Mina's Dish: Three Must-Have Books For A Cook’s Library Mina's Dish: Three Must-Have Books For A Cook’s Library I’ve been reading a lot of food books by and about chefs lately, and in doing so, found a few titles that have [...] Mina Yamashita \ Nov 25, 2010 Read More
Have Fork, Will Travel: The Pleasures Of Pesce Alla Ligure The Pleasures Of Pesce Alla Ligure Special series: The Alibi’s resident food columnist Ari LeVaux reports from Italy for a few issues. Buon appetito! It’s funny that Genoa is [...] Ari LeVaux \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More L'oceano (Ari LeVaux)
Mina's Dish: Holiday Shopping At National Restaurant Supply Holiday Shopping At National Restaurant Supply If you’re shopping for a serious foodie, you’ve got to start thinking like a chef. Which means you’ll need to head straight over [...] Mina Yamashita \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More Lookin’ sharp, Wüsthof. (Mina Yamashita)
Food For Thought: How One Man Is Reconnecting The Inner City To Fresh Produce How One Man Is Reconnecting The Inner City To Fresh Produce James Johnson Piett digs retail—specifically, food retail. Focusing on things like "operationalizing how consumers move through a store," as he puts it, might [...] Ari LeVaux \ Nov 11, 2010 Read More If anyone can bring foliage back to our cities’ “food deserts,” it's the independent grocers. (Courtesy of James Johnson Piett)
Mina's Dish: Restaurateur Steve Paternoster Is A Humanitarian With A Lot On His Plate Restaurateur Is A Humanitarian With A Lot On His Plate It’s no secret that restaurants are strong supporters of the communities in which they serve. They are, after all, the face of the [...] Mina Yamashita \ Nov 11, 2010 Read More Steve Paternoster (Mina Yamashita)
Food For Thought: Slow Food’s Global Meeting Of The Minds ... And Bellies Slow Food’s Global Meeting Of The Minds ... And Bellies Special series: The Alibi’s resident food columnist Ari LeVaux reports from Italy for a few issues. First up, he covers the biennial Slow [...] Ari LeVaux \ Nov 04, 2010 Read More Foodies followed their noses to the eighth annual Salone del Gusto, part of the Slow Food convention held in Turin, Italy. (Courtesy of salonedelgusto.it)
Mina's Dish: The “Julia Child Of Mexican Cuisine” On Oaxacan Foods Mina's Dish: The “Julia Child Of Mexican Cuisine” On Oaxacan Foods Diana Kennedy bursts over the phone line like a dynamo. She’s in California and we’re discussing Oaxaca al Gusto (University of Texas Press).“It [...] Mina Yamashita \ Nov 04, 2010 Read More Diana Kennedy
Restaurant Review: Thai Vegan Enlightens Albuquerque On Faux Meats And Authentic Thai Food Enlightened Dining Rarely does a restaurant’s name describe its most salient qualities as succinctly as Thai Vegan. Ironically, while the name may turn away some [...] Ari LeVaux \ Oct 28, 2010 Read More Chef/owner Pat Phomnoi
Mina's Dish: Dinner With Chef David Tanis Of Chez Panisse Dinner With Chef David Tanis Of Chez Panisse It’s hard to know where to begin—David Tanis, world-class chef; David Tanis, author; David Tanis, will ’o the wisp. In fact, you can [...] Mina Yamashita \ Oct 28, 2010 Read More Pork scallopini (Christopher Hirsheimer)
Mina's Dish: Pony Up For The 22Nd Annual Equestrian Cup Wine & Food Tasting Equestrian Cup Wine & Food Tasting Ladies and gents, it’s time for the 22 nd annual Equestrian Cup Wine & Food Tasting. Hosted by Albuquerque’s Active 20–30 Club and [...] Mina Yamashita \ Oct 21, 2010 Read More A horse and rider race to the dessert table. (Courtesy of Active 20–30 Club)