Food and Drink

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These prestigious culinary awards are given to an eclectic selection of restaurants (and or dishes, or regions, at my whim) based on a year in which I ate approximately 1091 restaurant meals in sixteen countries.

After the Turf Science Seminars at Tokyo and Osaka last week, ATC held a judicious bonenkai at Senri Chuo. This company party bid farewell to 2010 with an inimitable blaze of dissipation.

Yes, it really is quite spicy. This is one of those items I felt compelled to try. I was at Thailand for a few days after my belletristic work at Italy.

I’ve been exploring some of the historical sights around Siracusa and also paying close attention to the types of grasses that grow here. At the Teatro Greco, I found common bermudagrass in most open areas, with some seashore paspalum in the drainage from the nymphaeum.

I often have the chance to take photos with old friends and new acquaintances. A current trend is dark-colored trousers and a light-colored shirt. Or is it a trend in size disparity?

I went out this morning for a bowl of rice porridge, which you may know as congee, or in Thailand, jok moo. I don’t know if this is an acquired taste, or just a dish that I have come to appreciate, but it is quite good.

I might have titled this A Month of Eating Dangerously or something similarly vague, but I find the specifics just draw one in, don’t they? At England in July the most dangerous thing I ate was clotted cream.

I report here on last week’s tour through Japan and its flavors and fashions. You may already be aware of Blueberry & Hazelnut Pringles. Why stop there, though, when you could work your way through an assortment of flavors including a daring Lemon & Sesame combination or the ever-popular soft-shell crab?

I woke up this morning and ran from Palm Desert to Indian Wells. After that invigorating run through the desert, I drove west, reaching the sea at Carpinteria. Part of my quadracious training program involves vigorous exercise.