Recommended food reading: SUPERFOODS! 11 things you should be eating: beets, sardines, cabbage and more! (via Radhika and Kanitra, NYT Blog) Luscious-looking macarons from LA’s Paulette (Oishii Eats) Pete Meehan on the superfluous BACON Renaissance. “Bacon is Bacon” afterall. (via Matt, Salon.com) Blue-light special on milk! (via Dan, Consumerist.com) MediaEmpire Alert! NY Mag buys Menupages.com […]
Author Archives: Kayoko Akabori
July 11, 2008
Packaging Whore: Salad Dressing
Here’s something my mama sent me recently- three different kinds of salad dressing that come in these really cute, stout, hexagon-shaped glass bottles. No doubt they were on sale at Mitsuwa or something (Hideko is the craziest bargain shopper ever, and she also lives at Mitsuwa). The dressings are from Japan, from a brand called […]
July 10, 2008
Rotting Mangosteen
Remember the queen of fruit and its cute asshole? Yamahomo gave me one and by the time I got around to cutting it open, it had rotted. What I found was pretty facsinating. Although I was sad that it was no longer edible, it still had a subtle scent of sweetness. The queen of fruit […]
July 9, 2008
Ode to Cupertino: Ridge Winery
Hard to believe that in my little hometown of Cupertino, CA, there is a world renowned winery tucked deep into the hillside. Cupertino is a part of the Silicon Valley- it’s where you can find 1 Infinite Loop aka Apple HQ; and all sorts of other hi-tech companies within a 15 mile radius (turn right […]
July 2, 2008
Summertime Delights
Sorry I have not been posting so much- our film festival finally starts TONIGHT! If you are in NY, please come check out a movie or two- all 18 premieres are quite excellent, although nothing really food related, unlike last year’s festival. Here’s a plug for perhaps my favorite movie in the line-up (really hard […]
July 1, 2008
Heavenly Sauternes Soaked Raisins (Paris)
Here’s a little something my boss brought back from Paris: Raisins au Sauternes- sublime wine soaked raisins, coated in dark chocolate. These are friggin AMAZING. There’s a little sugar crunch as you bite down, revealing a golden yellow raisin, with a faint hint of something… what exactly is it? Dessert wine! Apparently, they come from […]
June 28, 2008
The Umami Reader, vol. 023: Bitters and Murakami
The only 2 food-related stories I read this week- bear with me until mid-July please!: Homemade bitters: a short, concise guide to this timeless liquor, with links to various recipes to make your own (Chow) Takashi Murakami-inspired instant ramen packaging- pretty dope (via Adam for Serious Eats) *What are you reading? Please send links to […]
June 27, 2008
Fridgin’ Out: Moving Out in San Francisco, Pt. II
I’m back this week with my lady Vanessa’s fridge. You may recall that I went through V’s fridge a few weeks ago, as she was moving out of her SF apartment- here’s her fridge, just as fun as her freezer was! Fish sauce! I remember this just sat in my cupboard for a few years […]