Article Archive for December 2009
Tutti Frutti: Cocomero
What better place to put your breadfruit then a breadfruit-shaped bowl? Thanks to the newly launched design and production company, Cocomero, you can now sleekly store your fruit and eat it too. Sydney-based founder and …
Wine Bar With Pizazz: Avec
Officially, Avec is first and foremost a wine bar. Yet, a few minutes in this vibrant, energetic Chicago-based space and it’s quickly evident that it’s so much more. Set in a long, narrow honey-colored room wrapped …
Good Food For A Good Year
A time for renewal and hope, the beginning of the New Year commonly brings with it refreshed opportunities and ambitious objectives. And with that, so too, we look to usher in luck to help make …
Pastry Gone Wrong: Cake Wrecks
Cake Wrecks is a seriously addictive, mostly hysterical blog that is perfect for those hours of procrastination. From sad to silly to creepy, the site is all about cakes gone wrong and ‘finding the funny …
The Tap is On: Tap Water
Touché bottled water. Tap is on the rise again. As plastic water bottles pile up in our land fills, with their vague benefits, escalating prices, and notable carbon footprints, this 90s trend is starting to …
Your Future in a Bottle: Fygein Adynation
Fygein Adynation is the tea leaf reader of the wine world, inspired by those faint lines of wine that cascade from the top of the bottle after pouring. When serving this innovative Greek novelty, …
Winter Warmth: Fondue
The snowy skies I left in Switzerland yesterday were one-upped today with a blizzard in New York. Winter, in the Northern Hemisphere, is unequivocally here. And that means, time for stick-to-your-ribs mountain food. I have …
Tree Hugger: Nudo Olive Oil
If you’ve ever dreamt about owning your own olive grove in Italy then Nudo is for you. Based in Le Marche, Italy, Nudo is an olive grove where wanna-be-harvesters, like you, can adopt their own …
It’s Alive!
Exploring foodie joints while travelling to new cities, uncovering small food finds in my own neighborhood, and discovering exciting products and innovative foodstuffs in the local market, all top my list of absolute favorite things …
Beet Flavored Ice Cream? Thanks Humphry Slocombe!
San Franciscans are not normally timid when it comes to food. Good thing then that Humphry Slocombe’s ice cream parlor has made its home in this foodie town. Here, revelatory ice cream is served in …
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