In search of culinary Nirvana
Saturdays and Sundays, at least the good ones, equal football and football equals wings (of the Buffalo persuasion). Late in the calendar year, and on into the earliest months of the newest 365, men and women come together on those days of little sun for rowdy goodness. At the intersection of beer guts and team …
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Photo by David Naugle via MU A recent dining excursion took me to the ever bustling Miller Union, a Westside eatery that has become one of the “it places.” MU is a restaurant that showed up on the scene roughly two-months ago and is currently in the middle of a love fest not uncommon …
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The massive restaurant space at the corner of Ponce De Leon and Penn Ave is now dormant. Yes, it appears that the Old Spaghetti Factory has closed up shop and moved on to greener pastures. While the restaurant chain is still alive and kicking outside the state of GA, they finally threw in the towel …
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For the past 5-plus years, chef Robert Gerstenecker has helmed the kitchen at Park 75, the flagship restaurant of the Four Seasons in Midtown. In addition to being an acclaimed fine dining spot, the restaurant has also garnered a good bit of attention for their tea service. A Canuck by trade, the well traveled Gerstenecker …
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It’s been several years since Taka Moriuchi packed his knives, left his position as understudy to sushi God Sotohiro Kosugi (aka the dude who ran the much discussed Soto), and settled in as the leader of Taka Sushi Café. Much like my father, it took me some time before I warmed to the idea of …
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I love strange crap and this may be the strangest of all the crap I’ve found (at least crap related to food). Anywho … what better way than to show your lady that you love her than with a freshly baked batch of cookies? Now, sure you can spend hours painstakingly cutting and shaving your …
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Kraft Foods, that omnipotent producer of most every type of edible substance (good or otherwise), is set to acquire Cadbury PLC. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because Cadbury’s claim to fame is none other than those little round eggs of sweetness that you go hunting for every …
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The man who gave every college student hope for a better day finally bid adieu this past Sunday. Though he hasn’t owned Taco Bell is some time, we all owe a gratitude of debt to Mr. Glen Bell; at least, those of us who pulled every last bit of change out of our couch seats …
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You don’t go to China to enjoy great pizza (though I’m sure it can be found somewhere in the Middle Kingdom). Similarly, you don’t go to Florida for good Tex-Mex. No, if you find yourself around 25th parallel, you best ought to stick to the fruits de mer. So while I dug around Key West …
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While playing with any convention is dangerous territory, it doesn’t mean it can’t be lighthearted and fun. I believe that statement is a perfect representation of Taka Moriuchi, the facebooking blogger who also happens to produce some of the better sushi in the city. Taka-san has a habit of mixing things up a bit, and …
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