UPDATE: Mean Bao is now closed. One balmy evening a few weeks ago, Arne and I were walking down Central in Nob Hill when a curious sight met our eyes. In the window of the recently vacated Ecco Gelato space was a sign with a cartoonishly irritated white blob – maybe a marshmallow? a…
Eating ABQ: Rebel Donut
A couple of weeks ago, my mom came up from Belen to hang out for the day. We were lounging around, chatting about nothing much, when she uttered eight fateful words: “Did you hear about the new doughnut place?” Then she topped them with three more: “maple-bacon bar.” Five minutes later – long enough to…
Eating ABQ: Limonata Italian Street Food Caffe
A new shop has moved into the space recently vacated (in a hurry, it seemed) by Cafe Giuseppe. That coffee and gelato shop, in a bright space on Silver and Wellesley in Nob Hill, was a place I always wanted to like but never really did. The location was awesome, the multi-room space charming, and…
Eating NYC, Part 2
Once Arne joined me in the city – hours late from stupid Texas weather – the culinary exploration kicked up a notch. Our first stop was Madison Square Eats, a collection of food stalls in Madison Square Park featuring some famous names like Momofuku Milk Bar. (I had previously visited with Mom and Jeff –…
Eating NYC, Part 1
Last month I spent a week and a half in New York City visiting my brother Jeff, exploring, and (of course) searching out delicious food. For the record, do you know how hard it is to write a post on the subject of eating in New York without making the title some kind of apple…
Eating ABQ: Banh Mi Coda
The pork meatball banh mi at Banh Mi Coda Welcome to a new obsession: banh mi. These delicious sandwiches – a sort of Vietnamese sub – may seem an unlikely Asian food, depending as they do on fresh baguettes. They make sense, though, when you realize that Vietnam was influenced by France since the 17th…
Inspiration!
Perhaps it was not the world’s most brilliant idea to start a cooking blog days before leaving on a week-long vacation where I would have no kitchen access. However, I certainly did have access to food in New Jersey and New York City! The trip’s culinary highlights: #1, of course, was our blowout, wallet-emptying dinner…