food

Cider

September 2, 2011
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Website Photo Bin: Food

January 1, 2011
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Indian Cooking Videos

February 28, 2010

Making Jalebis Jalebis are an Indian sweet (and, like most Indian desserts, horribly sweet). shot Oct 30, 2004, 2:01 mins, 2.8 MB Making Rumali Roti (“Handkerchief Bread”) shot Oct 31, 2004, 0:52 mins Making Naan shot Oct 29, 2004, 1:15 mins, 1.8 MB This was taken at an outdoor campfire feast, with a team of [...]

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Kiwi Coffee Billboard

July 7, 2009

Billboard in Wellington, New Zealand, which prides itself (rightfully enough) on its coffee.

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Churrascaria

July 7, 2009

Of course while we were in Porto Alegre we had to go to a churrascaria. This method of cooking  originated with the gauchos of southern Brazil and is mostly about all kinds of very good meat, though there’s also a buffet of salads and vegetables, and you can get grilled cheese (in large, melty chunks, [...]

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Minnesota Hot Dish

October 29, 2008

This week I visited my colleagues in Eagan, Minnesota, to capture on film their various expertise (don’t ask me to explain what they do, I stay behind the camera for a reason). There were several other visitors, so the Eagan folks organized a traditional Minnesota potluck, with traditional Minnesota foods such as Mexican lasagna, jello [...]

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High Water (Not Hell) in Venice, part 6

September 29, 2007

Venice’s Bad Karma > On Saturday morning, I learned what a macchiatone (“big spotted one”) is: it’s basically a caffé macchiato (coffee “spotted” with steamed milk), with a bit more milk – so, somewhere between a macchiato and a cappuccino, served in a cappuccino cup. I had it with a delicious little torta di riso [...]

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High Water (Not Hell) in Venice, part 5

September 28, 2007

When in Venice, Eat… Curry In St. Mark’s Square, Jeet bought some necessary props: We returned to the apartment to greet Andrew and Victoria, arrived from Paris. Jeet and Andrew set to work making a fantastic Indian meal. Which they served in appropriate national costumes: (Hey, I just live my life, in all its glorious [...]

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Dining in America (and Italy)

January 15, 2006

I instinctively dislike chain restaurants: when someone says “Let’s eat at a [name of chain restaurant],” I wince. And it’s getting harder and harder to find a restaurant in the US that isn’t part of a chain. However, my instincts may be out of date: chain restaurant food seems to be improving. During this recent [...]

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In the Kitchen at Spankyville

January 3, 2006

Julia’s grandmother’s recipe for Chinese barbecued ribs, AKA “Sticky Chewy Ribs,” as demonstrated by Julia in her gorgeous new kitchen, presided over by the ghost of Spanky. Including the amazing KitchenAid mixer, custom-airbrushed with red hot chili peppers! buy the music

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Good Food in Austin

February 20, 2005

No one should go to Texas without eating Mexican food, and we were fortunate to have my cousin Guy’s guidance to the good stuff. We ate at El Mercado (on Lavaca), some of the best Tex-Mex I’ve ever had. Standard enchiladas and fajitas, but the enchilada sauces (one green tomatillo, one red) were amazing. We had Sunday [...]

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Moghul Shredded Chicken Curry

August 31, 2004

^ These are all Indian cookbooks that I own and use. To make the chicken broth for the scripelle, Enrico had boiled two chicken thighs. Which meant I had lots of cooked chicken, plus leftover white rice from several previous meals (I always manage to overestimate how much rice everyone will eat).   So Saturday night [...]

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Italian vs. American Diet

November 14, 2003

^ ravioli at Lanterna Verde – yum! One of the most boring things in the world is listening to people talk about their diet (hearing them complain about their weight runs a close second). However, in America today there’s nothing to discuss, because everyone is on the Atkins diet (no carbohydrates, but you can eat [...]

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