My Week In Food
I enjoyed a delicious summer squash and zucchini pizza. I cooked some brats and ate them with Cleveland Kitchen’s Beet Red Kraut. After having a cocktail made with Luxardo Limoncello, I wonder if it would be good for a spiked Arnold Palmer.
Bryant Terry Is Rewriting the Cookbook Playbook
When I heard about Bryant Terry’s new imprint, I got so excited. I can’t wait to read the upcoming cookbooks under the 4 Color Books which is a new imprint of Ten Speed Press. Read more about it with this excellent interview of Bryant by Matt Rodbard of Taste.
Restaurants Using Dress Codes To Redline Black Guests
It’s 2021. Everyone wears athleisure. Wearing sneakers and tank tops is the norm, yet some restaurants decide to discriminate against Black guest by arbitrarily enforcing dress codes. Recently at Le Bilboquet Restaurant in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, they even refused service to former Atlanta Hawk Dominique Wilkins. Restaurants have lost so much money last year yet some have the audacity to use dress codes to discriminate. It’s a damn shame.
Recipe: Coffee Soda Float
Manhattan Special is an espresso soda that is popular in New York. Years ago, I remember having one at Robicelli’s when the couple had kiosk at Dekalb Market. Now, Allison Robicelli has developed a quick and dirty recipe for a coffee soda float using ingredients that you probably have in your pantry and fridge.
How Spam Became So Well Known
I once made a Spam Reuben sandwich with rye bread, sauerkraut and Thousand Island dressing. Hormel Foods developed Spam in 1937 as an inexpensive, non-rationed protein that could be stored unrefrigerated for long periods of time. Read how Hormel used advertising to make spam iconic.
New Podcast Episode
I finally recorded a new episode last week. Listen as I talk about hot chicken and other food trends.
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