Month: November 2010

review: olio…

I wanted to catch up with two friends whom I hadn’t seen in a while. Anticipating that I wouldn’t be particularly peckish (there was a whole lot of eating going on those few days in San Francisco), I was more fixated on my good company than the venue. They suggested Luce, the newly Michelin-starred restaurant […]

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review: olio…

I wanted to catch up with two friends whom I hadn’t seen in a while. Anticipating that I wouldn’t be particularly peckish (there was a whole lot of eating going on those few days in San Francisco), I was more fixated on my good company than the venue. They suggested Luce, the newly Michelin-starred restaurant […]

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photo of the week 23: eating with celebrities…

When it comes to pop culture, I’m a dunce.  Yesterday, for example, I had to Google Lindsay Lohan and Megan Fox (don’t ask). If either of them were seated next to me at a restaurant, I’m sure I wouldn’t recognize them.  Even if I did, I’m not sure I would care. And so, it was […]

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photo of the week 23: eating with celebrities…

When it comes to pop culture, I’m a dunce.  Yesterday, for example, I had to Google Lindsay Lohan and Megan Fox (don’t ask). If either of them were seated next to me at a restaurant, I’m sure I wouldn’t recognize them.  Even if I did, I’m not sure I would care. And so, it was […]

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review: sweet heat…

The fact that Kevin Gillespie was one of my favorite cheftestants from Season 6 of BravoTV’s Top Chef reality show factored little in my decision to visit Woodfire Grill.* In fact, I hadn’t intended on eating at Woodfire Grill at all on my recent stop in Atlanta. When Gillespie passed through Kansas City earlier this […]

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review: sweet heat…

The fact that Kevin Gillespie was one of my favorite cheftestants from Season 6 of BravoTV’s Top Chef reality show factored little in my decision to visit Woodfire Grill.* In fact, I hadn’t intended on eating at Woodfire Grill at all on my recent stop in Atlanta. When Gillespie passed through Kansas City earlier this […]

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let’s talk turkey…

On the doorstep of this year’s Thanksgiving, I offer this silly one-off post, the likes of which you should not expect on a regular basis. *     *     * It’s that time of year again when the media’s shameless and unrelenting assault leaves the turkey tattered and tired long before the dreaded day arrives.  My stomach […]

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let’s talk turkey…

On the doorstep of this year’s Thanksgiving, I offer this silly one-off post, the likes of which you should not expect on a regular basis. *     *     * It’s that time of year again when the media’s shameless and unrelenting assault leaves the turkey tattered and tired long before the dreaded day arrives.  My stomach […]

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photo of the week 22: retro beehive…

Since he rarely gets out of the kitchen, a chef recently told me that he wished I took more shots of restaurant interiors. Having traveled the world on a plate through my food photographs, he said he wanted a better sense of setting; to see how other restaurants were configured, outfitted, and finished. The chef’s […]

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photo of the week 22: retro beehive…

Since he rarely gets out of the kitchen, a chef recently told me that he wished I took more shots of restaurant interiors. Having traveled the world on a plate through my food photographs, he said he wanted a better sense of setting; to see how other restaurants were configured, outfitted, and finished. The chef’s […]

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photo of the week 21: oh the places you’ll go…

I was born wanderlusty in first class thanks to the most important woman in my life. My mother worked a loveless office job for an airline for twenty-two years just so that my family could travel. And we did. Flying “non-revenue,” as the industry called it, my family would hop on a plane and make […]

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photo of the week 21: oh the places you’ll go…

I was born wanderlusty in first class thanks to the most important woman in my life. My mother worked a loveless office job for an airline for twenty-two years just so that my family could travel. And we did. Flying “non-revenue,” as the industry called it, my family would hop on a plane and make […]

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review: retrospective… (alinea)

Nashville, Tennessee, 2004.  A ruddy-cheeked cherub came out of the kitchen after dinner to say hello. He was just a kid.  I was just a kid. We both loved food. He cooked. I ate.  We started talking. Though our conversation drifted from here to there, it moored mostly around a new restaurant that was opening […]

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review: retrospective… (alinea)

Nashville, Tennessee, 2004.  A ruddy-cheeked cherub came out of the kitchen after dinner to say hello. He was just a kid.  I was just a kid. We both loved food. He cooked. I ate.  We started talking. Though our conversation drifted from here to there, it moored mostly around a new restaurant that was opening […]

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photo of the week 20: stackable wicker…

Stopping for an early morning spot of coffee in the Place des Vosges, I found this lovely sight, one which could have been the same for a person happening by three decades ago, or ten.

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photo of the week 20: stackable wicker…

Stopping for an early morning spot of coffee in the Place des Vosges, I found this lovely sight, one which could have been the same for a person happening by three decades ago, or ten.

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review: cheeseburger o’clock…

It’s not on the menu, yet it’s the most-coveted item at Holeman & Finch Public House in Atlanta, Georgia. The restaurant only makes twenty-four of them each day, and they’re only offered late at night.* At ten o’clock, the bullhorn sounds: “It’s burger time!” Blissful Glutton had arrived ahead of me to reserve a couple […]

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review: cheeseburger o’clock…

It’s not on the menu, yet it’s the most-coveted item at Holeman & Finch Public House in Atlanta, Georgia. The restaurant only makes twenty-four of them each day, and they’re only offered late at night.* At ten o’clock, the bullhorn sounds: “It’s burger time!” Blissful Glutton had arrived ahead of me to reserve a couple […]

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photo of the week 19: corn smut…

Last week, Trey Foshee of George’s at the Cove posted an amazing photo of some gnarly huitlacoche on the cobb. As its more colorful name, “corn smut,” suggests, there’s nothing pretty about this fungal growth. The elephantitis of the vegetable world, its results are unsightly if not incredibly delicious – it has a beefy, mushroom […]

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photo of the week 19: corn smut…

Last week, Trey Foshee of George’s at the Cove posted an amazing photo of some gnarly huitlacoche on the cobb. As its more colorful name, “corn smut,” suggests, there’s nothing pretty about this fungal growth. The elephantitis of the vegetable world, its results are unsightly if not incredibly delicious – it has a beefy, mushroom […]

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