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Category Archives: Food and health
Eddie’s Tea Chronicles: Five Tea Brewing Tips
Eddie Pensier writes: Green and white tea should be brewed at lower water temperatures (75-80* degrees Celsius) than black or herbal tea (boiling 100 degree water). Too-hot water can burn the more delicate leaves and cause a bitter, over-extracted brew. … Continue reading
On Isla Vista and the Mental Health Profession
Sir Barken Hyena writes: I hope no trigger warning is needed for this, but it’s about Isla Vista.One thing that I would hope we can agree on is that the mental health profession has failed this country. Most of these shooters … Continue reading
Posted in Food and health
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The Burgers of America
Eddie Pensier writes: Vegetarians, look away. Here’s a list of the best hamburgers in the USA, state-by-state. They run the gamut from gourmet delicacies to fast-food to pub food. Toppings range from the common (cheese, pickles, bacon) to the outrageous … Continue reading
Eddie’s Tea Chronicles: Confessions Of A Flavored Tea Lover
Eddie Pensier writes: I love flavored tea. There, I said it. Bona fide tea snobs will shudder at this statement. These days it’s all about the pure, the single-origin, the unadulterated. It’s more sincere and authentic, and as we all … Continue reading
The Last Honest Meal
Eddie Pensier writes: If you’re the type of diner who judges restaurants by hygiene and cleanliness, this sign in the window of Dinastia China might give you pause. That is, of course, the New York City Health Department Sanitation Inspection … Continue reading
Posted in Food and health, Personal reflections, Travel
Tagged chinese food, chino latino, dinastia, latin food, New York City, restaurants
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Pizza, Five Ways
Eddie Pensier writes: The best pizza in the world, as everybody knows, no longer exists. It is the pizza of your childhood*. That first magical bite sets the flavor, which you spend the rest of your life attempting to recapture. … Continue reading
Posted in Food and health, The Good Life, Travel
Tagged Chicago, five ways, food, New York City, pizza
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Umami Burger, Revisited
Eddie Pensier writes: Paleo Retiree has blogged about the phenomenon that is Umami Burger. When I learned that the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX had a UB, it was decided that it would be our last meal on this … Continue reading
Three Waffles In Three Days
Eddie Pensier writes: (with apologies to Neil Finn) Three waffles in three days So indulgent, breakfast, dinner, either works well Sweet above and crisp below Syrup dribbles in the pockets sitting on my plate, Even if it’s getting cold Gorgeous … Continue reading
Absolute Perfection
Glynn Marshes writes: Let’s be quite clear about this: I do not like my Martini mucked about with; I guess, in exactly the same way that Dad did not want ice or lemon peel in his Gin and French. Traditional … Continue reading
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