The Brisket Evolution Stops Here
The Best Beef Brisket Recipe Ever! Over the years I’ve had my fare share of briskets and they’re all different. Some are dry, and some are chewy. Some have a thin clear au jus, and…
Homemade Nachos Recipe
Nachos have always perplexed me. From a grammar perspective, are Nachos singular or plural? Any AP or Chicago Style snobs willing to settle this debate—I heart you. Nachos are also one of those foods that…
Kubeh Soup & Male Menopause?
I had a hot flash at work the other day. I wasn’t doing anything stressful or out of the ordinary either, just typing an email when I felt my toes tingle with warmth. Then the…
Dinner Recommendation in Beaune
The mint façade of 10 Rue d’Alsace belongs to Les Pôpiettes, a trendy wine bar and restaurant in the center of Beaune. You can’t miss it. It came highly recommended by our B&B hosts who…
Ancestral Food Crawl through the Lower East Side
The humidity of that September Manhattan afternoon was unbearable in the subway. So thick was the air steeped with body odor and piss that I practically choked on every other breath. I had to get…
Bulleit Bourbon & Black fig braised Oxtails
I’m not a religious person per se, but I’d be a “man of the cloth” if Costco were a church! Sure the cloth would be form fitting, inappropriately revealing and decorated with sequins, but still…I’d…