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20 Great Bread Bakeries
by Meryl Rosofsky and Alex Rush Acme Bread CompanyBay Area, California510/524-1327 This nearly 30-year-old Berkeley institution, helmed by co-founder and Chez Panisse alum Steve Sullivan, is not...
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Pod People
One thing that makes Portland's food carts so special is the way they are grouped together in what's locally known as "pods," which range from a couple of vehicles with shared tables to dozens lining...
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City Dozen: Gabriella Gershenson's Berkshire Mountains
Summer is the time to visit the small hamlets clustered in the Berkshire Mountains, a tree-covered highland that straddles western Massachusetts and Connecticut. Equal parts fertile farmland, high...
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The Pasta Lesson: Making Oriechette in Puglia
by Lana Bortolot In Puglia, the heel of Italy's boot, I approached a pasta-making lesson with a combination of eagerness and anxiety.I was eager because, as an Italian-American, I am happy to explore...
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Postcard-Inside-the-Lamborghini-Cafeteria
by Jamie Feldmar Although Lamborghini manufactures some of the most outrageously high-tech luxury cars on the planet, the cafeteria at the company's factory in Bologna has decidedly less cutting-edge...
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Post Card: Drafting Sheep in New Zealand
by Sarah Bray It was stupid of me to wear open-toed shoes when I visited Cape Campbell Farm, a windy, mountainous property on the Pacific coast of New Zealand's South Island. More stupid, perhaps, to...
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Alex Witchel Just Us Cooks
by Alex Witchel My father's mother, Nana, was the greatest cook in the family, so my mother was at a disadvantage from the start. No matter how well she did-the crêpes for her cheese blintzes alone...
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Meat of the Matter
by Javier Cabral I've never understood why people complain about roast turkey being dry, or bland, or otherwise not delicious. But then, the turkey the Cabral family sits down to each Thanksgiving at...
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Multiple Choice: Lunch in Burma
by Naomi Duguid I've made many trips to Burma recently to research my book Burma: Rivers of Flavor (Artisan, 2012), but food in this country is so subtle and varied, I never tire of eating it. Burmese...
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A Storied Feast
by Bernard L. Herman, illustrations by Brenda Weaver On the Eastern Shore of Viginia, home to some of America's earliest settlements, the Thanksgiving meal features ingredients and dishes that have...
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Cassava Nation
The fish, rubbed with garlic and cumin, was frying, and the coconut milk was bubbling on the stove when Mama Nicha walked through the room. "Now it smells like a Garifuna kitchen!" she proclaimed in...
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Maghreb Food in Paris
by Jay Cheshes In my memory, Paris and couscous have always been inextricably linked. I attribute this to one of the most mythic meals of my youth, a lunch that lasted six hours. It was the early 1980s...
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Travel Guide: Maghrebin Paris
by Jay CheshesDinner for two with drinks and tipInexpensive: Under $20; Moderate: $20-$80; Expensive Over $80WHERE TO EAT1 Chez René et Gabin92 Boulevard de Belleville, 20th arrondissement...
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Travel Guide: Honduras' Garifuna Coast
For information on planning a trip to Honduras, contact Honduras Tourism (800-410-9608; letsgohonduras.com).WHERE TO EATChef GüityBeachfront, west of Quinta Real, Zona Viva (504/443-4595;...
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Post Card: Farmer Craig Black at Houmas House Plantation and Gardens
by Rien FertelFor thirty-five years Craig Black has tended the thirty-eight acres of gardens, greenhouses, ponds, and oaks of Houmas House, the crown jewel of Louisiana's River Road plantation trail....
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A Virginia Thanksgiving
by Bernard L. Herman Just before dawn on Thanksgiving morning, I pull on my waders, grab a basket, and splash my way to the oyster cages that lie a hundred or so yards from our house on the banks of...
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A Seattle Coffee Story
by Drew Zandonella-Stannard In 1983 my two mothers, Meredith and Elyse, bought an espresso cart, parked it along Alki Beach in West Seattle, and unknowingly positioned themselves among a handful of...
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Postcard: Chicks at Iverstine Family Farms
by Rien FertelJust over two years ago, after reading about the problematic complexities of modern industrial meat and poultry processing, Galen Iverstine purchased fifty-five aches of pasture and...
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Gianduia: Nutella Wishes it Could Taste This Good
by Jamie Feldmar As a teenager, I ate Nutella straight from the jar, eschewing any vehicle for the spread beyond a spoon. I found it pointless to let another flavor interfere with the brilliant...
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