January 2009
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100 Things To Eat in San Francisco →
My next SF trip is only 16 days (!!) away, and I’m already restaurant-dreaming. Fitting then, that 7x7, my new favorite San Francisco publication, came up with a list of 100 foods to try in San Francisco. So far, I only have one item crossed off the list (#99: clam chowder at Hog Island, one of the best things I ate on my last SF trip), but am looking forward to a couple more this go-around....
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My Year in Restaurants: 2009
January:
No. 7, Brooklyn
DuMont, Brooklyn
Dumpling Man, Manhattan
Taim, Manhattan
Omen, Manhattan
Sorella, Manhattan
Brother Jimmy’s BBQ, Manhattan
Lobo, Brooklyn (x2 locations in one weekend!)
Dominick’s, Bronx
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“Gourmet will probably not see the end of the year….From 2004 to 2008,...”
– Doug McIntyre, 24/7 Wall St
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FTW: Cowgirl Creamery →
“From the beginning, they wanted to make delicious, artisan cheese, to be environmentally responsible, and they also wanted to support their cheesemaking friends in being sustainable land stewards. Today, Cowgirl Creamery continues to make just a small collection of cheese — four, soft aged and three fresh, totaling about 3,000 pounds per week. However, their circle of...
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Are small animals the new pork?
A few weeks ago, I read Scott Gold’s essay, “Yes, Virginia, They Do Eat Guinea Pigs” from his book The Shameless Carnivore. An Ecuadorian delicacy, cuy, or cye, is a guinea pig served, and eaten, whole. This underground, uh, delight (?) is actually served in my Brooklyn neighborhood, albeit under the radar. Today, the Dining section of the Times reports on the latest...
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