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.

Does your heart weep for hearts of palm?

Multiple choice quiz time! Hearts of palm is: a/the tender center of the mature palm tree, harvested in a way that kills the rest of the tree. This process devastates the rain forest and is an environmental crime akin to … Continue reading

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Our pickled tripe experiment, Part 3 (conclusion)

The July 4 plan to drive to Ephrata, PA for more of the magnificent King’s Meats pickled tripe fell through, leaving us with no option but to make it in our own kitchen. Here’s how the final chapter in our … Continue reading

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Recipe: Fourth of July Hamburgers

You could make these any day, of course, but a midsummer cookout seems like the perfect occasion for juicy Fourth of July hamburgers. Texas-Style Potato Salad and Better-Than-KFC Cole Slaw are ideal accompaniments. Makes 4 burgers. Ingredients: 1 lb good … Continue reading

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Whole Shabang “Jail Chips” may be the best ever

I discovered The Whole Shabang Potato Chips quite by accident. A half-eaten package was in a shopping bag in the back of our Prius. I was on a long road trip so I helped myself to a few. Wholly mallolly! … Continue reading

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Jersey Mike’s: how to get an excellent sub at your local strip mall

I first encountered Jersey Mike’s in the Las Vegas airport. I was not expecting much, and was surprised to get a more than decent sub though at elevated airport prices. Then Jersey Mike’s opened a store in my local strip … Continue reading

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Recipe: Instant Pot Pork Adobo

Adobo is often referred to as the Filipino national dish, an irresistible medley of rich tangy sauce and meltingly tender meat. The Instant Pot is ideal for making Pork Adobo because you can sauté the ingredients, cook the meat in … Continue reading

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Food for Thought: China Sichuan Food

I ran across China Sichuan Food for the umpteenth time while researching Hand-Torn Sichuan Cabbage recipes (her recipe is here) and realized it’s an excellent idea starter for your own Sichuan dishes. The blogger, Elaine, is a China native but writes … Continue reading

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World Refugee Day is this Saturday, June 22

Did you make it to Utica last year for the World Refugee Day celebration and follow our itinerary? Neither did we, but we’re planning on it this coming Saturday. This post has the (approximate) hour by hour details. As before, … Continue reading

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Recipe: Hand-Torn Sichuan Cabbage

Hand-Torn Sichuan Cabbage is our approximation of a favorite dish at Albany’s Northeast Chinese II. It has an irresistible sweet/sour/hot flavor with the additional mala of Sichuan peppercorns. Theirs includes slices of steamed pork belly, which you can certainly add … Continue reading

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In pursuit of perfect pickled tripe

Our recent freezer shaming brought urgency to a long-delayed project: creating a pickled tripe in aspic to match the manna experienced in Pennsylvania’s Amish country in the summer of 2017. We had visited the Green Dragon Friday market in Ephrata, … Continue reading

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