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.

Foraging Q&A with Chef Rob Handel

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

Rob Handel grew up helping his grandmother in the kitchen at The Blackthorne, a resort the family owned in the Catskills. She was a back-to-the-earth child of the ’60s who taught him the joys of fresh ingredients, including foraging, at … Continue reading →

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My Royal Feast

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

On a recent visit to the Bay Area I enjoyed as good a meal of its type as I’m ever likely to experience. My Chowhound friend Melanie Wong has been tracking Chef Zhongyi Liu, a Beijing-trained chef who once represented … Continue reading →

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The CVS diet

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

My family’s prescriptions are at our local CVS store so we are in and out of there on a regular basis. It has always fascinated me that this drugstore chain maintains a well-stocked packaged food department. I never thought of … Continue reading →

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Maple madness at International Restaurant Show

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

This week I was in New York City for the International Restaurant & Foodservice Show. It’s an opportunity for restaurant owners to check out new kitchen equipment, barware, dining room furnishings and such with demos from well-informed manufacturers’ reps. If … Continue reading →

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Why Walmart is a canned vegetable wonderland

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

  You can’t buy an assault weapon at my local Walmart, or any kind of gun if you’re under 21, but you can buy three different flavors of Margaret Holmes’ canned boiled peanuts, and that’s good enough for me. Boiled … Continue reading →

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Foraging for my supper at Fin Your Fishmonger

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

I admire foragers and one day hope to be one. But for now I was lucky enough to participate in the first Sunday Seafood Supper at Fin Your Fishmonger in Guilderland, held on February 18. These events will happen on … Continue reading →

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The diabolical Dr. Ludwig

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

After the excesses of the Fancy Food Show and the Super Bowl, I’m back on Dr. David Ludwig’s low-carb “Always Hungry?” diet. I had previously recommended Dr. Ludwig’s book to readers because it’s full of from-scratch recipes, perfect for the … Continue reading →

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Our three favorite products from Trader Joe’s

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

Everybody has their go-to products when they finally find a parking place at Trader Joe’s and head into the store. Here are ours. Marcona almonds with truffles. The musky, mysterious aroma and taste of truffles is unmistakable even in tiny … Continue reading →

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How to win at Saratoga Chowderfest

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

Saratoga Chowderfest 2018 is in the books. But I suggest you bookmark this post (as well as similar advice published in 2017) and come back to it prior to next year’s event so you can make the most of your … Continue reading →

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Cannabis edibles at Fancy Food Show

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Burnt My Fingers

No, there weren’t actually any cannabis edibles on the floor at the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. But it would have been easy enough for a show attendee to investigate one of the newly legal recreational cannabis outlets, … Continue reading →

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