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My Prayers to Japan: How Restaurants in NYC Are Trying to Help

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Meet the Writers: Bonvivante (Jude)

Favorite Food?: I'm not a big fan of the word 'favorite'. It sounds too competitive! But if I had to choose one food to eat for the rest of my life, it would be umeboshi and fried egg on rice with sesame oil lightly pou…
Dining in the Air: Yumm or Yuck?

There are many inconveniences to travelling by air: 1. your hands are full with your luggage, passport, and tickets 2. you are required to take your shoes off and walk bare feet under the metal detector 3. and when yo…
What's with the Mermaid?: Celebrating 40 Year of Starbucks

With their 40 year anniversary, Starbucks just changed their logo. While it has constantly evolved throughout the past years--the brown border changed to green, the Siren (or Mermaid) enlarged--the company has come up…
Epic Meal Time: Beyond the Limits of Bacon and Rum

"We make your dreams come true, and then we eat them," says the Epic Meal Time group--that is, if your dream is to indulge in a stoke-prone amount of calories. Click here to read more!
Food Package Icons of the 20th Century

I recently saw a posting from a foreign site that gave a summary of the most iconic packages of the 20th Century. While I have definitely seen most of them, there were some that I have never encountered (such as the Tet…
What's Your Cup of Tea?: Preparing Yourself for Spring

It was near 60ºF in New York City, with a subtle breeze that made the trees outside my window sway from side to side, and a stray of sunlight entered into my room--it was a perfect day to slack off. While the weath…
What's So NEW About New American Cuisine?

One thing that I keep an eye on when going through the list of restaurants down the restaurant week list is the category of cuisines. And while I rapidly scroll down the page, terms such as "French Cuisine" and "Japanes…