On a current shopping spree through downtown New York City's Essex Market, we found an outlet of the legendary uptown store Schaller Weber. An icon of a city section once known as "German town," (running between 80th to 86th street east of Third Avenue), Schaller...
Karima Moyer-Nocchi, author, historian, cook and runner came up on my radar when I saw her book Chewing the Fat: An Oral History of Italian Foodways - From Fascism to Dolce Vita. It's a truly unique book. She kindly agreed to...
Once again, the Big Apple is attempting to ban foie gras. The villains (or heroes, depending on perspective) are the folks at the New York City Council, inspired by the Animal Welfare Protection Agency. Humanistically, I'm in agreement, as the feeding (gavage) is...
My kitchen crew has consisted of two full time cooks and a chef - me. We just got to hire another full time cook, now our "newbie." Like me he's an Army veteran. But he served in Iraq while my service was in Germany. It's great to have him. His name is Yamil. Here's...
My sister wanted to find somethings at a fancy homegoods store the city of Solothurn, and as we entered my eye caught another vending machine, but this one with meat. Luma Delikatessen is a unique marketing tool, full of high end aged cuts of meat, beef and...
As a Jew in the US Army during the Jewish high holy days, I was not given my pass to go home for Roshashana, nicknamed by some military guys as "Rusha Homa." Fast forward to this years festivities. I had a "farkhalesht lekhtsn" (yiddish for...
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