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Sakura crush

Posted on May 3, 02008 by Daily Prandium

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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Daily Prandium—May edition

Posted on May 1, 02008 by Daily Prandium

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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Blueberry pancakes and senseless self-promotion

Posted on April 30, 02008 by Daily Prandium

After a meeting with a fella from my department, I followed a craving for blueberry pancakes to Coffee in the West Village. This is one of the exceptions to my no blueberries except from New Jersey in July rule. I’ll … Continue reading →

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Sakura are blooming

Posted on April 27, 02008 by Daily Prandium

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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Water on Tap—Uptown edition

Posted on April 22, 02008 by Daily Prandium

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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Don’t be a hater

Posted on April 19, 02008 by Daily Prandium

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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I had a winegasm in Queens..

Posted on April 18, 02008 by Daily Prandium

..and survived to tap the tale. It’s really not much of a tale, or I’m not tapping it here. But somehow a friend convinced me to drive out to Astoria for dinner and a movie. Amazingly, I didn’t get lost … Continue reading →

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Dinner and lunch, breakfast pending

Posted on April 16, 02008 by Daily Prandium

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 Daily Prandium

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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Gross out safe treyf

Posted on April 11, 02008 by Daily Prandium

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 Daily Prandium

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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Daily Prandium—April edition

Posted on April 1, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Welcome to the April edition of Daily Prandium. I hope you’re enjoying reading as much as I am growing and evolving with it every day. This month’s editorial calendar is booking up and will include amuse bouches, more of my … Continue reading →

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Hot sakura

Posted on March 30, 02008 by Daily Prandium

I met some friends downtown for dinner and we decided to try the Kitchen Club. I’d never eaten there before, only sake and tasty morsels at Chibi’s Bar next door. The meal was a continuation on the celebratory eating I’ve … Continue reading →

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Post-Vermont group think

Posted on March 25, 02008 by Daily Prandium

I’m working with S and B on a group project for Vermont rural food systems. We met tonight for a kickoff meeting after Food history. No meeting rooms were available at Bobst so we opted to head to Alta for … Continue reading →

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Soft bites before bed

Posted on March 12, 02008 by Daily Prandium

bon nuit..

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Auction eats

Posted on March 9, 02008 by Daily Prandium

During college I worked for auctioneers in Los Angeles and here on the East coast. It was a great way to make some money and to learn about American art pottery and metal, and quarter-sawn oak Mission furniture, among other … Continue reading →

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Long live Sweet-n-Tart

Posted on March 7, 02008 by Daily Prandium

I was downtown this afternoon for some meetings and had time to be like a pigeon and navigate around Chinatown. I decided it was time to investigate where my favourite snack shop moved to. No pigeon navigation was required for … Continue reading →

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Hazardous Greenpoint

Posted on February 11, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Over the weekend I ate out twice. I’ll write about Friday night later today—all goodness to come.. For now, strong words to caution you and you and you.. DO NOT EAT AT Sapporo Haru in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. If you make … Continue reading →

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Cass-olé

Posted on January 21, 02008 by Daily Prandium

All day I played admin to the publisher and maid to the lady of the house. We can finally begin to write, and prepare and cook the week’s prandium, tonight’s cena. KCRW is playing in the big room loudly enough … Continue reading →

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Good night pr’ack

Posted on January 20, 02008 by Daily Prandium

The weather chased me outside today. Somehow I thought it was warmer out there than in here. Oh yeah, icebox kitchen. Several birds with that cold stone. But did I enjoy a Sunday downtown? I didn’t mind freezing with A … Continue reading →

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