August 2008 Archive

August 25, 2008

Croatia: Got Recommendations?

An alleyway in the old city of Korčula, photographed by Tona & Yo Maxence and I are about to leave for a vacation in Croatia; the plan is to drive down the Dalmatian coast from Split to Dubrovnik, and chill for a few days on the island of Korčula. If you've been to Croatia before and have food or drink recommendations to share -- specialties we ...

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August 17, 2008

The Omnivore's Hundred

The Omnivore's Hundred is an eclectic and entirely subjective list of 100 items that Andrew Wheeler, co-author of the British food blog Very Good Taste, thinks every omnivore should try at least once in his life. He offered this list as the starting point for a game, along the following rules: 1. Copy this list into your blog or journal, including...

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August 13, 2008

Chiffon Cake

When Maxence and I lived in California at the turn of the century, we liked to visit a small shop in Mountain View called Hong Kong Bakery. The Chinese-style pastries all seemed very exotic to me and we ate our way through the full range over the first few months, but soon stopped when we found our gold-medalled champion: the chiffon cake. If yo...

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August 5, 2008

The Sustainable Seafood Dilemma

I blame it all on my nephew. Around the time that he was born, earlier this year, something clicked and I decided to take the whole sustainable seafood thing seriously: if he and his unborn cousins are to enjoy a long life full of lobster tails and skate wings, it is up to me to make informed and responsible choices now. I had heard of the depl...

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