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Eat younger

As the owner of a skincare studio in Breckenridge, Colorado, I am not only interested in using the best topical treatments to retain youthful, healthy skin but also in understanding which foods benefit the skin from within. What we eat … Continue reading

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Go west young prandium woman

One of the girls in class brought tiny homemade chilé and cheese tamales for everyone. Seeing them in their cooler reminded me of the tamale lady in San Francisco. I think I’ll try finding her this weekend. Wish me luck. … Continue reading

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Party rages on at the apple

Kind of moody spooky. The apple remains and I’m figuring the residents have been enjoying quite a time for themselves. Though a few birds have come around to check things out. Maybe it’ll be time soon for the residents to … Continue reading

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That’s not Mister Cone

But the shiny new ice cream trucks rolling around town are sure to give the old hometown favourite and Mister Softee a run for their sprinkles. The hand model was a no-show, so sorry if this isn’t the most artful … Continue reading

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Picturing pesto ricotta omelette

Here are pictures from the study-aid omelette I made the other day. I confess. The past few omelette’s I’ve made stuck to the pan. The key really is to lower the flame once the beaten eggs are poured in. Slow … Continue reading

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Specialty food—belly button

The final write is on through Monday night. I’ll head out momentstarily to sequester at the library for the rest of the afternoon. The technology dogs above are still mad I left them for the food dogs above. They’ve decided … Continue reading

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Water on Tap—Upper East Side edition

For this week’s Water on Tap, Daily Prandium checked in with health food restaurants in Gotham’s Upper East Side to see if they filter tap water served to patrons. Candle 79 154 E 79th St | Btwn Lex & 3rd … Continue reading

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Locked in the tower, again

Today begins my customary semester-end sequestration. With the exception of happy hour drinks tomorrow to celebrate with folks from the program who are graduating, I’m back in lock down mode. It will last through Monday night when final edits are … Continue reading

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Working for my daily prandium

Last week I started working at a restaurant, a small hip Italian bistro in the West Village. I’m not telling you which place. If you’re in my grad program, then you know where. Otherwise, tant pis. As part of the … Continue reading

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It looks almost like a black hole

But it’s a bowl of oat bran. They say it’s good for the heart. Bon nuit..

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Feliz palomitas

Despite an unrelenting craving for spicy, fat California burritos, I opted to stay in for Cinco de Mayo this year. Instead, I made some huevos and palomitas. Fairway is selling paloma dorada and paloma blanca by India Tree. These bags … Continue reading

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Prandium this week

Since last posting Prandium this week, I’ve enjoyed quite a few restaurant cena. The other night, one of the Restaurant girls introduced me to black truffle-infused honey at Otto. On bread with fresh ricotta, I have fallen for my new … Continue reading

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Sakura crush

Sakura Matsuri at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens was a well-attended event yesterday afternoon. Despite the crowds and traffic, luckily, we were able to find a parking spot on the street right near the entrance. More good karma. Just as we … Continue reading

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Rainy day oat bran

The time is 12 noon Pacific time. Have you enjoyed your cholesterol lowering oat bran today? Buen provecho..

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Daily Prandium—May edition

Welcome to the May edition of Daily Prandium. I hope you enjoyed last month’s as much as I enjoyed eating, foraging, and tapping it all. As usual, there are plenty of goodies to tap about upcoming. May will see new … Continue reading

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Sakura are blooming

Seventeen days left. Still working on edits and writing. But wanted to share and care some beautiful sakura with you and you and you. If you’ve any romantic inclinations, this is the season to prepare a picnic lunch for a … Continue reading

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A bowl of oat bran

Have you eaten your oat bran today? Eighteen days left in the term. Writing and editing continues. Buen provecho et bon nuit..

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Smoke break

Writing and editing under deadlines. If I were still a smoker, now would make a fine time to step out onto my balcony. But, the only thing smoking, or smoked, in this house was the brook trout from the greenmarket. … Continue reading

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Prandium this week

I’m not going to my dearest Fairway again this week. The news reports of worldwide grain shortages actually have me somewhat scared away. I don’t want to contribute to a run on the markets here in Gotham. Usually on each … Continue reading

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Fruitarian in Siberian spring

02007 vintage cold storage apples have seen their days. Please don’t make me eat another one, with their puckering skins and flesh turned to meal. A monsu from the last bunch I bought at the Morningside greenmarket’s been sitting on … Continue reading

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Water on Tap—Uptown edition

For this week’s Water on Tap, Daily Prandium phoned six health food restaurants in the nearly upstate neighborhoods of Gotham. Contact information for these establishments are listed here. To refresh your recollection, the premise of this series is simple—to learn … Continue reading

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A fiddlehead fancy

On a warm, variably sunny and cloudy Sunday afternoon in April, along a swampy riverbank somewhere upstate, a girl and her two poodles, a Slow Foodist from Munich, a wacky naturalist foraging guide, and a bunch of amature foragers went … Continue reading

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Ssh, I’m foraging fiddleheads

Daily Prandium is off this morning to forage with Wildman Steve Brill. Today is the big day. We should find fiddlehead ferns, among other rare and delightful wild edibles. Will report back this evening. Ciao for niao..

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Don’t be a hater

The food world seems to harbor it’s share of blog haters. I first encountered this back in mid-March at a panel discussion on campus. I was mildly put off by comments then, especially considering the panelists are involved with blogs … Continue reading

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A weekday afternoon in springtime omelette

The weather has been so fine. Two poodles have been hiking me up to the park and making me practice throwing the ball until my shoulder aches. No worries. I can handle all sorts of aches. The walks, the sun, … Continue reading

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Dinner and lunch, breakfast pending

Yesterday, a colleague and new friend, N and I had lunch at Community Food & Juice. It’s a newer place in Morningside, and opened maybe several months ago. We made plans after bonding last week on the night we both … Continue reading

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Water on Tap—Upper West Side edition

There has been much brouhaha in the press about drinking tap versus bottled water. Last summer, heads of the food world like Alice Waters, Marion Nestle, and Michael Pollan declared tap is best. And environmentalists cited concerns related to the … Continue reading

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Prandium this week

The larder is running low—on the fresh produce end; there’s never a shortage of starch—and haven’t been to the Greenmarket in the past week. This doesn’t look pretty. Prandium this week.. Café au lait (Porto rico fair trade beans & … Continue reading

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Gross out safe treyf

I made my way back downtown to HSF today. The restaurant is at a diagonal opposite, to the south and east, from my abode on this island of Gotham. That is pretty far. HSF happens to be where I had … Continue reading

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I’m having a secret affair

After a meeting tonight on campus with my partners for the Vermont milk to maple project, I walked over to Chinatown. I went looking for a restaurant that serves chicken feet to take pictures of for the ‘gross out’ foods … Continue reading

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More dreams of Orphic Memory Sausages

The picture’s of a watermelon sculpture by Hugh McMahon, who’s also quite well known for his pumpkin carving. The piece went on display tonight for the second night of the Umami food and art festival. I played the good art … Continue reading

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Dreaming of Orphic Memory Sausages

Volunteering tonight for opening night of Umami was a great excuse to get out of my place for the evening and meet folks like myself working in food, art, and publishing. But it was also a great event that took … Continue reading

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Will write for food

Recently I received a call for a freelance writing job. The timing was somewhat serendipitous as I planned to pick up my French passport at the Consulat the next day. Yes, the two events are relational. But I won’t be … Continue reading

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