Ok, I’m going to share my ghetto umami dinner tonight: Canned octopus in olive oil (drained), lime juice, a squirt of organic mayo, a dab of Grey Poupon, a clove of chopped garlic, a shake each of smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, freshly ground black pepper. Washed down with a glass of box wine left over [...]

English muffins with a hummus schmear, topped with roasted leg of lamb, fried eggs, kimchi, ginger carrot salad, and sauerkraut. Yum! You can’t get more New York than this.

I wrote this review of Bare Burger in the Village on Yelp back in September, but it got filtered for some reason.  I’m not a frequent Yelper, but I am a real person.  #AlgorithmFail! — Finally, Bare Burger in Manhattan! After nearly two months of making almost weekly treks to the original Bare Burger in [...]

Catherine showed me around her old stomping grounds in London last week.  We walked around, ate surprisingly good food (despite the British stereotype), and hit the requisite tourist sites – Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Notting Hill, etc.  I also had the chance to meet up with Venu, and old friend from my Swedish class at [...]

With my ITP thesis ready to go, I finally got a chance to do some creative cooking again.  Tonight I made a fried soft shell crab salad with a curry aïoli dressing.  I improvised through this one (like most things I cook), so no exact measurements.  I got the soft shell crabs (which are currently [...]