http://manolofood.com Manolo Loves the Food! Mon, 05 May 2008 14:26:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a New York Times article “Disappearing Foods," Kim Severson reviews the new book by Gary Paul Nabhan, Renewing America’s Food Traditions. Accompanying the article is a marvelous interactive graphic illustrating areas of the United States organized by “gastronomic regions.” With one finger on the touch pad Mr. Henry wandered interactively ... http://manolofood.com/disappearing-foods/ Lately Mr. Henry has been thinking a lot about dirt. Riverside Park has exploded with flowering plants that must have been stirring in the dirt for some time, unseen and unheard, because last week all at once they burst forth in a simultaneous crescendo, intoxicating each stroller, jogger, and rollerblader. Walking ... http://manolofood.com/california-mulching/ In the thrall of his own remembrances, Mr. Henry set out to prepare a proper Moroccan dinner for the family. Unfortunately, however, he could not devote half the day to the task, nor had he prepared pickled lemons 30 days ago. What to do? He telephoned Nadia for help. She recommended ... http://manolofood.com/vermouth-dependence/ “Luv” back at you, Poochie, for your comprehensive and very informative letter on Disney restaurants. At Epcot and at the resort hotels they do serve passable fare. Mr. Henry has eaten at the Swan and Dolphin, at the Beach and Yacht Clubs, and at most of the country pavilions, but he ... http://manolofood.com/high-hopes/ Bridey writes: Well, it’s just so desperately chic to mock other people’s pleasures, isn’t it? I bet Mr. Henry would come home from Las Vegas with the shocking news that it’s gaudy and vulgar. I’m not a Disneyphile by any stretch — I haven’t been to Disneyland in years and feel no ... http://manolofood.com/amusement-at-disney-world/ Walt Disney World is America’s #1 tourist destination – a vast Orwellian shining city in the swamp brimming with bratty English schoolchildren spitting insults at cowed, permissive parents, with tattooed teenagers trying desperately to pretend they aren’t walking beside uncool parents, and with grinning sunburned, foot-weary pilgrims of pleasure plodding ... http://manolofood.com/pure-corn/ Mr. Henry has been roughing it in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, living on Grape Nuts, Eight O’Clock Coffee, bacon, tuna fish, red chard, chips, salsa, and Yeungling Black & Tan. To capture the internet he cruised Third Avenue while his laptop Airport searched for a signal. Parked in the breezeway of ... http://manolofood.com/roughing-it/ When asked what was her favorite food, Diana Vreeland famously responded “Salad, though I’m not sure it is food.” Mr. Henry’s friend Bernard, superb home chef and coiner of original observations, declared decades ago that although he was giving the kids pizza one night, “Pizza is not food.” Michael Pollan’s new book, ... http://manolofood.com/foodlike-substances/ At age 35 the male metabolism changes. Between 35 and 40 Mr. Henry gained two pounds per year. At his annual check-up he asked his physician what to do. Dr. K’s immortal reply was “Quit eating!” Clearly this is sound medical advice, but as in financial, political, and sexual matters, sound ... http://manolofood.com/the-problem-of-35/ Last Saturday at Princeton University’s Prospect House, Mr. Henry was fêted to a dinner in honor of the Art Museum’s 125th anniversary exhibition. The entrée was a “deconstructed beef Wellington” – a slice of filet astride a square of puff pastry accompanied by a bordelaise sauce and several toothsome slices ... http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/