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3d
food & drink
Mini selection boxes from your local chocolatier
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Growing up, my parents always got my siblings and me little boxes of chocolates from Serenade Chocolatier. On the west coast, I’d personally opt for See’s (linked).
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4d
food & drink
Bodrum on the UWS
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This is the place I would go with my mom’s college best friend and his girlfriend (my quasi-uncle and aunt) when I lived in NYC, and I still adore going when I visit. The very best hummus I’ve ever had. Pizzas and salads great, too. Another fun spot to take ’rents is Frenchette, in my experience.
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6d
food & drink
Paçzki (jelly doughnuts)
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I grew up with an Emily Eveleth jelly doughnut perched above my parents’ fireplace mantel, so the raspberry from this place is just absolutely classic for me. It is, importantly, also delicious.
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8d
food & drink
S.A.V.
Kashmiri Pink Tea
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This rec was truly excellent - you make from whole spices yourself but it worked so easily and well. I don’t think the clove or cinnamon is strictly necessary. Might add extra green cardamom next time. I used gunpowder green tea and bought all my ingredients in the bulk section. Even better on day two!
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8d
food & drink
Gohan: Everyday Japanese Cooking (Emiko Davies)
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Have genuinely been cooking from this one while I have it out from the library. Really simple veggie-forward recipes.
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8d
food & drink
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Trader Joe's Green Onion Pancakes
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I use these to make a cheat version of Win Son’s BEC.
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12d
food & drink
Veselka
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Absolutely classic. I always get the chocolate chip pancakes. Pierogis are excellent, too.
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16d
food & drink
Tuvunu Greek mountain tea
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This stuff is hard to find, but SO GOOD. You can get it at Souvla in SF, at least.
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16d
food & drink
Health-Ade Kombucha
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All other store-bought kombuchas just don’t do it for me. This one is amazing, though. I especially adore the passionfruit tangerine and raspberry lime.
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16d
food & drink
Planet Oat Extra Creamy Unsweetened oat milk
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This is the only nondairy milk I’ve ever been truly happy with. Very important, however, that it be the extra creamy formula and (if you’re anything like me) the unsweetened version. It works in coffee, cereal, and all manner of recipes; the only thing I’ve found it not quite right for is in English breakfast tea. (It still works, I just miss the real milk taste.) I’ll alternate between buying this and regular dairy milk, based on if I’m in a milky tea-drinking kind of mood.
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18d
food & drink
Fuglen
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I especially liked their black-peppery house-blend tea. Another extremely legit coffee spot to check out, if that’s your thing, is Tim Wendelboe.
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18d
food & drink
Yorkshire Tea
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My friend from Yorkshire drinks this, so I do, too.
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20d
food & drink
Beringer Main & Vine whites for cooking
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I don’t really drink, but I’ve heard from those I’ve poured it for while cooking that it’s even a decent glass. I’ll keep either the Pinot Grigio or Cabernet Sauvignon on hand at all times, if I can help it. Costs just a couple bucks a bottle in the Bay Area, at least.
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22d
food & drink
Coconut crab at Restaurant Tiahura on Moorea
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Make sure to call them in advance to check what days they’ll have coconut crab (a.k.a. kaveu) available - they need to get it from another island so it’s not every day. I’m a New Englander so very loyal to my lobster so far as shellfish go, but this was outstanding. Waitstaff are so kind, as well. The coconut bread they serve it with is just delicious. Highly recommend watching the Anthony Bourdain Tahiti episode before you go, btw!
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22d
food & drink
Marché de Papeete on Sunday mornings
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Get there as early as you can! The local food vendors show up in full force only on Sundays (though other days are fun too). The traditional Polynesian foods available are truly incredible. Amazing fresh fruit and veggies (guava, pineapple, bananas, passionfruit, mango, papaya with lime, avocado, cucumbers…), coconut water, and sugarcane juice, too. Other amazing food you can get on the islands, often at grocery stores/canteen-style shops: Rashun bacon chips, great-quality French cheeses from Carrefour, poulet roti et frites at roadside stands (often only open weekends), Citronade and Pomelade, grilled tuna with French fries and profiteroles with coconut ice cream from Moorea Maitai outside Hotel Manava, coconut water and snacks from Fare Tutava on Moorea. I heard Snack Mahana was incredible but I didn’t get a chance to eat there. If you happen to want to rent scooters or bikes on Moorea, try Moorea Island Beach Hotel - their rentals were way better quality and price than elsewhere, in my experience!
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24d
food & drink
Piadina for WFH lunch
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I.e., an Italian flatbread sandwich. I like to make mine with a warmed-up (but not overly toasty - tbh, I think what’s pictured is too much) Mediterranean pita; Joseph’s is a good reliable option in the U.S. I add cherry tomatoes, arugula, and thinly sliced parm to mine (plus EVOO/salt/pepper), but you can pretty much do whatever floats your boat.
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26d
food & drink
Red Sour Patch
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I only need the red.
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4w
food & drink
Fortnum & Mason dark chocolate-dipped ginger biscuits
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These things are insane. I wish I could have one every day.
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5w
food & drink
Macoun apples
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These are like Macintoshes’ cooler, crunchier, in-my-eyes-perfect little cousin. The very best harbinger of fall for me. I miss them so much now that I no longer live in the Northeast.
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5w
food & drink
Concord grapes
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The bees know what’s up.
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1
5w
food & drink
Canadian butter tarts
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GOAT.
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2
5w
food & drink
Cream cheese and guava brioche toast
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Using TJ’s pink guava spread. A DIY pastelito, if you will.
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2
5w
food & drink
Crispix + pecans
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Don’t know why my dad starting eating Crispix like this when I was a little kid, but what a gamechanger.
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5w
food & drink
The eclairs at this bakery on Patmos, Greece
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I grew up with the very best, most classic, hole-in-the-wall French-style bakery right on the walk to elementary school. My grandma was friendly with the very kind Greek (!) owner (she and her husband had purchased it from the original owners, who no doubt WERE French), who probably gave every single child - but certainly every child in my family, at least - who came into her bakery, with or without cash to buy anything, a free treat, usually a mini eclair. That bakery is now shuttered and the owner off to enjoy a beautiful retirement in Greece, and I briefly mourned the fact that I might never be able to find eclairs again like hers; those bougie French ones just don’t do it for me, and I’ve given them plenty of chances. But then I visited Greece. Turns out (makes sense if you think about it for a fraction of a second!) she was making Greek-style eclairs, I guess. This place has them, and they are delectable.
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5w
food & drink
Trader Joe’s olive crackers
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These are stellar.
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5w
food & drink
Mokochaya
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I adored this breakfast spot, an offshoot of (the much fancier, much lauded) Mokonuts. The food and drinks were without exception outstanding, and the service impeccable.
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6w
food & drink
De Cecco Gnocchi no. 46
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My favorite pasta shape. Hard to find in the U.S., but possible.
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6w
food & drink
Bywater Bakery in NOLA
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Haven’t been in years, but this place was a highlight of my trip!
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6w
food & drink
Mike’s Pastry
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The best of Boston. Not bougie in the least, and there’s something nice about that.
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6w
food & drink
Caramelizing the shallots in your Greek salad
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Courtesy of Tarsanas Marine Club on Patmos, Greece, where the salad redefined what a Greek salad could be to me. Here’s how I do it: panfry shallots in some olive oil, lightly salt/pepper. Tomato, cukes, feta, olives. Very important to slice the green pepper into those funky rings (or, if you wanna take it up a notch, sub with blistered shishitos 👀). Dress with EVOO, red wine vinegar, dried oregano, little more salt and pepper. Done.
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