I once dated a girl -- and I'm 99.9% sure she would never read this, so I feel okay writing about it -- who was a picky vegetarian. Not a vegan, but a vegetarian who disliked many fruits and vegetables. ...Read More

Picky Eaters

It's been a while since I've mentioned mochi, but I'm afraid I must bring them up once more. See, an enormous Korean supermarket called H Mart recently opened near my parents' house outside Boston -- it's such a mob scene ...Read More

Do I Have to Drive to Jersey for a Mochi?

There were several things I didn’t know about Frank Bruni before reading his autobiographical book, Born Round: That he grew up in White Plains.  That he was hired in '04 as the New York Times restaurant critic despite having no ...Read More

Frank Bruni’s “Born Round”

This post was originally going to be about Frank Bruni’s book, Born Round, but I’ll save that for next week.  Because right now, I’m a little fired up. What happened? Well, a distracted, indifferent restaurant employee hung up on me as ...Read More

The Decline of Civility

Another year -- and decade! -- of eating has come to an end, and with it, I have a few 2009 food honors to hand out.  This is movie award season after all, and being a huge movie nut (Avatar ...Read More

The Westchester Food Oscars