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New York, Paris, San Diego, Bacon
It began with three women — one in New York, one in Paris, one in San Diego. Although they lived far, far apart and had never met, they had one thing in common: a deep love for bacon. “I was just...
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Taqueria Las Comadres (Oakland, Calif.): Our Little Secret
There are several things that set my stomach aflutter whenever I step off a plane in San Francisco: a simmering hot bowl of pho topped with bright pink thin slices of steak still gradually turning...
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Fishermen’s Grotto (San Francisco): A Taste of The Old Wharf
It’s not every day that I look forward to eating at a cheeseball tourist trap. The Fishermen’s Grotto in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf, however, holds special meaning. Thirty years ago, when the...
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Alpine Inn (Portola Valley): A Place Called Zott’s
On a recent lazy spring afternoon, the sous chef and I went on a meandering drive along the winding mountain roads of Northern California. After quite a few miles of sun-dappled trees and fetching...
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Mama’s (San Francisco): Eggs Worth The Odyssey
I have been called “the world’s most easily bored person.” By someone who knows me well, too. (And yes, despite such insensitive name-calling, we remain married.) And so there are very few meals for...
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Djerassi Resident Artists Program: A Man Named Dan
It’s not often that I am so taken with a person that I find myself immediately professing my adoration at every turn. Recently, however, I met one such someone — a man named Dan, a chef who fed me...
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Chicken Satay: BBQ, Singapore Style
Among the things I miss the most about my native Singapore is one simple activity: Sitting by the beach on a steamy summer evening and looking out at the water as I reach for stick after greasy stick...
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Mongolian Buuz: A Perfect TV Snack
Eating in front of the telly is something that happens with some regularity in these parts. When your partner is a super busy television critic, that tends to happen. And I’m certainly not averse to...
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