Tag Archives: water

The eve of Easter eve

Posted on April 9, 02009 by Fremont

Bouna notte..

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Frozen water on tap

Posted on October 13, 02008 by Fremont

A gift to the letter Q. May it evoke a sufficient sensory experience. A favourite cafe upstate serves chilled bottles of tap water at each table. Yesterday, the bottle was chilled so that a plug formed. The water dribbled out. … Continue reading →

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Hustle to Flow

Posted on September 16, 02008 by Fremont

There’s a new must-see environmental documentary, Flow, that opened this week. The trailer is available here: Watching just the trailer made me cringe. It’s the guilty conscience sort of cringe. Imagine how I’ll feel Thursday night walking out of the … Continue reading →

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Water on Tap—Upper East Side edition

Posted on May 9, 02008 by Fremont

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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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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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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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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