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Favorite Drip Coffee of 2012 26 Jan 2013 | 06:41 pm
I'm taking a break from espresso. I can't remember the last time I ordered one at a cafe or attempted to make it. At home, my Rancilio Silvia with PID kit has been collecting dust for almost a year. T...
Favorite Dishes of 2012 17 Jan 2013 | 07:41 am
In compiling this list, I faced the difficult task of choosing dishes that stood out on their own, outside the context of the meals in which they appeared. My favorite dishes from this year are very d...
Favorite Meals of 2012 5 Jan 2013 | 06:52 am
There is no question that 2012 was the best eating year of my life, with experiences in places ranging from Copenhagen to Kyoto. To create this list, I examined the dining experience as a whole, facto...
MAD 2012 w/ Enrique Olvera 6 Oct 2012 | 06:45 am
Mexican cuisine remains one of the most interesting cuisines in the world, and is finally starting to get the attention that it deserves. This past July, I had the honor of introducing my close friend...
Pujol Revisited 27 Apr 2012 | 01:02 pm
What is authentic Mexican cuisine? Ancient dishes like bírria, menudo, and chochinita pibil are the easiest to categorize as authentic because of their age, but what about colonial dishes like chiles...
Favorite Espresso of 2011 2 Jan 2012 | 02:07 pm
In 2011, the growth of third wave coffee shops exploded. Tokyo was particularly interesting, where a newly developed taste for great coffee started to compete with its thousand-year-old tea culture. N...
Favorite Meals of 2011 1 Jan 2012 | 01:08 pm
It’s been an incredible year filled with culinary experiences in locations ranging from Toluca to Tokyo. Choosing my favorite meals from 2011 was very different from choosing favorite dishes. To crea...
Favorite Dishes of 2011 31 Dec 2011 | 03:00 pm
In selecting a list of best dishes from 2011 I faced the difficult task of choosing those which stood out on their own, outside the context of the meals in which they appeared. My favorite dishes from...
The French Laundry Revisited 17 Oct 2011 | 09:50 am
If there’s one thing Thomas Keller taught us during his 10-day pop up in at Harrod’s London, it’s that The French Laundry brand is fundamentally not connected to time and place. Whether the restaurant...
The French Laundry 15 Oct 2011 | 01:45 am
My last experience at the French Laundry was in August, 2011. But before I share my most recent meal under the current chef de cuisine Timothy Hollingsworth, I wanted to share an older experience base...
