Since it began holding New York’s dining darlings to its red-cover standards 5 years ago, the Michelin Guide’s annual fall release of its gustatory awards have been greeted with a mix of glee, anxiety, pish-posh, and pride. After all, it’s not always easy to take criticism (remember Jeffrey Chodorow’s monumentally embarrassing full-page ad taking then-New York Times food critic Frank…
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Honeybee Researcher Marla Spivak Gets $500K MacArthur Grant
What does an apiculturist have to do with cuisine? If it’s Professor Marla Spivak, the connection is obvious…and critical. For many years, pollinating bee populations, crucial for regenerating alfalfa and many other crops, have suffered from pesticide use and sickness within their own colonies. Spivak’s work with honeybees and reducing disease and parasites is groundbreaking and could bring honeybee populations…
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Airport Food Looking Up
A couple of months ago, I was delayed between flights returning from a work trip to the Central Coast of California. As I sat eating a soggy quesadilla and sipping unenthusiastically on a watered-down margarita—truly, the best meal I was going to find within 20 yards of my gate–feeling awfully sorry for myself in the purgatory of modern-day air travel,…
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Food Apps of the Week: Street Food
Food trucks have never been hotter. If you’ve ever chased one down and had some of the gourmet street food flying out of them, you’d know why. Part of the fun, you also know, is the chase. Here are some apps designed to help you find the best curbside grub in your area. Food Trucker Developer: Clayton Kane Cost: Free…
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California’s New Wine Country: Temecula Arrives
If it feels like you’re pulling up to someone’s home when you pull up to Doffo Winery, it’s because you are. Behind what looks like a typical California ranch house, however, Marcello Doffo and his son Damian are making some of the best Malbecs in the Temecula Valley. If “the best in Temecula” sounds like a low bar to clear,…
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Heroes in Toques: David Wasson
This morning, with a belly full of coffee and Cranberry Almond cereal, I was searching on Google for something about Manifest Destiny and stumbled upon David Wasson. He’s had an illustrious career in food, including culinary instruction and a large catering business in the Seattle area. He was also founder and director of the Chef & Child Program for the…
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