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captain caveman
Mr. Johnston, it should be noted, is a fan of heirlooms, which, in the broadest sense, are old varieties of “open pollinated” seeds that will grow the same plant again.
But he argues that his typical customers — small market farmers and avid home gardeners — have better choices. Modern seeds, which are generally hybrid crosses, produce a “more vigorous plant, better resistance to diseases,” he said.
And here’s the heirloom heresy: they often taste better, too.
one wierd looking place IMnotsoHO
ex wd50er etc, looks like a yummy menu attached at bottom of article
some people think they owe me dinners, will do one here
Soto
There is no sign on the little restaurant’s front door. Inside, the austere, whitewashed room seats only 42 people. And night after night, you will find the proprietor himself, Sotohiro Kosugi, bent behind his sushi bar with his two loyal assistants, working with a kind of surgeon’s intensity in his spectacles and white sushi cap. Kosugi is a third-generation sushi chef, from a small town in northern Japan that he likes to say “has more fish than people.” For eleven years, he labored in Atlanta, where his cooking won a wide following among diners in that sushi-starved region. By New York standards, however, the sushi at Chef Kosugi’s restaurant is good but not fabulous. The raw fish is flown in from around the globe five times a week, and it’s available in the usual rainbow of esoteric and pricey varieties. Take a seat at the polished, blonde-wood bar and sample semi-fatty “chu-toro” tuna from Ecuador, fresh Amber Jack from Hawaii, and pearly white Toyama shrimp from Japan, all served in the decorous, classically small Tokyo style. More notable at Soto, though, are the raw and gently cooked seafood dishes that emerge from the kitchen in a blizzard of inventive, unlikely, and often quite delicious ways. — Adam Platt (NYMag)
homestyle hostess cupcake balls
Very happy just having eaten awesome sichuan at Metro Cafe in sunset park...Yes bit of ride from most places...But best pig ears since Lucky Strike in Port OR...! Everything great, distinctive, spicy..nutty stuff..Had some sort of chick wings...? Like GS w/distortion pedal on acoustic guitar ...Salt and pepper pork chop..? Nice. Tiny room, cool bunch of skinny guys run joint...Funny, put cheap plastic wine glasses together for us-14 peep....Brought Zind Reisling and Latour Marsannay Pinot...
Did good ... Worth mass invasion....
sdb
lunch yesterday at Sette Luna, easton pa / the Caracole Nostradamus on tap was exceptional with
a margherita pizza w/ spinach, prosciutto di parma,
roasted red peppers / pretty good for out here!
i just wanted to note the beer. (yum!)
Sustenance Abuse Program
Feb 28th to March 13th
3 Days Portland....2 Bottles a wine day
3 Days NYC....8 Juice Press Juices a day
3 Days Mass....1.5 Bottles a wine a day
4 Days NYC.....8 Juice Press Juices a day
March 14th to 19th me and the kids will detox on fish and rice in Aguadilla PRico while Linda studies Yoga (yes she told me to get out of the house).......NO SCHOOL YES POOL TOUR
L'Ami Louis - the worst restaurant in the world. Hilarious Vanity Fair restaurant review. You been Skinny? (via kottke)
The Rolls-Royce of the sea is her shark’s fin, the pricey pièce de résistance of traditional Chinese banquets. “No shark’s fin soup, you’re cheap,” said Mrs. Li, summing up the prevailing ethos toward the steamy glutinous broth, for centuries a symbol of virility, wealth and power.
essex market unrest
top bar bee hive
wiki entry w/ links
clinton st getting a chinatown dumpling outpost. i eat at vanessa's but ive read prosperity are their equal.