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Icelandic Cocktail Party
We threw a cocktail party / trip slideshow inspired by the food and drink of our trip to Iceland, squeezing about a dozen people into my tiny apartment. It started as an excuse to share the Brennivin...
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Big Bend Brewing — Alpine, TX
Back in February I visited Big Bend Brewing in Far West Texas (6 hours West of Austin or 3 hours East of El Paso). Only a few years old, they’re already expanding, growing from 30bbl to 90bbl tanks,...
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Remarkable Dinner at the Willows Inn (Lummi Island, WA)
Since reading about Blaine Wetzel at The Willows Inn a few years ago (a good article, from earlier in its existence before he’d won the James Beard award), I’ve always wanted to eat there, but getting...
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Buenos Aires lunch “You Eat What I Cook”: Don Carlos
Looking back on our Buenos Aires trip a year ago (a few days after La Huella), the most memorable lunch was at Don Carlos. After catching a cab across the city, we walked in to what felt like a casual...
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Tacos, Tlacoyos, and other street food of Mexico City
In late 2015 I took a week-long vacation to Mexico City, and spent much of that time eating tacos, tlacoyos, and other food around the city (whether in restaurants or at street stalls). I’d done some...
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Mexico City Food, Pt 2 (Pujol, Contramar, Mirotoro, El Cardenal, …)
During much of our late-2015 Mexico City trip I was eating tacos and street food, but we also had some really excellent sit-down restaurant meals. The ones that stand out most are: Pujol We knew from...
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Chamico’s (ceviche on the beach, Yucatan peninsula)
One highlight of a spring trip to the Yucatan peninsula was spending a post-cenote-snorkeling afternoon at Chamico’s, a small restaurant on a beach about a 25-minute drive from Tulum: They had great...
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Fish tacos in Tulum
My Platonic ideal of a fish taco is fresh fish, simply grilled (not breaded or fried), with some salad and lime juice and maybe salsa, but no crema or other dairy-based sauce. When visiting Tulum (a...
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Nanakusa No Sekku (Festival of Seven Herbs)
I traveled with friends to Japan over the holidays and had a range of interesting meals, from many-small-dishes breakfasts to a few kaiseki-style set menus working through a formal progression of...
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Mensho Ramen, San Francisco
Excellent ramen– Tori Paitan– savory-umami rich broth from chicken bones with some fermented flavors, with pork and duck chashu and good toothy noodles. The Suntory Premium Malts on tap was good...
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