Food For Thought: Breaking Frozen Ground On A Spring Salad Garden Breaking Frozen Ground On A Spring Garden My baby mama spends about $5,000 a year on salad makings: lettuce, escarole, radicchio, kale, celery and parsley, as well as olive oil, [...] Ari LeVaux \ Feb 03, 2011 Read More Greens in the mix
Restaurant Review: Desert Fish Is So Fresh, You’ll Feel The Sand Betwen Your Toes So Fresh, You’ll Feel The Sand Between Your Toes “Je ne sais quoi” is an overused phrase, and I’m as guilty as anyone—usually with a terrible, dramatic French accent. At Desert Fish, [...] Ari LeVaux \ Jan 27, 2011 Read More Oysters on the half shell (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Mina's Dish: Slurping Up Talin’s Ramen Noodle Bar Fresh Noodles Hit The Spot At Talin’s Bar Talin’s humble beginnings in a narrow shop on Central and Wyoming bear little resemblance to the ethnic supermarket that now anchors the complex [...] Mina Yamashita \ Jan 27, 2011 Read More Talin Market World Food Fare (Mina Yamashita)
Restaurant Review: Pho Saigon, Not To Be Confused With The Other Pho Saigon Pho For The Fun Family In recent years, Albuquerque has been home to at least four Vietnamese restaurants with “Saigon” in its name. Those familiar with Vietnamese cuisine [...] Ari LeVaux \ Jan 20, 2011 Read More A Thai-style hot pot is cooked right on your table. (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Mina's Dish: The Alibi Visits Thomas Keller’s French Laundry! Extreme Dining In California's Napa Valley One of the finest events I’ll ever experience began with the following words:“Thank you for making your reservation at The French Laundry. Your [...] Mina Yamashita \ Jan 20, 2011 Read More The French Laundry (Deborah Jones)
Restaurant Review: We Heart I Love Sushi & Teppan Grill A Fish-Oiled Machine In two visits to I Love Sushi, I witnessed four birthdays. Having never partied there myself, I asked a sushi chef to fill [...] Ari LeVaux \ Jan 13, 2011 Read More Tempura-fried strips of hot green chile star in the New Mexico roll. (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Abq Beer Geek: La Cumbre Brews With Altitude A New Albuquerque Brewery’s Good Altitude The first words emblazoned on La Cumbre’s growlers: “La Cumbre Brewing Company is what happens when two people take one thing altogether way [...] ABQ Beer Geek \ Jan 13, 2011 Read More Tap into this. (ABQ Beer Geek)
Restaurant Review: Another Installment Investigates The Food At Duke City Sports Bars Knuckle Sandwich, Anyone? Here’s another installment in my occasional series investigating food at Duke City sports bars. In particular, I’m interested in places that show televised [...] Ari LeVaux \ Jan 06, 2011 Read More Ribs offer a one-two punch of juicy meat and succulent fat. (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Mina's Dish: Eating Up Pbs’ New Slate Of Cooking Shows Pbs Travels Far And Wide For Food A couple of years ago, I hooked myself up to the world of TiVo. I had a singular goal in mind—to record PBS’ [...] Mina Yamashita \ Jan 06, 2011 Read More Christopher Kimball in “America’s Test Kitchen” (Courtesy of KNME/KNMD)
Mina's Dish: A Neighborhood Defines American Cooking A Neighborhood Defines American Cooking “As American as apple pie” is a phrase I’ve heard forever. Yet every immigrant culture that makes up our melting pot contributes to [...] Mina Yamashita \ Dec 30, 2010 Read More Sushi rolls and slabs of marinated, roasted pork (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)