02 Aug 2018 14 Comments
in Eating Out, Food, On the Road Tags: Brooklyn, Halal Guys, High Line, Ivan Ramen, Korilla, Nathan's Coney Island, New York, Park Slope, Patsy's Pizzeria, Urbanspace
“Wait,” said my friend Scott a couple years back when I mentioned I’d never been to New York, “YOU have never been to New York??”
It was as if I had told him that I’d never seen a sunset or walked on a beach.
He was astonished that I — being the avid traveler and food and art lover that I am — had never been to the food and art capital of America.
“I’ve never had much interest in New York,” I said, which elicited a further jaw-dropped gape of astonishment. More
10 Jul 2015 5 Comments
in On the Road, Video Tags: Adirondacks, Big Wolf Pond, fishing, food, humor, Lake Placid, New York, tagliatelle, Tupper Lake, wild mushrooms
It was our fifth night at the Buck Summerhill Camp in Big Wolf. And they were sick of my cooking, I could tell.
“We’re going to have a fridge tilt tonight!” Nancy announced, explaining the camp tradition of a big dinner to clear out leftovers and uneaten stuff. “So you can have a night off.”
I imagined them whispering in the bedroom:
Nancy: “Can you possibly choke down another of his ‘gourmet’ dinners??” More
07 Jul 2015 7 Comments
in Beverages, On the Road, Pork, Recipes Tags: Adirondacks, Au Pied De Cochon, Big Wolf, Brooklyn Brewing Co., cocktails, New York, Tupper Lake, wild mushrooms
We arrived at the lake, the last destination and second half of our epic East Coast road trip, on the eve of Independence Day. It felt uniquely American, crossing the border from distinctly French Quebec, to be winding along northeast country roads, past farms and cottages and through quaint villages, adorned with American flags, one and all.
Sunset on the lake
It had been raining on and off all week in the Adirondacks, and one of the first things I noticed walking the Buck Summerhill Camp at Big Wolf Lake was a mushroom — a surprising revelation for a summer day. On a July 4 morning walk, up with the sun, I found not only Lost Pond but also a bag full of mushrooms — including several birch boletes, some black trumpets and a single lovely porcini. More
02 Dec 2011 5 Comments
in Eating Out, On the Road Tags: California, Chinatown, Dodgers, los angeles, Monterey Park, New York, Nobu Matsuhisa, San Francisco, Thomas Keller, Yank Sing
I know New Yorkers like to think they’ve got the world’s best Chinatown. Of course, New Yorkers think they’ve got the world’s best everything. They even like to think Nobu Matsuhisa and Thomas Keller are New York chefs.
Chinatown, San Francisco
I’ve never been to New York’s Chinatown. I’m a true native Californian. Which means I was born hating the Yankees, and ironically subscribe to a decidedly New Yorker-esque kind of regionalism in which I believe California has the best everything. You southerners ever tried Santa Maria barbecue?? More
skinny girls & mayonnaise 