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You're walking along and overcome with a very specific hunger. You want something chewy and moist, a treat that's not too sweet or indulgent. You may be having an Anzac attack. I had one the other day, but quickly ducked into Peels, where I got a ...

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Local officials recently confiscated the controversial breast milk ice cream served at London ice cream shop, Icecreamists. Perhaps it was because of this obvious breast milk no-no. From page 288 of the Vitamix Whole Foods Recipes cookbook: Only u...

Today I submit a recipe to Food52's Your Best Carrot Recipe call for entries. It was inspired by my favorite literary passage of all time, in M.F.K. Fisher's essay collection, Serve it Forth. If you like food, fine writing, or easy-to-peel citrus ...

Now that spring is almost here, you know what that means. MUSHROOMING. I am a proud member of the New York Mycological Society, and the more I learn about the culture of mushrooms, the more I fall in love with them. Here's why: 1) The science is e...

Aunt Emilienne, with (cooked) dinner, photo by Jerry Tang My Aunt Emilienne is pretty off the hook. My Mom, Bernadette, comes from a big family of mostly sisters (Yvonne, Felicie, Emilienne, Jeanine, Jacqueline) and a bunch of brothers, too (Victo...

The takeaways: Nyquil, leafy greens, fish balls. What else do you need. No time to write. Had a meeting with Ilford rep in Chelsea, then quick dinner, overheard cop conversation ("Cornish hen is too greasy, just get a rotisserie chicken!"), doing ...

the Barneys & SoBe Food Festival Party In addition to writing about food, I also put myself in bizarre situations with chefs and food figures. It's like my drug. Here are some of my favs. 1) Worked the red carpet for Lee Schrager's SoBe Food Festi...

photo courtesy of Phamfatale It goes by a lot of names, and we used many of them. When we were talking to non-family, we called it yuca. At home, we called it manioc or a shortened version of cassava. Kuzzah! like something out of a Dickens novel....

I love bowls, spoons, and my Vitamix. But I didn't want to do just another gloopy thing for the Food 52 Your Best Pudding contest, even if I did plate and photograph it in a nice bowl. So I made this baked version. I was sort of thinking of a twic...

A couple years ago, I went to a talk by Ferran Adria with Bill Kang. As we waited in line to get our books signed, an assistant came by with post-its so we could pre-write our name for Ferran, whose English is not very good. I wrote my name really...

via cafeevergreenchinese.com After seeing the astonishingly talented Lise de la Salle at the Met (Museum), headed over to Cafe Evergreen, "Chinese Cuisine Delivery in Upper East Side." Uh oh. Our waiter insisted on pointing out what a difference a...

Mimetic Chestnuts, el Bulli, via the Ulterior Epicure I'm totally bored with restaurants. By the time you get to the place, forget about foreplay, you've already seen it naked – in reviews, on Yelp, from your 3pm-slump talk with your co-workers. R...