Although they have many fine restaurants, Kansas City is best known for its distinctive barbecue–they take it very seriously. Real smokehouses, a tomato-based sauce thickened with molasses,
Category: Contemporary Food Culture
How to Eat Sinfully
Just in time to guarantee a guilt-free feast on Thanksgiving, Dr. Aaron Carroll’s book The Bad Food Bible: How and Why to Eat Sinfully has
Thanksgiving Wine Pairing
Pairing wine with the traditional Thanksgiving meal is a bit like taking photos of invisible objects—an impossible task. The dishes are so varied there is
Cuisine Has Reached It’s Postmodern Moment
My recent visit to Alinea, the temple of modernist cuisine in the U.S., prompted some thoughts about whether molecular gastronomy is maintaining it’s radical edge.
What Does a 240 Day, Dry-aged Steak Taste Like?
We’re wrapping up our Texas wine tasting sojourn. It would be a shame to leave Texas without indulging in a Texas steak. According to reputation
Is Alinea the Best Restaurant in the U. S.?
For the 12 years it has been in existence, Grant Achatz’s Alinea, located in a utterly non-descript building in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, has been
