Category Archives: Eating

Here we celebrate the best kind of food enjoyment: eating somebody else’s cooking, whether it be in a fine dining establishment or a hole in the wall.

Let’s talk about Saratoga County Restaurant Week

Posted on March 23, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Restaurant weeks are promotional periods during which local establishments offer a special menu at a fixed price to attract more business. To us the fixed price is key. If it’s $35 for dinner, let’s say, I want to see what … Continue reading →

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My grape jelly secret

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Actually I have two grape jelly secrets. The first is that it is a surprising ingredient in our Mystery Mayo, the doenjang dressing in Koreatown A Cookbook and in this collection which aptly describes it as “bright, lightly colored and … Continue reading →

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What’s the best city for pizza?

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

What’s the best city in the USA for pizza? According to this source it’s Detroit, for the second year in a row. Diving into details: Detroit is America’s best city for pizza, with low prices and the highest online search … Continue reading →

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Taste test: How to keep bean sprouts fresh

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

In the frozen tundra where I live, it’s a half hour drive to the nearest Asian market selling fresh bean sprouts. Consequently, I always buy more than I need. And the unused portion slowly turns into a sad puddle in … Continue reading →

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Recipe: TikTok Cabbage Pickle

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

TikTok Cabbage Pickle is pretty, versatile and easy to make. (I transcribe the recipe in a few minutes and regret I did not capture the name of the original poster.) It’s a cross between sauerkraut and the curtido served with … Continue reading →

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Vitamix 5200 review

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

I have long lusted after a Vitamix blender because of the mystique surrounding the brand. It can make soup! It can grind anything!  It’s ridiculously expensive but worth it! And so on. Last year I finally bought one when there … Continue reading →

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A soup noodle tour of San Francisco

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

The Bay Area Eats (dine-in / take-out) Facebook group came into existence on April 2, 2020, in the very darkest early days of the pandemic. As the world turned upside down it became a culinary lifeline, chronicling what restaurants and … Continue reading →

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Buying crab off the boat in San Francisco

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

On my February trip to San Francisco I was able to buy a live Dungeness crab directly off the fishing boat at Fisherman’s Wharf. This is news: first because the crab season is frequently curtailed by insufficient breeding stock (this … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Smoky Indian Eggplant (Baingan Ka Bharta)

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Smoky Indian Eggplant Baingan Ka Bharta) figures prominently in Happy Endings, a new book by my friend Minita Sanghvi. The smokiness really does come through even if, like me, you roast the eggplant on a gas stove rather than over … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Onolicious Hawai’i

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

During my advertising career, I had a dream assignment for a rental car agency based in Hawaii. Each year they’d run a sweepstakes for travel agents and it was my job to scout locations and attractions that might appeal to … Continue reading →

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