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Peace, Love, & Hamminess: A Foodie Tour of Spain

BY FREYA BELLIN LEVOW I recently had the great pleasure of spending two weeks in Spain (with a brief foray into southern France and a long enough layover in London to have a solid English fry-up). They were two very wonderful weeks, filled with some of the best food I’ve had in recent (or not-so-recent)...

Perfectly simple tomato salad and white asparagus in Haro, La Rioja

Food is Just a Vehicle for Condiments

Condiments are truly the best. Maybe they all don’t necessarily outshine the food they clothe, but they do possess the power to transform. Sinus-scorching honey mustard turns a mediocre sandwich into an outrageous one; a zany marinade makes brisket wildly addictive; and a fresh summer tomato sauce turns boxed whole wheat pasta into a revelation...

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What Is This, Top Squash?

For the past several years, I have hosted an annual Top Chef competition among friends. The challenge varies each year, but the rules of the game don’t change much: each chef conceptualizes a dish, cooking happens mostly off premises with the exception of final touches and reheating, and there is an honorable panel of at...

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I Scream for Gelato: An Interview with Mia Chef Gelateria

It is no secret that I love dessert. (The passion must come through in my writing, as my post on chocolate cake is my most widely read piece to date.) But of all the desserts in all the land, I am of the opinion that frozen dessert is king. And so, when news got out...

In goes the liquid mixture, out comes gelato

Good Spirits: How To Go Tasting

If you consider yourself a foodie, you’ve most likely encountered an event like the Good Spirits tasting event that I attended last week. Here’s the drill: the perimeters of an event space are lined with vendors (restaurants, cafes, bars, manufacturers) offering samples of a single bite (or gulp), presumably designed to impress and lure you...

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The Great Chili Cookoff

There are few things that winter inspires in me, and innovation seems not to be one of them. Indeed, I was disappointed to find that I can hardly come up with something new to say each year during the end-of-January/ beginning-of-February rut: please see exhibit A and exhibit B. No, there’s nothing at the farmer’s...

From left to right: Michael's Beef Chili, Greg's Veggie Chili, and Freya's Sweet Potato Chili

Go Fish!

Let’s start the new year of food off big. More specifically, with a big old fish. Shall we? I have always wanted to cook a whole fish, but it’s a daunting prospect. It has eyes. And creepy little fish teeth! Yet, it also has incredible flavor, economic advantages, and the power to make a home...

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The Beer Cook: Top 6 Dishes of 2012

BY VANESSA HEINE Today, we bring you some delicious recipes and fantastic photography courtesy of Vanessa Heine and her blog The Beer Cook. Vanessa is a craft beer fanatic, photographer, chef and graduate student in Boca Raton, FL. This crosspost is comprised of her six most popular posts of 2012. Click on each entry header...

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Frontier Psychiatrist: The Best of 2012

Before we raise our glasses to 2013 and sing “Auld Lang Syne” with Andrew Bird or Sufjan Stevens, allow us to reflect on 2012. Whether you’re a regular, occasional, or first time reader of Frontier Psychiatrist, we hope you’ll enjoy the following celebration of an epic year and a harbinger of what’s to come. In 2012, FP...

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No Mo’ GMO: Food Politics in 2012

I was a pretty trusting person until movies like Food Inc. and books like Omnivore’s Dilemma taught me a thing or two about our country’s food system. I’ll spare you the details, as this is a food column and perhaps you came hungry, but let’s just say, it’s nasty. Real nasty. Things that I used...

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For the Love of Latkes

Hanukkah is often thought of as the festival of lights, but it also goes by a lesser known moniker: the festival of junk food. We light candles to remember how the oil miraculously burned for days longer than it should have, while the Maccabees fought to protect our religion and our temple. Yet Jews also...

Bubble away, little latke

A Boozy Thanksgiving

Tomorrow is a big day for food. I hope you’ve pulled out your favorite stretchy pants for the occasion! Thanksgiving is undoubtedly my favorite holiday, and not just for the autumnal delicacies. In fact, I think I love Thanksgiving in spite of the pumpkin laced gorge fest that seems to symbolize it. As much as...

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