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Packaging Whore: Gyokuro Tea for Intelligentsia
April 15, 2011
When visiting Chicago for the first time last year, I of course had Intelligenstia Coffee...
Ode to Japanify: Natto-A-Day
April 14, 2011
I'm going through Yoko withdrawl. We were literally joined at the hip for the last...
Skankynavia: Table Settings Through Time and Space
April 13, 2011
We all know how even the saddest piece of stale-ass bread can taste so good...
The Gift of Food Benefit (SF): THANK YOU!
April 12, 2011
Photos by Travis LoDolce and Wataru Umeda. For an entire week after the Sendai earthquake...
Slightly Peckish: Wattalappan (Sri Lankan Coconut Custard Pudding)
April 12, 2011
You may think that coconut custard pudding sounds quite ordinary or not your thing, but...
Culinography: Dim Sum Charlie's
April 11, 2011
I was recently in my hometown of Santa Rosa (Sonoma County, CA) and a bit...
Old School Eats: Smoke House (LA)
April 8, 2011
The Smoke House is the sort of place where old-timey execs sip their nightcaps as...
Japanify Ingredients: Komezu (Rice Vinegar)
April 8, 2011
I used to be amused by the number of Kewpie mayonnaise tubes my 85 year-old...
Happy Hour: The Desert Ain't That Dry
April 7, 2011
The Prohibition Era figures prominently in the collective imagination of the cocktail world. The aura...
Skankynavia: The Royal Café (CPH)
April 6, 2011
I'm so over normality. I'm over generic cafes, mediocre restaurants and bleh bars with all...
Super Faminto: Kyoto Cuisine in São Paulo
April 5, 2011
My wife and I are dressed to kill. The guards are looking us up and...
Culinography: Sea Salt Flakes
April 4, 2011
My new favorite thing to cook with! Photo by Erin Gleeson.