Food and Drink

What's in Cousars' what-the-hell fridge?

I have seen greed, and he is free samples. Walking through the Village yesterday, a comparatively quiet Monday afternoon, the free sample booths were easy to identify by the clusters of people drawn to their wares.

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match

The thing with the bounty of the sea is that freshness isn't negotiable and a lack thereof is instantly noticeable to both the nose and the palate.

Jack the Rabbit vs. E. Bunny

What locavore doesn't dream of a different world? One where your eggs come from the neighbours in gingham-lined baskets and your bacon from the farm across the street. Where cheese is freshmade and baked goods pulled warm from a non-factory oven.

Let it snow? Let it snow? Let it snow?

"Irasshaimase!" Early Wednesday dinner at Harajuku Izakaya and the warm buzz of potential flows like sake.

And one thing leads to another... and another...

Sustainability has evolved from epicurean buzzword to cultural necessity. As gas and oil prices soar, foods from afar have become an unrealistic, unfriendly - even grossly indulgent - and nowhere is the population more in tune to the trend than in B.