SPECIAL*DARK: Archive

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“Yuba wrapped prawns with dot of chive flower paste. Grilled chicken heart brodo....”

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Dec 31st

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“5am. Seattle Ramen results: more fat, less sodium, springier noodles, heartier...”

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Dec 31st

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“Deep bowl, wide lip. Aquavit & goat cheese sabayon. Duck ham. Japanese melon...”

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Dec 30th

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Wrapping Hay in Japan /via pokoroto I didn’t think it would ever stop.

Dec 30th

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“Ham hock confit, blasted kale, Sardinian sheeps milk cheese, creamy pintos. On...”

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Dec 30th

&*@%^#$!: it’s kind of hard / tedious to set up a... →

jjay: it’s kind of hard / tedious to set up a self-shot with a point and shoot camera. and how come photo booth doesn’t have a timer function? it’d be SO much easier… [old me would use this as an excuse to get a dSLR with a remote. hooray, growth & responsibility?] so yeah, saw a couple others… TRUST ME. HE’S BLURRY IN REAL LIFE.

Dec 30th

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“Coriander berries, sansho leaves, Rose noodles, rice cooker physics & random...”

– Goodbye Christina.

Dec 29th

“i would never blame location on our failure…we failed the location..&...”

– /via Michael Symon’s Facebook Amen.

Dec 29th

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Dec 29th

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“I want to eat a gyro with vinegary hot sauce & fries with a stupid amount of...”

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Dec 29th

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Dec 27th

The Olive Garden Has No Choice But to Overcook... →

Lowest common denominator. I grew up in the midwest, so I can say that I’ve eaten chain restaurants more than most, but that doesn’t mean that I liked it. (I TOTALLY DID. lol.)

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Dec 20th

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“Duck pate & dirty rice stuffed inari. Crab apple mostarda. Shot of Whistle...”

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Dec 20th

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“Crispy pork belly. Korean purple rice and beans. Watermelon radish &...”

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Dec 20th

The Creative Life of Chefs René Redzepi and Daniel... →

By Peter Meehan. Read for the seamless thought processes alone.

Dec 19th

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“Chefs and NYE menus are exacty like kids writing what they want from Santa =...”

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Dec 19th

Airport Dining Guides Across the Eater Universe →

For those of you flying, be safe and don’t forget to dump your #@$^^# water! :P SeaTac is still so sad. SBARRO FO’ LIFE. lololol.

Dec 19th

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For chefs, New Year’s Eve is more about the night... →

True.

Dec 18th

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Dec 18th

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On the impracticality of a cheeseburger. →

by Waldo Jaquith /via Kottke How making a simple cheeseburger would have been nearly impossible before the twentieth century The writer falls into a slippery slope of “making a burger from scratch” = growing your own wheat, churning own butter from milk from YOUR cow, etc. Seasonality plays a big part of the article, but the exercise was mainly to prove that it’s important...

Dec 18th