Archive for 2012

Holidays with Hindus

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December 29, 2012 •

Celebrating the Holidays with Hindus by Alison Singh Gee We had landed at my husband’s palace in India just in time to celebrate Christmas. Not that the holiday meant much to the residents of Uttar Pradesh. Few in these parts had even heard of Jesus, much less Rudolph or Santa Claus. Ajay, my husband, joked that ...

Confessions of a Foodie Wannabe by Valerie Luesse

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December 18, 2012 •

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CONFESSIONS OF A FOODIE WANNABE by Valerie Luesse Not long ago, my husband, Dave, came home to find me standing at the kitchen table with my chef’s knife in hand, Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking open beside me. The soundtrack from Chocolat was cranking on the stereo. I might even have been wearing ...

Giveaway: Enter to win one of two Sukhi’s Holiday Gift Kits

By kim •

November 20, 2012 •

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Why not add a bit of spice to your holidays, including a twist on your favorite dishes by adding a bit of Sukhi’s to your repertoire, like these Spiced Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Orange? This extremely popular Indian Gourmet Food Company, sold at Whole Foods and Costco, among other specialty shops and online, is offering two ...

Giveaway: Lee Herrick’s New Book, Gardening Secrets of the Dead

By kim •

November 19, 2012 •

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Enter to win Lee Herrick’s new book, GARDENING SECRETS OF THE DEAD. And here’s an interview with Lee on Karaoke, adoption, and a dream dinner with Frida Kahlo and Jimi Hendrix, among other musings. NOTE: You can enter once per e-mail address per day. Deadline is noon (12:00 p.m.) EST 12.29.12 OFFICIAL RULES: No purchase necessary to ...

In Search of the Hongo: Mushroom Foraging in Spain

By kim •

November 16, 2012 •

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In Search of the Hongo: Mushroom Foraging in Spain

HONGOS by Marti Buckley Kilpatrick The importance of the mushroom, or onddo (Spanish: hongo) in Basque cuisine is undeniable; enter into any pintxo bar in San Sebastián and you nearly always encounter either a ración of seared porcini or a soft scramble of chanterelles, if not both. And while for many the Basque mushroom experience may stop at ...

Raising the Oyster Bar: Chef Adolfo Garcia’s San Francisco Treats

By kim •

November 7, 2012 •

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Pearls in my Oyster: Raising the Bar in San Francisco By Chef Adolfo Garcia San Francisco fog has broken and the sun creeps out, cutting through the crisp air as I’m loading up my rental after a week-long trip in Napa and San Francisco on my way back to New Orleans. My food buddy and oyster guru, Jim ...

At Table with Lee Herrick: gratitude, adoption, bibimbap, and Jimi Hendrix

By kim •

October 30, 2012 •

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At Table with Lee Herrick: gratitude, adoption, bibimbap, and Jimi Hendrix

“In my world, poetry is how I often process the difficult and distill the beautiful.” –Lee Herrick Poet Lee Herrick has graced us with a second collection of poems. You might remember Lee from the KBS documentary of my return to South Korea; we were a Korean Hansel and Gretel, retracing our steps to find someone who ...

Three Poems by Lee Herrick

By kim •

October 30, 2012 •

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Here are three poems from Lee Herrick’s Gardening Secrets of the Dead. He was kind enough to share these poems and some thoughts on his dream dinner, what’s on his playlist, and what poetry means to him. Of Lee’s new book, poet Brian Turner writes: “Lee Herrick’s Gardening Secrets of the Dead is a lyric exploration ...

A Taste of Panama: Behind the Scenes at Panama Gastronomica

By kim •

October 25, 2012 •

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Santiago Peralta and Maricel Presilla
Photo by Mary Luz Mejia

Panama Rising: Discovering the Bounty of Panama By Mary Luz Mejia Few things enthrall me as much as the opportunity to dig deeper into the Latin American “plate.” As a Colombian-born, Canadian-raised food writer, it’s where my heart and soul feels most sated. It’s the food of the Caribbean coast, the Andes, the plateaus and forests with ...

Tasting Notes from Gastronomika, San Sebastián

By kim •

October 17, 2012 •

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Tasting Notes from Gastronomika, San Sebastián

GASTRONOMIKA by Marti Buckley Kilpatrick Reporting live from one of the world’s most important culinary conferences in San Sebastián is a tough job. In the city with the most Michelin-stars per capita, there is a concentration of culinary talent that is impressive even without inviting the rest of the world’s kitchen elite. Let’s just say if a bomb ...

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