Pork Archive

I went to The Hawksmoor near London’s Spitalfields Market today expecting their famous £15 burger to be the culinary pinacle of the week. The burger was great, but the Tamworth belly ribs stole the show. These tender, juicy pork ribs are (more…)

I didn’t really expect to post photos of hanging carcasses two days in a row, but sometimes things just work out that way. Yesterday the Daily Food Photo was a butcher’s window in Fatih, Istanbul. After posting it, I headed out to (more…)

Leila’s Shop in London’s Shoreditch serves breakfast all day. This in and of itself is enough to awaken the affection of a native New Jerseyian whose notions of home are infused with the aromas of fried eggs and toasted bread wafting from a diner (more…)

In the past few months I’ve spent in London, I’ve eaten an insane amount of great food, some British, some Italian, and at Barrafina in Soho, quite a bit of Spanish. This 23-seat restaurant on Frith Street is a culinary landmark where (more…)

This past weekend, after a very pricey and barely filling (but incredibly delicious) meal at the brand new Le Recette in the West Village, I visited the Fatty Crab for dessert. Mind you, this is after eating a deconstructed s’more at Le Recette. (more…)

I have had an endorphin rush brought on by eating very spicy food before. I have tasted foods so hot that it has taken me days to recover from eating them. But I have never encountered anything with spice so intense, so profound, that (more…)

Have you ever asked yourself: How do I make this vegetarian recipe carnivorous? One quick and easy way is to just add bacon. This strategy works on just about every dish. Fry up your bacon in butter or extra virgin olive oil (for all you (more…)

Last night I had dinner at The Wells, a gastropub in Hampstead that proves the words great, British, and food can be placed in the same sentence. Drawing heavily on local and seasonal ingredients, the menu at the Wells has plenty of British and (more…)

This past year has been full of great meals and food that is very bad for me. Here are some of the things I enjoyed eating in 2009: (more…)

I live my life by the axiom “pork makes everything taste better”. I apply this self-evident postulate to rotisserie poultry with delicious consequences. Simply tether game birds (squab, song thursh, pheasant, quail, etc.) to a spit with (more…)