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.

The great egg cream controversy

I’m writing the day before Passover and have found, unfortunately, that there is very little availability of the U-Bet Kosher for Passover Chocolate Syrup this year and it is not safe to go from store to store looking for it. … Continue reading

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Food for thought: The Takeout food blog

Judging from our own stats, people are spending a lot of time looking for ideas on things to cook at home. Which is how we discovered The Takeout food blog. This Chicago-based site is where we learned that Alinea, Grant … Continue reading

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Takeout 2.0 is here, and will be with us for a while

Saratoga Springs is a seasonal tourist town, which means 8 months of the year the local restaurants are barely hanging on. The mandated closings due to COVID-19 have been a devastating blow. Some have shuttered for good, others announced they’re … Continue reading

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Thank heaven for corned beef and cabbage

In the time of COVID-19, we’ll be switching our focus on simpler meals that can be prepared using ingredients that are already in your home or readily available. Today being St. Patrick’s Day, we can start with a real winner: … Continue reading

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How to make an Ethiopian combination plate

When you go to an Ethiopian restaurant in the U.S., you likely order a vegetarian Ethiopian combination plate and then a meat dish or two (which tends to be much more expensive) on the side. This is a satisfying and … Continue reading

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Recipe: Ethiopian Fried Beef and Onions (Siga Tibs)

Ethiopian Fried Beef and Onions comes not from my usual Teff Love, but from Ethiopia: Recipes and Traditions from the Horn of Africa by Ethiopian chef and TV personality Yohanis Gebreyesus. Unlike Kittee Berns’ vegan cookbook, it’s full of meat … Continue reading

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Recipe: Poppyseed Cole Slaw

At Micklethwait Craft Meats in Austin, the sides are as good as the BBQ. This Poppyseed Cole Slaw is an example. It’s probably not a perfect ringer for the slaw I experienced last weekend, but they vary their own recipes … Continue reading

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The self-serve condiments conundrum

Yesterday we had lunch in the B concourse of BWI airport in Baltimore. We chose BGR, a joint that advertised itself as “the best burger in DC” so we are allowed to hold them to high standards. We ordered the … Continue reading

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Last thoughts on the Winter 2020 Fancy Food Show

It seems a lifetime since international vendors packed Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco for the Winter Fancy Food Show, which ran January 19-21. Currently many borders are on lockdown because of the COVID-19 virus, with neither people nor goods … Continue reading

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Nostalgia recipes from The Daily Meal

Have you ever clicked on the Daily Meal link at the very bottom of our page? You should! In addition to supporting blogs like this one (members of the Culinary Content Network) they publish content, mostly aggregating existing recipes, that … Continue reading

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