Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazilian music and filled with color, food and passion, Penelope Cruz stars in this sexy comedy as Isabella, a chef whose motion sickness drives a wedge between her and her husband, Toninho (Murilo Benicio). After Toninho is unfaithful, Isabella relocates from Brazil to San Francisco, where she starts a [...]
(New York) - This is one place that excites me the most about coming to New York. Right on the 3rd floor of Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle, there stands a petite bakery serving extraordinary baked goods, chocolates and some French bistro fares. For those who are not aware, this boulangerie is owned by [...]
(Chicago) – Calumet Fisheries is a veritable institution in Chicago; standing proud for more than 6 decades in the business is an unobjectionable proof. It has all the accolades of James Beard and badges of approval of culinary superstar’s like Anthony Bourdain. It is also immortalized in a classic film, Blues Brothers. I have read [...]
(New York) - Do I need to explain more why I can not fail to visit Max Brenner in Union Square during my recent trip to New York? It’s all because of this slice of heaven: Chocolate Marshmallow Pizza. It started with plain pizza dough, covered with generous chunks of Max’s chocolate and seamlessly topped [...]
With a staggering number of Americans suffering from obesity and other food-related maladies, this film takes a timely and hard-hitting look at how the food we eat is helping or hurting our health, and what we can do to live (and eat) better. Nutritionists, naturopaths, scientists, doctors, medical journalists and more weigh in on everything [...]
(Miami) – I am no green to Cuban cuisine. My associations and immersions with Cuban and Latino friends exposed my palate to their native food and my awareness to their deeply passionate culture. But I am not claiming to be an expert of their food. I am not really into dissecting the flavors of everything [...]
(New York) – Who would have thought that rice pudding can be such a hot culinary phenomenon in New York dining scene? Yes, Rice to Riches which serves more than a score of different kinds of rice puddings is super hot in Soho. Many people, both local and tourists alike, flock to this rice nirvana [...]
(Indianapolis) – I went to Indianapolis with my friends once again for a volleyball tournament. While they were busy with their game, I was preoccupied looking for food – great tasting food that is unique to this place. So I googled and made some phone calls to friends residing in Indiana. What came up on top [...]
(San Diego) - You bet; where there is a Jollibee in the city I am visiting here in the US, I will definitely spend a meal or two there. I have never missed the flavors of our beloved originally Pinoy fast food this intense – well after failing to visit Manila for almost 4 years [...]
(Atlanta) - The dining scene in Atlanta is getting hotter and bolder by the minute because of newer, trendy and ingenious restaurants popping up all over the city. And they are getting noticed nationwide through Food Network and Travel Channel. One of these blazing talk-of-the-town Atlanta restaurants is Two Urban Licks. I did my research [...]
(Chicago) – We went to Jam for Sunday brunch to celebrate my good friend, Sally’s birthday. We usually do dinner out to a nice restaurant for birthdays but every one’s ridiculously busy during summertime and brunch was the only viable time to be together. To be fair to Sally who is always present in every [...]
(Atlanta) – During my recent trip to Atlanta, I wanted to re-visit the food places that I frequented when I was still living there. One of the few places where I spent many lunches whenever I come to office in downtown is European Kitchen – a low-key counter-service diner with vague range of dishes but [...]
(Chicago) – This is a simple, hearty chicken stew and perfect with hot white rice. Ingredients: 2 tablespoon olive oil 12 chicken thighs 1 large onion, chopped 1 cup dry white wine ¼ cup fresh marjoram or 2 tablespoons dried marjoram 2 medium boiling potatoes cut in chunks 2 large carrots cut in chunks 2 [...]
(San Diego) - My last meal in San Diego ended deliciously. My flight was later in the afternoon and I wanted to have a memorable lunch somehow. So my friend and I walked 7 blocks to downtown area to look for some good lunch places. We forgot what day it was and the nicest of [...]
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