I love black licorice and foods in general that are black. So when I saw that they had salty licorice ice cream in Sweden, or "saltlakrits" as its called, I had to try it. Definitely not for everyone, but I love it.
Category: Food and Drink
Catalonian virtual cooking? WTF?
Ok, I love Catalan cuisine and I love virtual worlds. But I can’t for the life of me figure out why I would go to a virtual world to learn how to cook a Catalonian dish. I received a press release telling me that Manuel Diez, head chef of L’Arrel del Born in Barcelona, will…
No rice = no meal
So Cindy and I are at Elvie’s, a popular filipino restaurant in the East Village, last weekend. We ordered a delightful assortment of pork adobo, chicken in a coconut sauce, and a pork skewer. We only got one portion of rice because I’m cutting back and Cindy doesn’t eat much herself. Our apparent deficit of…
NY Times 9 healthy eating recommendations
I finally, months later, got around to reading this astounding, and very long article in the NY Times on healthier eating, called "Unhappy Meals" by Michael Pollan. For those who don’t have the patience to wade through 12 web-pages of text (i.e. my girlfriend), here’s the quick summary of his nine main recommendations: Eat food….
Oh it’s come to this: I’m counting food points
A couple of weeks ago my doctor dropped the bombshell on me that I was on the verge of getting diabetes. On his advice, I’ve slowly been trying to modify my diet to reduce my sugar and starch intake and increase my vegetable intake. My sister works at Weight Watchers, so she recommended I try…
Mmmmm, schmaltz!
Here’s a lovely trio of dinner accoutrements at Sammy’s Roumanian restaurant in the Lower East Side: a bottle of seltzer, ketchup and a syrup container filled with schmaltz. What is schmaltz, you say? It’s a bit of Eastern European jewish goodness: rendered chicken fat. You can pour it on toast, your steak or really anything…
My doctor says I am one Krispy Kreme shy of diabetes
A couple of days ago I went to my doctor to get the results of a physical I had done. I was feeling pretty good: I have been going to the gym pretty regularly, eating better. I expected a clean bill of health. So I was a bit surprised when my doctor looked over my…
Bahn Mi sandwich from Paris Bakery in Chinatown
Here’s a picture of the BBQ pork bahn mi sandwich that Cindy and I shared today from the Paris Bakery in Chinatown, NYC. Not as good as Nicky’s in the East Village or the hidden bahn mi place a block up Mott Street. But somehow we managed to choke it down. In my opinion, Vietnamese…
Barbecued lamb riblets at Rendezvous… be still my fat-clogged heart
I’ve had barbeque for three days in a row in Memphis. But the penultimate ‘que experience I’ve had here is the lamb riblets at Charles Vergo’s Rendezvous Charcoal Ribs. Dry-rubbed, tender, fatty and crispy on the outside. Simply awesome. Warning: Don’t click on the image if you aren’t near a decent bbq place.
Mokaflor coffee: it’s not just a beverage, it’s a racist caricature
Cindy was horrified and amused to find in a grocery store in Florence this package of Mokaflor espresso coffee, which depicts a frightening depiction of an African person with an insane smile carrying a cup of joe on a tray. The bow tie seems to imply that the person is supposed to be a waiter. …