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Arugula, Walnut, Blue Cheese & Fig Preserve Salad

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments

This salad is one of my current obsessions. I just can’t get enough of this stuff. It’s a real orgy of flavors, with tangy, creamy blue cheese gettin’ it on with the nutty walnuts, peppery arugula, sweet fig preserves and crunchy croûtons. (Recipe below)

Ingredients (serves 2):

Two handfuls of a baguette or other [...]

Tags: Cooking · Cuisine · Food · Recipe

Roasted Whole Red Snapper

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments

I roasted up a a whole red snapper for dinner last night. For me, this dish evokes long leisurely meals in a warm Mediterranean beach town somewhere. Fancy restaurants in New York would charge 50 bucks or more for a dish like this, but you can do it a home for a [...]

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Izakaya Oni

June 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Izakaya Oni
141 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003, US
A mediocre Japanese gastropub (izakaya) in the East Village. Located behind Ramen Setagaya in the space formerly occupied by Pasta/Sushi Wafu and Oriental Spoon before that.
Kris and I went last night (4 June 2008) after the Forum on Participation and Politics Online at NYU Law School. [...]

Tags: Cuisine · Food · Japan · Japanese · NYC · New York · Restaurant

[AVAAZ] Food Crisis

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Dear friends,

Rocketing prices threaten to starve millions and make us all less secure — sign the emergency petition for action to stop the world food crisis
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Have you noticed food costing more when you shop? Here’s why — we’re plunging headlong into a world food crisis. Rocketing prices are squeezing billions [...]

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Latest culinary exploits

January 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Octopus Avocado Salad (Canned Galician octopus in olive oil, avocado, minced onion and celery, lemon juice)

Spiced lamb stew, ume-pickled celery, brown rice, raspberry lambic

Pimentón-dusted salmon, Swiss chard with chickpeas, brown rice

Gâteau à l’orange, Greek yogurt, honey, Fuji apple, dark chocolate

Tags: Cooking · Cuisine · DIY · Food