Category Archives: Culinary Shopping

The Art of Chocolate – Francisco Migoya’s Hudson Chocolates

If there is someone making chocolate confections more creative, beautiful and delicious than Francisco Migoya is doing at his new Hudson Chocolates in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. I am unaware of it. I recently stopped there on my way down to NYC [...]

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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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Healthy Living – Just a Name or The Real Thing?

It won’t replace the local Farmers Markets. It isn’t designed to do that, but the new Healthy Living Market and Cafe at the Wilton Mall (yes, it is in a mall) just outside of Saratoga Springs, New York should make [...]

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Calling All Wine Collectors!!! Devine Intervention Needed!!!

Starting today and running through April 7th, there is an incredible opportunity to augment your growing collection with some otherwise impossible to find bottles and others that are merely hard to come by. The best part is that it is [...]

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Culinary Pilgrimages: Part 7 – Lovely Lyon

Our timing for the drive to the train station was good. With a 12 noon train, we missed the rush hour traffic and made it to Brussels with plenty of time to find the Car Rental return and get our [...]

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Sunday Photo – Cecina

This Spanish air-dried beef ham called “cecina” is one of the world’s great culinary secrets. Much less widely known than its Spanish porcine cousin, jamon Iberico de bellota, it is every bit as complex and delicious. This example from the [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

May your day be filled with love and great chocolate! This photo was taken at The Chocolate Line in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Sunday Photo – Sopresatta

This is world class dried sausage. I grew up eating these sopresatte made by the Esposito’s on Court Street in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn and they remain as delicious as ever, wonderful for special occasions or a simple [...]

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Sunday Photo – My Best Purchase of 2012

The Big Green Egg is the best cooking tool that I have ever used. I purchased it this past August from Adirondack Appliance in Saratoga Springs, NY and have been using it ever since. I got it just in time [...]

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