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The Year in Food 2006

From bad spinach to exploding lattes: The tastiest moments of 2006.

that’s been there a while now. Word is that they've over-expanded, and are thinking of turning this third sight into a pinxos bar, rather than being a coffee snack bar like the beak street operation. Apparently...

and was then a different Russian restaurant, the windows are covered with brown paper saying "Coming Soon Tibetan Restaurant." And downstairs on Bab Street, in the space that had been Firenze, a sign to warm the hearts of...

and execution. Really good in spite of the hype. Union Pacific (right before Rocco won F&W Best Chef and soon went hollywood on us) Quilty’s (yeah, I know its since long closed)but was great back in '97 or so. Babbo, Gramercy...

Oh my god, it’s a miracle! I've been searching High and Low for these addictive snacks. I first bought a small can of crunchy mushroom snacks at an Asian grocery in the Valley, maybe Panorama City, years ago, it was some...

I finally made it to Snack for lunch today... Been meaning to ever since Asimov’s review in '99. I had a platter of tatziki, tarama and Skordalia, with dolma and pita. The tatziki and tarama were both as good as I've had...

I didn’t end up getting a snack today at all (I ate a sandwich which I had brought and forgotten about) but I’ll check out Saigon Sandwiches soon. I haven’t had any banh mi since moving to San Francisco, and I...

I’m having 1/2 dozen friends up to my family lake house for the long weekend. We've got major meals pretty well covered. Fortunately I have very thoughtful hounds for friends. I’d like to have stuff to snack on...

and popcorn and I guess anything carby is desirable at that time. I've actually heard that you should avoid to much protein too soon before you go to bed as it will keep you up.

Now, if we could only convince Thai Binh to make a tofu version, I could really compare bread-to-bread..(g)...Or sardines, or that peppery fish cake....After all this banh mi talk, I had to go get one yesterday (Mix)... I've also...

I didn’t know at the time how fortunate I was to have my mom at home. She doted on all three of us and sometimes would serve us at different times. My after school snack varied, and sometimes if my Dad was home, he’d...