Looking for Good Eats in the Ribera del Duero

Three weeks from now, Jon and I (along with our friends at Philatraveler) are going to spend a week in the Ribera del Duero, the part of Spain that’s home to wines like Pingus and Vega Sicilia. We’ve rented a house near Penafiel/Valladolid (for cheap because it’s low season), and we’re in the process of [...]

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Gourmet San, Bethnal Green

To celebrate the Year of the Ox, my friends Phu and Aaron sent me this glowing Observer review and suggested we try out Gourmet San. I’ve now been to Gourmet San twice, and while about half the dishes I tried were eh, the other half were very good, and all were very cheap – most [...]

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Proud

I wished I were in DC today, or that I’d had time during the day to watch the Inauguration live. But just now, I watched it all on line, and I’m pretty happy. This being a restaurant-food blog, my tie-in to Inauguration Day is that having gotten home late tonight (around 9:30 pm), and wanting [...]

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No. 9 Park, Boston

Normally when I travel, I look forward to finding good places to eat and then blogging about it. But for some reason, I think of trips back to the US as somehow not “counting” as travel. And so I rarely blog about places I like in the US. Which is stupid. So let me tell [...]

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“The Best Job in the World”

I saw this article on the BBC website today (be sure to play the video).  Despite being someone who gets bored during a beach holiday, I was sorely tempted to apply: Tourism officials in Australia are describing it as “the best job in the world”. They want someone to work on a tropical island off [...]

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My Five Favorite London Restaurants in 2008

Happy new year! Eight days late, I know. I had a fantabulous trip back to the U.S., full of family, old friends and good food. I hope you and yours had a happy holidays, too. Now I’m back in cold, foggy London. My gym is packed to the gills. Accumulated email at work is driving [...]

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