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Restaurant Review: Abidjan (Brooklyn, Food of Ivory Coast)
New York City is home to a large West African population, most famously Little Ghana in the Bronx. Since I live nowhere near the Bronx, I did some searching and discovered several restaurants in Brooklyn. Abidjan, is located on an unassuming block under the elevated J line, next to an appliance repair shop. Stepping inside […]
Review: Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Biscuit Mix
I don’t generally buy or make biscuits at home but Bob’s was on sale and featured a cheddar biscuit recipe a la Red Lobster. It was a fairly simply recipe involving throwing a few things into a bowl and mixing. After a judicious cheesing and buttering we were good to go. In keeping with tradition […]
Updated: Milan’s Restaurant Is Still Kicking (Park Slope, Brooklyn)
I wrote about Milan’s in Park Slope, Brooklyn a couple of years back and even interviewed the gracious owner. Back then, the restaurant looked like it was closing for good. I’m happy to report that for now at least, the long running Slovakian restaurant is still kicking. Yes, there are slicker restaurants with high-end pretentious […]
Bob’s Donuts, San Francisco, CA
I’d be remiss to not get this up on national donut day. San Francisco is a donut crazy town. Perhaps the best indicator that they’re a cultural touchstone are the donut magnets available at every gift shop. On our tourist itinerary was a stop at Bob’s Donut Shop, a 24 hour spot. We stopped by […]
Updated: Krish Classic Jeera Khakhra Review (Wheat Crisps)
Good news, gluten free folks: I’d posted about Krish Classic Khakra back in January of 2013. The product featured the words “gluten free” despite clearly being “wheat” based. Recently someone from the company followed up to say that they’ve removed the words “gluten free” so there is no confusion. It’s a tasty product and I’m […]
A Visit to the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company, San Francisco
In Jennifer 8 Lee’s The Fortune Cookie Chronicles she wrote about the disputed American origins of the humble Fortune Cookie. Residents of rival west coast cities L.A and San Francisco famously went to court over it in 1983. The judge ruled in the latter’s favor. The forerunner to what we know in the States as […]
Annual Eating of the Chocolate Bunny: A Confession
Despite crazy eyes, Binks the bunny was rather dapper, He awaited his fate, within the confines of a plastic wrapper. With a smirk everlasting, his attitude was to be admired, How would he have known the events about to transpire? Perhaps he one day dreamed of hopping through an enormous field, Instead he ended up […]
Birthday Fun
Yours truly celebrated a birthday recently. Being a nerd, you know what that means – time to hit up the museums. This year we decided to check out the National Museum of the American Indian and the African Burial Ground. After a delicious bacon and spinach omelette and home fries we hopped on the train. […]
Chicken Paprikash Recipe
Despite originating in Mexico, paprika is most closely associated with Hungary. Magyar paprika is naturally a bit sweeter than paprika elsewhere because “of the longer cooling season.” From cultivation to turning it into a powder, the process takes seven months. The spice is so important to the country that at one point it was nationalized. […]
Vegetarian Pad Thai Recipe
Arguably, there isn’t anything more satisfying than a bowl of noodles. Well perhaps more satisfying is a glass of riesling with said bowl of noodles. Pad Thai is one of those dishes, like biryani that we’d tried to make a few years back but failed spectacularly. They ended up mushy and the tamarind concentrate tasted […]
