Meghan and Prem have moved on. You can now find Meghan writing at Small Bag Big Appetite, and Prem at Disquiet. Thank you for being with us on our journeys!
Phở Bò on the streets of Hà Nội, Vietnam
This year saw a lot of travel as we kicked off the year traveling around Southeast Asia for six weeks, visiting India, Singapore, southern Thailand and Vietnam. We ate a lot of incredible food on our inaugural visit to Vietnam, many of which made it here. There was always fish sauce on the table and, on occasion, a “grand cru” from Phu Quoc.
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There’s a little park in our neighborhood, where we end up eating most of our picnics, that’s tucked away between beautiful brownstones on treelined streets.
Read MoreNuit Saint-Georges is one of the main wine-growing regions in the Côte de Nuits commune, part of the Côte d'Or. Les Saint-Georges is one of the bigger premier cru vineyards, located at the western and southern edge of the premier cru belt in the commune. The appellation has no grand crus.
Brothers Bertrand and Denis Chevillon manage the domaine named after their father Robert...
Read MoreLast weekend we rode our bikes over to Rucola for dinner, a neighborhood corner restaurant, and felt incredibly lucky that the only two sidewalk tables were empty despite the bustling crowd inside. The heat and mosquitoes were keeping people away from the adorable outdoor two-tops but we were armed with bug spray and a willingness to sacrifice feeling hot for these coveted seats. Rucola always impresses us and tonight was no different, especially the peach salad on special.
Read MorePeaches from Toigo Orchards
We returned from vacation last Sunday morning in time to make it to our weekend market. We found that while we were in South America eating the exotic fruits of Colombia (more to come on those), the New York strawberries had disappeared.
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