food


New Orleans Gets Its Bite Back

photo by Cedric Angeles

Assessing the Crescent City’s comeback, three years after Katrina.
GQ, September 2008

The FedEx Meal Plan

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On having all one’s food overnighted from faraway lands. Or, A push-back to the local/seasonal orthodoxy.
GQ, November 2009

Tahiti: A Viticultural Odyssey

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One man’s obsession with making wine in the South Pacific.
Gourmet, February 2009

Haggis, Updated: Less Offal, Tastes Great

ACQUIRED TASTE Ian MacAndrew makes haggis from beef, liver and spices at Cameron’s of Kearny in Brick, N.J. (Fred Conrad/The New York Times)

The state of Scotland’s most famous, and reviled, dish.
New York Times, January 2007

Kobe Beef: The new blue-plate special

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A $5,000 burger and the jackassification of a luxury ingredient.
Details, 2007

Talk of the Town: Pet Tricks

The existential dilemma of a truffle dog in New Jersey.
The New Yorker, January 1999