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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Wine, Meet Rodent.
Boring chicken dinner again? Perhaps it’s time to try a succulent serving of rodent. So where do you go to indulge your palate with this often-forgotten order of critters, and what exactly do you order? Does guinea pig call for … Continue reading
Posted in Edible Rodents
Tagged agouti, cuisine, food writing, guinea pig, Matador Nights, nutria, paca, rodent, wine, wine pairing, writing
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iPad or Notepad? Sitting or Kneeling?
Just how do I go about writing my travel pieces? Alison Stein Wellner, travel writer and culinary travel guide for About.com, recently interviewed me, probing my writing process and chatting with me about nutria and even space music. Today the … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Alison Stein Wellner, nutria, travel, travel writing, writing
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Confessions of a Tomato Pervert
Let’s call it agricultural déjà vu. Last March, I was navigating a crowded outdoor market in Montevideo, Uruguay when I began asking myself the same question that had occurred to me in the cafes of France and Italy, and in … Continue reading
Posted in Connecticut, Uruguay
Tagged farmers' market, food porn, garden, gardening, green zebra, industrial food, locavore, locavoring, tomato, Uruguay
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Pictures Versus Words, Uruguayan Style
Earlier today, I stepped over a discarded cigarette box on a New York City sidewalk. “Smoking Kills,” the bold letters declared on the label. Everyone knows the usual endgame of smoking; is a simple, declarative reminder of this risk really … Continue reading
Posted in Fresh Air
Tagged addictions, anti-smoking, litter, smoking, street level, Uruguay
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A More Human Midtown?
Who would have ever thought that I’d find this sign posted at 35th Street and Broadway, where Broadway intersects 6th Avenue? The new pedestrian malls just below the sign occupy what used to be parts of Broadway. In the absence … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged bicycling, car-free, foot traffic, pedestrians, public space
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Visiting Pasadena without Licking Telephone Poles
Last week, in the middle of Old Town Pasadena’s swirling of food and foot traffic, I stumbled on the city’s newest source of gastronomy: Rocket Fizz, a store selling locally made soda from around the country and the world. Newest, … Continue reading
Posted in California
Tagged foot traffic, globalization, Moxie, regionalism, Rocket Fizz, root beer, soda
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