“Porn? I’m not doing porn! What the hell are people talking about? The way we shot close-ups, I just wanted the food to look beautiful. I thought that’s what Americans loved about Italy — that it’s so sensual and romantic. [It’s not] PBS-style cooking. Lidia Bastianich, sorry, but [she’s] kind of boring. I mean, I… Read More Food Porn Friday
“One day in the year 1900 a man dashed into a small New Haven luncheonette and asked for a quick meal that he could eat on the run. Louis Lassen, the establishment’s owner, hurriedly sandwiched a broiled beef patty between two slices of bread and sent the customer on his way, so the story goes,… Read More Burger Wars Continued
…we now live in the second robber baron era. One of the things that happens in such times is that the wealthy and powerful get to construct huge building and homes. Yet, however we may feel about the 19th century power hoggers, we are still attracted to the architecture and structures they were rich enough… Read More Enclave of the North
“Comfort food is not just what gives you momentary pleasure or stress relief. That’s…” – Woo Yen Yen ‘Whereupon she employed a scientific term that rhymes with ‘perturbation’.” – Colin Goh, Comfort Me With Burgers (Co-authors of Dim Sum Warriors, graphic novels series) Buenos Aires – I’m sorry, but Woo Yen Yen is simply wrong, burgers… Read More Just a Good Ole Fashioned…
“Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger. – Abby Hoffman, Activist Buenos Aires – The subject of finding a good hamburger in town came up several times recently on the internet – a travel forum and a couple of expat forums. It was an instant blood in the water with circling sharks fest, as some touted… Read More The Great Hamburguesa Roundup