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May 17, 2010
The Chicago Ten: Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria (#10)
To celebrate our birthdays, my great pal Matt and I met up in Chicago for a weekend of eating and drinking. Followed by more eating and drinking. And drinking. Then, eating. Ad infinitum. It’s just how we roll. Matt had just gone to Chicago in 2009, when he dined in the Holy House of Grant […]
May 12, 2010
Happy Hour: Chinese Bootlegger Punch
New York has always been a great city, but this week its greatness gets bumped up a notch, as the first annual Manhattan Cocktail Classic rolls into town, along with some of the country’s best and brightest mixological minds. Accurately described as “part fête, part conference, part cocktail party,” it will be a balls-to-the-wall 5-day orgy […]
EVENT PSA: Japan Society’s Annual Sake Tasting (NYC)
One of the most highly anticipated events at Japan Society is happening next Wednesday. This year’s Japan Society Sake Tasting features 12 brewers from Japan and 34 different types of sake. Think about it, for a mere $35, you can drink 17 ounces of sake (34 x 0.5oz.), which is just about a bottle of […]
May 11, 2010
Culinography: Gourmet Donuts
Donuts drizzled in caramel sauce by Pastry Chef Toni Roberts of C-House
May 6, 2010
Miller Lite Love
Chicago loves Miller beer. Maybe it’s a Midwest thing (provenance Wisconsin), but seriously, it was everywhere. I saw people walking down the street with 12-packs, they were stocked in our hotel fridge, signs for them were plastered along the windows of every 7-Eleven, and people at bars simply yelled out to the bartender, “Gimme a […]
May 5, 2010
Happy Hour: Cinco de Drinko!
 It’s that time of year again folks! That’s right, it’s Cinco de Mayo, or as some call it, “Cinco de Drinko,†which is Americans’ favorite Mexican holiday that most Mexicans don’t celebrate. Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo is not the day of Mexican independence. That would be September 16. Rather, Cinco de […]
May 4, 2010
Organic Megumi Natto
I was greeted with a pleasant surprise on April 19 when I opened my Gmail account. There was to be a debut release party for an organic natto product the next day at San Francisco’s Ozumo. This almost felt like when I heard the news for the release date of the latest Pavement album in […]