August 2006

I’ll take my fried chicken dirty, thankyouverymuch.

August 28, 2006

I’ve been thinking of a title for this post for about a week and couldn’t come up with anything that would be even remotely acceptable for the connotations inspired by The Dirty Bird To-Go, the NYC’s newest take-out free-range authentic double-dipped buttermilk-fried chicken shack. The Bird has gotten an incredible amount of press since its [...]

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Can you ever eat too much Asian food?

August 21, 2006

Like the jet-setter I am, I’ve been wandering the north for the last two weekends in Boston and Toronto (my first Canadian expedition!),interviewing for jobs in Japan. Yes, Japan. I can still blog there, what? Travel, of course, means eating in the world of Anharchy, because who the hell can possibly miss out on the [...]

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Caffeine, however tasty, devistates my fine motor skills.

August 15, 2006

All right, so it was about 9pm. I had an hour before work, had just eaten some salty delicious Dumpling Man fare, and my stomach wasn’t taking it well. My night job, disassembling computers and extracting various bits and pieces, certainly takes a toll on my daytime comfort. Anyway, in my dumpling-induced haze, I figured [...]

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a little light reading

August 14, 2006

Gourmetro readers – all 3 of you – I have a favor to ask. My subscription to Food & Wine is about to lapse, and while I enjoy F&W, I don’t absolutely adore it (see Chow, demise of). I’ve been looking into some mags, particularly Saveur, Intermezzo, and Fervor. Any recommendations? My budget really only [...]

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Custard does a (hot) body good

August 9, 2006

If you’ve been living on the East coast, you’ve probably been sweating profusely or haven’t left your apartment in the past week. The only remedy for such heat, besides more cowbell, is ice cream. I’m kind of an ice cream snob, as I used to work at Graeter’s, which has been named by USA Today [...]

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