How Should a Cheese Be?
Processed cheese is having a moment. I was recently wowed by the provel used at Speedy Romeo. Then The New York Times went on a full-on no shame foods bender where I discovered that chef Wylie Dufresne...
View ArticleEaten, Barely Blogged: Summer of Cheese
Nitehawk Cinema A lot of melted cheese was consumed in a one-week period. I ordered the queso tots thinking this was some new unexplored treat then remembered I’d ordered the exact same thing on my...
View ArticleRashed Ali Cafeteria
For a country where drunkeness–public or otherwise–is seriously frowned on, the United Arab Emirates certainly produces one of the most mind-bending late night snacks I’ve ever encountered. It’s hard...
View ArticleGotham West Market: El Colmado & The Cannibal
Apparently, there are two new bacon boards in Hell’s Kitchen: one at BarBacon (which I only learned of today) and another at The Cannibal inside Gotham West Market. The latter might get lost in all of...
View ArticleEaten, Barely Blogged: Austin Edition
I am not at SXSW and have no intention of going to SXSW but I was just in Austin for the first time and I did eat some food. Barbecue, Tex-Mex and chili is all fine, but my goal was to eat as much...
View ArticleLocalization of the Week: Cheese Fondue Whopper
Burger King has introduced a burger that would be near and dear to my processed cheese-loving self if I were anywhere near South Korea. It’s the Cheese Fondue Whopper, which appears to have swapped out...
View ArticleNew(ish)born: Little Caesars Pretzel Crust Pizza
I achieved two new neighborhood milestones today: I joined a gym ($15 a month? Seriously? I can barely complain about no longer having one in my building) and finally paid a visit to the Little...
View ArticlePack(age) Rat: Amul Pure Ghee
For reasons no one needs to hear about, I recently ended up at the giant Food Bazaar on Northern Boulevard three times in two days. (Aside: despite aisles and aisles of international groceries–and even...
View ArticleWhere to Eat Emirati Food in Dubai
Late last year I was in Dubai, for the second time in less than a year and a half, which seems ludicrous in retrospect. I haven’t written about everything I intended to for varying reasons, mostly...
View ArticleEl Original
Ouch. El Original had better watch its back after Javelina’s evisceration. Honestly, the primary reason I visited the former and not the latter is because you can reserve a table between 6pm and 9pm on...
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