Food

New Words About Food

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/17/2015 • Comments

A photo posted by David Burke fabrick (@davidburkefabrick) on Nov 20, 2015 at 2:34pm PST At the New York Times, Julia Moskin writes about The Top New Food Words of 2105. Here are two from her article: CUISINOMANE (n.) The new official Canadian French word for “foodie,” as determined by the Office québécois de la…

Food, Restaurant

The Future of Fast Food?

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/10/2015 • Comments

Food, Holiday

Thanksgiving Dishes, &c.

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/25/2015 • Comments

Market to Table Cranberry Sauce Mashed Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Stuffing Pan Gravy Turkey Carving Dos and Don’ts

Food, Holiday

A Thanksgiving Day Meal Planner

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/19/2015 • Comments

View image | gettyimages.com At the New York Times, there’s an interactive holiday meal planner: Tell us how many guests are coming, their dietary needs and your culinary dreams. In return, we’ll offer recipe ideas and tips for an extraordinary meal…. See, Thanksgiving for All Build a Feast to Please Everyone @ NYT.

Food

Yams and Sweet Potatoes

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/19/2015 • Comments

Now we know –

Food

How to Cook the Perfect Turkey

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/05/2015 • Comments

Thanksgiving isn’t far away – just three weeks’ time from now. In the video below, Chef Alex Guarnaschelli offers turkey-cooking tips:

Beautiful Whitewater, Business, Food, Hip & Prosperous, Restaurant

Restaurants Transform a City

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/22/2015 • 2 Comments

Whitewater is a small city, not a California metropolis, but even a prosperous place like San Francisco benefits from a growing restaurant culture: SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, as this city polished its reputation as an essential food destination, a stretch of Market Street just a short stroll from the groundbreaking Zuni Café remained stubbornly…

Business, Food, Restaurant

The End of Tipping?

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/15/2015 • Comments

View image | gettyimages.com I’m not sure what to make of this, but New York restaurateur Danny Meyer contends that ending tipping at his establishments is the right decision: Big news out of Manhattan: Dining out is about to get turned on its head. Union Square Hospitality Group, the force behind some of New York’s…

America, Food

USA ♥ Pizza

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/08/2015 • Comments

“The United States of Pizza” author Craig Priebe joins Lunch Break With Tanya Rivero and discusses the numerous variations of pizza found around the country. Photo: Rizzoli/Jeff Kauck Via Wall Street Journal.

Food

How to Eat Artichokes

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/01/2015 • Comments

There’s always something new to learn –

Adventure, Food, Religion

Dinner at Hogwarts

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/30/2015 • Comments

Beautiful Whitewater, Food, Restaurant

Whitewater’s Advantage Over Copenhagen, Home to One of the Finest Restaurants on Earth

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/24/2015 • 2 Comments

In Copenhagen (population 583,000), a famous chef (René Redzepi) plans to close temporarily his famous restaurant (Noma) and turn part of it into an urban farm: Foraging superstar and chef René Redzepi is closing his famed Copenhagen restaurant Noma, which has been named the best restaurant in the world multiple times. According to the New York…

Food

History & Mystery of the Burrito

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/11/2015 • Comments

Drink, Food, Restaurant, Review

How Many Visits for a Restaurant Review?

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/27/2015 • 3 Comments

How many trips should a reviewer make before publishing a review? I think at least two, if not three.(Exceptions would apply when one is revisiting an establishment that one has reviewed previously, or when one is traveling and a second visit is impractical.) One can review after one evening, but a single, first-visit review just doesn’t seem…