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Food Porn Friday: Because Lust Wants Gluttony

Posted in Alinea, Chicago, Food Porn Friday, Grant Achatz, asparagus on May 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Of course it would happen that I’m introducing my Friday series on the same day that the guys at Blackened Out introduced theirs! It was entirely unplanned and all too serendipitous. Just a disclaimer: my concept is a bit less PC than their Classic Combinations. Anyway, this idea popped into my head as I drove [...]

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A cheese tease*

Posted in New Orleans, St. James Cheese Company, beef, cheese, sandwiches, snack on May 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

It was a sunny Friday afternoon the week I got accepted into Brown. So, of course, it was only fitting to go to St. James to partake of their free Friday tastings (the original “cheese tease,” since you only get a couple slices – enough to tantalize you but not enough to fully quench the [...]

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Breakfast of champions

Posted in breakfast, musings, pancake on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

How do you eat your breakfast? Here’s how my 13-year-old brother’s friend Matt eats his… Perfect pizza-like slices to eat one by one. I am not sure about the psychology behind this; perhaps it’s for beautification, maybe to glorify the relative mundaneness of Bisquick pancakes, or to make one pancake last longer in that interim [...]

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Starting the Day with Sucré, Part II: The Macaroons

Posted in New Orleans, Sucré, Tariq Hanna, almond, chocolate, dessert, hazelnut, healthy, macaroons, perfection, pistachio, snack, strawberry, sweet, whimsy on May 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This post marks part two of my dissertation on the tasting Sucré hosted at its mid-city kitchen last Friday. Click here for Part I: The Entremets. Sucré’s macaroons have received their due share of fame, what with attention from Paula Deen, Oprah, and Su-Jit Lin alike. It’s difficult to pay adequate tribute to what it [...]

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Mother’s Day

Posted in Café Atchafalaya, New Orleans, banana, brunch, caramel, crab, egg, french toast, fried things, potato on May 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »

…because every point needs a counterpoint. I will admit, it’s a very convincing point that I set out to overthrow. And yet, it’s a Mother’s Day tradition in my family to go out for brunch with my mom, my brother, my grandmother, and my mom’s dear friend + children. So when I found out the [...]

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