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…
Food
America, Food
USA ♥ Pizza
by JOHN ADAMS •
Food
How to Eat Artichokes
by JOHN ADAMS •
There’s always something new to learn –
Adventure, Food, Religion
Dinner at Hogwarts
by JOHN ADAMS •
Beautiful Whitewater, Food, Restaurant
Whitewater’s Advantage Over Copenhagen, Home to One of the Finest Restaurants on Earth
by JOHN ADAMS •
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 •
Drink, Food, Restaurant, Review
How Many Visits for a Restaurant Review?
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
Food
The Hard Times for McDonald’s
by JOHN ADAMS •
Needless to say, this libertarian doesn’t believe in restrictions on adults’ food choices – people should be able to eat the foods they’d like, without government prohibition. That doesn’t mean that all foods are equally good, however. McDonald’s, for example, has stumbled with patrons; that restaurant has lost many customers’ confidence. Eater explains some of…
City, Food, Recipe
A Recipe for Grilled Corn
by JOHN ADAMS •
If you’ve had the chance to purchase some fresh, locally-grown produce from the Whitewater City Market (Tuesdays, 3-7 PM) or Saturday Farmers Market (8 AM – Noon), perhaps you’ve picked up some corn. (A longtime reader kindly suggested doing so at the City Market, and it was an excellent recommendation.) If corn, then a recipe…
Food, Poll, Science/Nature
Friday Poll: Bacon-Flavored Seaweed?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Bacon-Flavored Seaweed?Scientists in Oregon have created bacon-flavored seaweed: What grows quickly, is packed with protein, has twice the nutritional value of kale and tastes like bacon? The answer, according to scientists at Oregon State University, is a new strain of seaweed they recently patented. Dulse is a form of edible seaweed that grows wild along…
Cooking, Food
Food: Leftovers
by JOHN ADAMS •
Embedded below is a video about turning leftovers into something worthy of a better description than leftovers. Ideally, portions should be moderate without having much, if anything, remaining that might be wasted. Still, the use of any remaining portions from a prior meal assures that food isn’t (unnecessarily) discarded, and demonstrates that a bit of…