I decided, over a rather satisfying slice of $1 pizza from the St. Marks pizza place, that I would happily give up burgers for pizza. It was a question posed to me a couple of years ago, and I didn’t know the answer. In the wisdom that has come to me in my thirties, I [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Travel’
May 31, 2010
Deep in Texas
Today I ate smoky brisket tacos at Angie’s Restaurant, a desert diner fifty miles east of El Paso. My silver mustang convertible rental baked outside and leathery dudes in cowboy hats found their lunch break a whole lot more interesting with the arrival of city slicker #1 (me) in a white minidress that felt unfortunately [...]
April 23, 2010
Dishing: Mike Gonzalez, Designer
Welcome to the first installment of Dishing, where I convince some really cool, adventurous, curious and food-loving people from outside the food world to share with me their best tips for eating and drinking well. MIKE GONZALEZ, FASHION DESIGNER AND PHOTOGRAPHER Mike Gonzalez caused a leather bomber addiction a few years ago when he and his wife [...]
March 15, 2010
Spain Diaries: Ronda
Our drive to Ronda was uneventful in that there were no landslides, as we had been warned about, only gushing waterfalls where normally there would be no water. Still, the abnormally rainy winter Spain was experiencing provided for an unusually dramatic trip from the south. The road from Marbella took us on a curvy trip [...]
March 14, 2010
Spain Diaries: Loving the Caña
“How many things can you buy for a euro, that are as satisfying?” That is the question I posed to my fellow caña-drinkers, to which one of them wisely noted, “It was actually 80 cents.” The Spaniards do a lot of things that confound me, but one thing they get totally and absolutely right is [...]
March 12, 2010
Spain Diaries: A Feast of Fish
Our caravan of cars led by Dani Garcia (the Spanish chef I told you about in earlier posts) turned off the main road, and the first thing I notice is that according to an advertisement for the Playboy Club, we’re heading in the right direction. I glance at The Boyfriend. He shrugs innocently. The tree-lined [...]
March 11, 2010
Spain Diaries: Stay Tuned for Serious Seafood
Spanish chef Dani Garcia leads us to an out-of-the way, off-season seafood restaurant set in what looks like an abandoned resort, in what feels like an abandoned waterfront neighborhood. Oh, and did I mention we were in the midst of a furious rainstorm? We begin to understand the extent of the Spanish obsession with fresh [...]
March 11, 2010
Spain Diaries: Dinner in the Pueblo
If you can believe we ate after La Moraga, well, we did. It would be a light bite, we rationalized, just some jamon and cheese and wine. Riiigggght. Spaniards might be tapas-land, but I don’t think the word “light” exists in their culinary repertoire. Cris, his lovely wife Nadia and their 5-month old son Charlie [...]
March 9, 2010
Spain Diaries: A New World of Tapas
The stretch of highway between Malaga and Marbella winds along mountainous Costa del Sol, and Cris, our host for the weekend and a Malaga native, nonchalantly drives his adorable red Audi like a race car, hurtling along at breakneck speed while pointing out landmarks that disappear in a blink. Having just landed from a long [...]
