Last time I was in Vancouver I wimped out on Kintaro Ramen—saw the line out the door and went for bibimbap instead. I made up for it this time by eating at Kintaro twice. There is little to say about Kintaro that you can’t already find with a quick Google search. Most people point out that […]
This week on Serious Eats: Mac and Cheese Mix-Ins Wouldn’t it be awesome if Annie’s included a packet of dried morels to throw in with the noodles? They could sell it for ten bucks. I’d buy it.
We’re in Vancouver again. Last night Laurie turned on Food Network Canada and found Food Jammers, which, if not the greatest show ever, is definitely the most Canadian show ever. It’s about three geeky guys who like to hack stuff. On this episode, they’re going camping and want to bring an entire turkey dinner. So they […]
We were down to a sad array of four dinner plates. Two dating from 1998, when we bought a set at Williams-Sonoma upon moving to New York. One from IKEA, some time after we got back. And one flowery blue plate from Sur La Table, from when we needed serving plates for something. “I’m going to […]
Two reports from the globalization front. First, I’ve just finished Sasha Issenberg’s book The Sushi Economy. Unlike Trevor Corson’s book The Zen of Fish, which is about sushi history, Issenberg writes about the global economy, with sushi as exemplar. But there were some fun historical bits. This was my favorite: “Okay, are you ready for the […]