-fall snow . Sources say the rumors are, in fact, both true and false. . It’s true that when the Maccioni clan rings in the …
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