The Wednesday Wrap: Food News to Go
That's Just Offal: When food plays such a vital role in courtship, can carnivores and vegetarians commingle in the kitchen (and in love)? [New York Times]
More Meaty Issues: Relationships can survive food allergies, picky eating, and, yes, carnivores vs. vegetarians. [San Francisco Chronicle]
Adding These to My Bucket List: Seattle faves Salumi (Porchetta) and Paseo (Cuban Meat Sandwich) make the grade as Esquire ranks The Best Sandwiches in America. And that's no typo, the McRib is indeed on the list. [Esquire]
In Local News: All-star omnivore Michael Pollan guest blogs on Omnivoracious, the Amazon book editors' blog. [Omnivoracious.com]
TiVo Alert: In case you missed No Reservations this past Monday, do yourself a favor and track down a replay of Tony's trip to London and Edinburgh where he spends some quality time hunting with Marco Pierre White, eating with Fergus Henderson, consuming all manner of fried delights with mystery writer Ian Rankin, and recording a Shatner-esque spoken-word song with Morcheeba. [Travel Channel]
Bruni Beat: It's one star for the revamped Second Avenue Deli (now located on Third Avenue and East 33rd) as Frank Bruni visits with the "latke-loving" posse of Ed Koch, Nora Ephron, and Laura Shaprio. [New York Times]
--BTP
KitchenMaus on February 13, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Thanks for the weekly wrap--I look forward to it every Wednesday! I really enjoyed reading the Esquire sandwich article. I dream of Primanti Bros. sandwiches with fries and all! I'm ready to fly out to Pittsburgh right now...