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Happy Hour: Vermouth 101: The Martinez (The Grand Daddy of Cocktails)
September 22, 2011
PREFACE Vermouth 101: The Old Hickory +++ Well now that you have an appetite inducing...
Skankynavia: Iri Iri Pan Pan (Beef + Eggs Over Rice)
September 21, 2011
Most people think the Japanese eat sushi for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Fact is, most...
OPENeducation: Napa Valley Bee Company
September 20, 2011
OPENeducation was a daytime event at the Berkeley Art Museum, and part of the Chez...
ReCPY: Homemade Hayashi Rice
September 20, 2011
The Japanese have many dishes that originated somewhere in the world, but recreated it in...
Culinography: Summer Tomatoes in September
September 19, 2011
Summer has finally arrived in the Bay Area. Photo by Erin Gleeson.
OPENharvest: Umamimart Goes to Japan
September 16, 2011
I am ecstatic, beyond words, to announce that Yoko and I will be joining the...
The Ume Project: The Aka-Shiso Edition
September 16, 2011
This post is rather late, for which I apologize. Er, about a month late. SORRY!...
Japanify: Namuru (Spicy Bean Sprouts)
September 15, 2011
Japan is known to take ideas from other countries and adapt them for their own....
Skankynavia: Torvehallerne: A New Farmer's Market in Copenhagen
September 14, 2011
Yay, there's finally a real farmer's market in Copenhagen! After decades of supermarket deathbore, a...
Slightly Peckish: Castle Howard in Yorkshire (UK)
September 13, 2011
Yorkshire, two and half hours by train up north from London, is where one of...
ReCPY: Pasta de Ramen
September 12, 2011
Ramen, as some of my fellow writers have observed, is totally taking over North America....
Super Faminto: 5 Days in Paris: Birthday Dinner at L'Epi Dupin
September 9, 2011
L'Epi Dupin near Le Bon Marche is normally a quiet place full of neighborhood types...