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From the Depths of a Winter Funk: Black Rice (Arroz Negro)
Those readers who’ve been following us for a while know (and, we hope, appreciate) that we frequently put our bodies and constitutions on the line for your benefit. Indeed, some of you may remember,...
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Bite Down on This: An Overdue Trip to the Dentist& Changing Tack, Espresso...
The 20th anniversary of The Simpsons is being celebrated soon, and our recent long-overdue trip to the dentist reminded me of one particular episode in which Lisa is persuaded to give in and get...
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Inspired? Hardly. Delicious? Very.Monkfish with Almond-Tangerine Sauce
So, lately we’ve been experiencing a certain degree of apathy with regard to food. Maybe it’s the time of year or the grind of work, either way, it’s not a great place to be for us, and hopefully...
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Introducing The Ugli-est Tapa We’ve Ever Made& A Love-Story
Sadly, neither of the parents were prepared to show-up for this family portrait, but we managed to persuade some other willing citrus to be stand-ins for the occasion. One day, not so long ago, a...
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Hake “Juan Mari Arzak”: The Dish That Inspired a Revolution
It is no coincidence that, in the 30 years since Franco’s death, Spanish creativity in the arts, architecture, business, and gastronomy has blossomed. It is also no coincidence that it has been,...
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Baby Octopus a la Plancha with Citrus and Fennel
“Reach into your memory and come up with … what food actually regenerated your system, not so you can leap tall buildings, but so you can turn off the alarm clock with vigor.” - Jim Harrison, The Raw...
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Cheese & Pea Curry: Why Paneer-ances Don’t Matar…
If the immense diversity of this city reveals itself in the faces of its people, and if, in turn, those faces can be said to reflect the myriad flavors of this world, then how should one interpret the...
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Pollo en Sidra (Asturian-Style Chicken in Cider): Leaving a Drop in the Glass
“We may have lost paradise because of the apple, but we’ll get it back with cider.” - Asturian saying “Reach out your arms, as far apart as possible – one high, one low – then just bend your wrist,...
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Garlic Scapes, Cosmic Balance and a Pan-Fried Sea Bass Fillet
Now that we’re done with our annual yogic vigil of the summer solstice and our cosmic karma has been rebalanced, it’s time for us to concede that we’re not really very good food bloggers. Not that any...
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Have Yourself a Fishy Little Christmas with Homemade Gravlax
A typical Sunday morning (or afternoon depending on what time they crawl out of bed) for a New Yorker involves brunch. And what, perhaps, characterizes brunch in New York more than anything else is...
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All I Want for Christmas is… Baby Octopus
For much of what we are accustomed to seeing around Christmas, the candles, trees, the mistletoe, the decorations, and many of the songs, we need to thank the Germans. Not specifically those residents...
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Storks, Pollo al Andaluz and the Facts of Life
As an icebreaker at the beginning of the birthing classes we took in preparation for the arrival of our first-born, participants were divided into male and female groups and invited to sit together...
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Euskal Erria: A Basque Institution Far From the Pyrenees
When the coughing and farting of the antique truck had rumbled away, between the rustlings of birds pecking grubs among the dry plane leaves, you could just make out the pop and thwack of rubber on...
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