Interesting edible of the day
Blueberry lemon pickles, from the Paul's Gourmet Foods stand at the Hackensack Farmers Market. Pretty tasty if you can get over the strange blueish vinegar they're floating in - the fruit flavors are very subtle.
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Aug 27, 2008
Aug 18, 2008
Fun with Craigslist
I don't know what shushi [sic] is, but you can find it in Wset [sic] Paterson, according to this ad. And if you want to work there, they're "willing to train fast learning," whatever that means.
Jul 29, 2008
Chef at James Beard House
Michael Carrino, chef-owner of Restaurant Passionne in Montclair, will be the featured chef at the James Beard House Aug. 12. The cost for the dinner, called "A French Love Affair," is $165 ($125 for James Beard Foundation members) and reservations are required (212-627-2308).
Here's a look at the menu:
Jul 22, 2008
Holy cow!
A dish in a Nigerian restaurant had one diner saying "My God, this beef is good," according to this story from the BBC.
The Muslim diner in Birnin Kebbi was preparing to eat a piece of beef which had been boiled and fried, when he noticed the word "Allah" - the Arabic word for God - spelled out in its gristle. I don't see it. how about you?
Classic jingles and free* food?
That's what they're peddling at The Take Away:
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Jul 08, 2008
Seen on the sidewalk
Seen on the chalkboard in the window of Lolo's Sweets & Sundries in Ramsey today: "Free AC with any purchase."
Too bad it was closed when I walked past.
Beef and push-ups
We got the "perfect burger press" in the mail today. The plastic doodad from Progressive claims to help one make uniformed burgers - with or without a dimple (?) - that "cook evenly every time."
That's all well and good, but when I look at it, I don't want a burger - I just wanna do a push up.
Jun 23, 2008
Jun 18, 2008
Random thoughts
Random thoughts while walking through Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus on my lunch break:
- Does changing his name from Jack to Giacomo on the menus of Napa Valley Grille make Chef Mistretta more Italian?
Jun 17, 2008
ABOUT
BILL PITCHER has been The Record's food editor since June 2006 after five years writing and reviewing restaurants. He was born in New York's Hudson Valley and raised in the southern Adirondacks.
E-mail pitcher (at) northjersey (dot) com.
ELISA UNG joined The Record as its food writer and restaurant reviewer in September. She's a native of California and a graduate of the University of Southern California, and she spent the last eight years writing for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
E-mail Ung (at) northjersey (dot) com.
ROBERT BIESELIN, a reporter in The Record's features department, has written about new restaurants and North Jersey dining events since 2005. He's a native of Orange County, N.Y., and graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas College. E-mail Bieselin (at) northjersey (dot) com.
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