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Prandium this week

Posted on April 24, 02008 by Fremont

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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Water on Tap—Uptown edition

Posted on April 22, 02008 by Fremont

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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Dinner and lunch, breakfast pending

Posted on April 16, 02008 by Fremont

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

Posted on April 13, 02008 by Fremont

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

Posted on April 12, 02008 by Fremont

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

Posted on April 11, 02008 by Fremont

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

Posted on April 10, 02008 by Fremont

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

Posted on April 9, 02008 by Fremont

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

Posted on April 8, 02008 by Fremont

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

Posted on April 7, 02008 by Fremont

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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Umami: food and art festival

Posted on April 6, 02008 by Fremont

The Umami food and art festival opens Tuesday at 7pm with a water tasting, followed by Mimi Oka and Doug Fitch’s performance piece, Orphic Memory Sausage. They instantly became my new favourite artists when I visited their studio last autumn … Continue reading →

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The true cost of free tater tots

Posted on April 5, 02008 by Fremont

After scanning through my picture files, I decided to open the office. I Just couldn’t bring myself to stay away today. It feels like cheating. But I have been considering finding a contributing writer to give me one day off … Continue reading →

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Fiddlehead fest 02008

Posted on April 4, 02008 by Fremont

It must be spring. The fiddleheads are back. The first batch of fiddlehead, aka ostrich, ferns of the season arrived at Fairway on Wednesday—4:30 on the nose—the produce manager told me when I called to inquire. The first shipment came … Continue reading →

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Liberté Ambassadeur

Posted on April 3, 02008 by Fremont

My devotion to Liberté is now elevated to a whole new level. It’s provoking that warm fuzzy, special feeling and tingling sensation allover. I signed up to volunteer as a Liberté Ambassadeur. You can get the warm fuzzies allover too … Continue reading →

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Prandium this week

Posted on April 2, 02008 by Fremont

Perhaps a new cyber friend and fellette blogger Amloki, who writes about writing, will appreciate this dilemma. I am tapping under a Monday deadline for a new freelance writing job I started last week. For every word I tap it … Continue reading →

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Prandium this week

Posted on March 28, 02008 by Fremont

I’ve heard of a woman who maintains an online diary of what she eats every day. When Daily Prandium was created, I thought about doing this. But firstly, it’s hardly original. Then, it would likely be boring and redundant, though … Continue reading →

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Health and prandium

Posted on March 22, 02008 by Fremont

As you’ve likely heard in the news, oatmeal helps lower cholesterol. The interesting thing about oatmeal lowering cholesterol is the fact that the effect is transitory. If you stop eating it, your cholesterol level will increase again. Of course the … Continue reading →

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