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 should try, restaurants we must visit, ingredients we can bring back -- I would very much like to he...
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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 these instructions.
2. Bold all the items you've eaten (I've used icons instead, and added an aster...
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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 you've never had chiffon cake, perhaps you can start by imagining what it might feel like to eat a clo...
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 depletion of the oceans before, but I don't think I had quite realized how dire the situation is: fish p...
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