He Reads Urdu Poetry, Too?
Via Tom Ricks, Obama told Pakistan’s Dawn over the weekend about his culinary expertise with select South-Asian staples: “…I had Pakistani roommates in college who were very close friends of mine. I...
View ArticleDon’t Play Cards With Seitan; He’ll Deal You An Awful Hand
From when I was 15 to 19 I was a vegetarian, and for one awful year-plus of that period — my senior year of high school and half of my first year of college — I was a vegan. I have eaten more than my...
View ArticleTurkey: It’s Hopeless
The harmony of the Internet Food Association was interrupted last year by Thanksgiving discord, as Yglesias and I took the proper anti-turkey position and Miller good-naturedly but mistakenly defended...
View ArticleSweetheart! We Ain’t Even Candied
Possibly the best essay I’ve read all year: Sam McPheeters traces his old drummer/friend Brooks Headley’s post-punk rock second act as a premier pastry chef at, among other places, Komi, Galileo and...
View ArticlePoison Corporations: Monsanto Edition
I have to say I get tired of arguments like this one from Nancy Scola at Tapped: But were Monsanto to disappear, problems in the American agricultural system wouldn’t necessarily follow. The American...
View ArticleIn Soviet Russia, Food Flavors Dill
There’s a war going down between my brothers tonight. But I want this war, going down, going down tonight. Because this is a war over dill, and you should not eat dill. Making the case for dill: Ezra...
View ArticleSam Sifton
My first job in journalism was opening mail for the listings section of the immortal Manhattan weekly New York Press when I was 19. By the grace of Russ Smith, Lisa Kearns, John Strausbaugh, Lisa...
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Halt! No Salt!
"Salty Old Sailor" The proposed New York City salt ban is the sort of thing that makes me massage the bridge of my nose and breathe deeply so as not to lose my cool. There is a marginal health benefit,...
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Hard To Stay Mad On A Full Stomach
I was in a foul mood after the disruption of traffic created by Fiesta DC led me to slouch through the neighborhood in my girlfriend’s car for over half an hour. Seriously, Metro Police: if you’re...
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The Rise Of Eddie Huang’s Culinary Empire
In 2012, you will know Eddie Huang. The picture above was taken by me about two weeks ago at his Manhattan restaurant Baohaus. As regular readers know, any restaurant that combines lyrical wordplay...
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