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Happy Hour: Vermouth 101: The Old Hickory
September 7, 2011
A lounger pal of mine recently coined the term “qualifying round” to rationalize why going...
Tokyo Tidbits: Getting to Know Chef Maria Suzuki
September 6, 2011
Chef Maria Suzuki was exhausted. She’d spent the last two days cooking her heart out...
Postcard from LA: Yoshinoya Takeover
September 5, 2011
I'm in LA for my best friend's wedding. I love LA, you know that? There's...
Food Rx: Pizza vs. Pizza (An Introduction)
September 2, 2011
It's Monday morning, and by "morning" I mean 12:30pm. Monday is the first day of...
Ramen Underground (SF)
September 1, 2011
I must admit that Washi and I have more-than-healthy appetites and the lunch boxes at...
Skankynavia: Copenhagen Onigiri (A Tribute to Tokyo)
August 31, 2011
My city has experienced the wettest summer in the recorded weather history of Denmark. Just...
What the Highball?
August 30, 2011
By Neyah White Photos by Travis LoDolce Well, there is no drink more quintessentially ‘Japanese’...
Battle ReCPY: NYC Umeboshi Project, Pt. 2
August 29, 2011
PREFACE Battle ReCPY: NYC Umeboshi Project, Pt. 1 After a couple of weeks of pickling...
Culinography: Grapes in the City
August 29, 2011
Oddly, I saw these grapes growing on the sidewalk on West 21st Street in New...
Super Faminto: 5 Days in Paris: Cojean's Toasted Sandwich
August 26, 2011
After a painfully long day of marching shop to shop near Opera, we needed to...
Edible Schoolyard Lunch
August 26, 2011
Maiden Lane in San Francisco on Wednesday at 12:30 was swarming with people chowing down...
Japanify: Kuzu Matcha Kanten with Mizu Yokan
August 25, 2011
A recipe for a Japanese dessert: It takes a mizu-yokan recipe and a matcha-kuzu kanten (agar) and plates them next to one another.