I’m minorly obsessed with Food Party, the sort of semi-surreal and delightfully insane cooking video series from artist Thu Tran. In Tran’s words: Food Party is a (would-be) TV cooking show with a spicy saigon kitchen-witch as your hostess, a cast of unruly puppets as culinary advisors, and a cavalcade of hip-hop/sports world celebrities asRead more »

So I have this terrible, ancient old fridge, and anything like keeping a steady non-freezing-but-still-cold temperature is apparently too much to ask of it. (Pictured here, in black and white to emphasize the ancientness). I had put this lamb steak in to thaw yesterday morning; I arrived home from work last night with a loafRead more »

I had been eyeing a new conveyor belt sushi spot all semester long and finally had a chance to go after class the other night. Having been fascinated with automation and mass production since childhood, I couldn’t wait to try it. Conveyor belt sushi is exactly what it sounds like: small plates of sushi thatRead more »

Is the White Russian really staging a comeback on the backs of Big Lebowski cultists? I’m dubious. If you must, though, learn to make it here: Rupa Bhattacharya, Culinary Writer

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I’ve never met the legendary Regina Schrambling, but she seems to have an uncanny knack for making me not feel alone. I can’t directly link to the particular entry on her site, but suffice to say that once, a few years ago, she recounted an incident that brought me great solace at a time whenRead more »

My sister-in-law writes: “…And I wanted to mention this, not too sure about this 12-pound turkey that [redacted] got, she says it’s all white meat? How do you get an all-white turkey!?” Does anyone know if this is even possible? What does a 12-pound all-breast turkey even look like? Rupa Bhattacharya, Culinary Writer

Every so often, the linguistic stylings of New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni bring one to tears: I’m fond enough of chicken wings, and that fondness goes far enough back, that when I first learned of the movie “Wings of Desire,” I assumed it was an ode to poultry slathered with a tangy sauceRead more »

So, this sign magically appeared this morning next to our coffee maker. It makes a legitimate point, and besides, with the average work-related caloric intake around here being on the high side, it’s certainly salient. So I opened the coffee maker, to make sure that I was getting my low-in-calories-and-good-for-me-milk, and found the following: Yup,Read more »

Of course you do. Rupa Bhattacharya, Culinary Writer