Food 101: Moules Frites Moules Frites For Desert Dwellers There’s a funny scene in Richard Russo’s novel Straight Man where a lady-killer biology professor is eating a plate of raw clams with [...] Gail Guengerich \ May 23, 2013 Read More Moules frites from Café Jean Pierre. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Restaurant Review: Rocka Taco Rocka Taco Demands To Be Seen Grass and bare feet. Firecrackers and accidents. Tacos and beer. Here is the short list of classic summer duos. It’s not summer yet, [...] Gail Guengerich \ May 09, 2013 Read More
Restaurant Review: Annie’s Soup Kitchen Soup And Nostalgia At Annie’s Soup Kitchen Do you miss your grandma? Indiana? Iowa? Are you exhausted from the hip and trendy Albuquerque “scene”? Do you just want a homey [...] Gail Guengerich \ Apr 18, 2013 Read More Annie’s quiche, an Alibi reader favorite. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Po’ Boyhood And Beyond The Birth Of A New Orleans Original And Where To Find It In The Duke City The po’ boy sandwich is special. Not only for its elusiveness in our fair city, but as the tasty little vertex of two [...] Gail Guengerich \ Apr 11, 2013 Read More
Interview: Stanley Crawford And The Center Of The Universe Stanley Crawford And The Center Of The Universe Stanley Crawford, novelist, memoirist and garlic farmer is telling me about the experience of driving back to his home near Dixon after a [...] Gail Guengerich \ Apr 04, 2013 Read More
In Search Of The Pavlova A Dessert From Down Under Oh, lost opportunities. In 1931, Anna Pavlova, lodestar of the Imperial Russian Ballet and dancer of the “Dying Swan,” refused a surgery that [...] Gail Guengerich \ Mar 21, 2013 Read More Who are you to resist? (Gail Guengerich)
Books For Cooks: The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook I only have one food blog bookmarked on the entire world wide web: smittenkitchen.com.I was lured in to Deb Perelman’s Smitten Kitchen by [...] Gail Guengerich \ Feb 07, 2013 Read More
Review: Gourmet Wieners At Urban Hotdog Company Street Food Steps Out At Urban Hotdog Company Gourmet hot dogs.How does that phrase make you feel? Confused? Enraged? Titillated? Morally adrift? Hot dogs are culturally and politically iconic. We project [...] Gail Guengerich \ Jan 17, 2013 Read More
Restaurant Review: Limonata Italian Street Food Caffe Limonata Italian Street Food Caffe There was a time when the words "Italian street food" conjured one image in my mind—gelato. The treat was all I saw in [...] Gail Guengerich \ Dec 06, 2012 Read More (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Food For Thought: Beyond King Corn In Search Of Maize Redemption America’s love affair with corn is largely over. Thanks to the industrial farm complex and government subsidies, the corporate, cash crop version of [...] Gail Guengerich \ Nov 22, 2012 Read More
