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Mesamerica 2012 -An Exploration of Mexican Cooking

Most people in the United States have no clue about how truly wonderful Mexican cooking and food are. Sure, there is plenty of love for tacos, burritos and guacamole and a few other Mexican or Tex-Mex dishes, but Mexican food [...]

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Sunday Photo – A Pig Roasts in Brooklyn

A new season, the second, has started for the weekly pig roasts run by Jose Ramirez-Ruiz of Chez Jose and John Ratliff of Ends Meat in the backyard of the Crown Victoria Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Each week they cook with [...]

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Sunday Photo – Happy Mothers’ Day!

Happy Mothers’ Day!!!
Happy Mothers’ Day to all mothers’, everywhere and especially to my wonderful wife and mother of our sons, to whom I also would like to wish the Happiest of Birthdays!
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Sunday Photo – Grape Stompin’

At Viñedos Alcohuaz high up in the Andes overlooking  Chile’s amazingly blue skied Valle de Elqui they make wines the old fashioned way. Amongst the ancient techniques they use is the time honored tradition of crushing grapes underfoot. They say [...]

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Sunday Photo – “Viagra” For Breakfast at Santiago’s Mercado Central

No, not the pharmaceutical product. At Marisqueria Bahamondez in the Mercado Central in Santiago, their version of “Viagra” is a collection of the juices of the various shellfish that they cook at their small stall in the back recesses of [...]

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Sunday Photo – Big Fish Little Fish

I bought a couple of whole red snappers for the grill yesterday and received a surprise when I was cleaning one of them out. Nestled between the big fish’s mouth and stomach was a whole, partially digested little fish. It [...]

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Alex Atala: Discovering New Brazilian Ingredients via Phaidon Press

Check out this video promoting the new book Alex Atala: Discovering New Brazilian Ingredients via Phaidon Press. It’s  lovely and shows why I’m dying to dine at D.O.M., Atala’s renowned restaurant in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
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Sunday Photo – The Incredible Hulk

This is the roller coaster that did me in. I have been a fan of roller coasters for as long as I can remember. I grew up on The Cyclone in Coney Island and in more recent years, I enjoyed [...]

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Sunday Photo – Foraging With Rodolfo Guzman in Chile

Chile is a long, narrow country with the Andes as its mountainous spine and miles and miles of rocky, untouched coastline, very little of which has been exploited for its endemic edible plants. Former professional competitive water skier turned world [...]

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Sunday Photo – The Season of Rebirth

Whether you celebrate Easter, Passover or simply enjoy the symbol of rebirth that is represented by the arrival of spring, this is a season for love, optimism and regeneration. Happy Spring! Enjoy your holiday, whichever it may be!
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