The Eating House

For a dinner date, I eat light all day to save room, then I go all in: I choose this meal and this order, and I choose you, the person across from me, to share it with. There’s a beautiful intimacy in a meal like that.

Anthony Bourdain

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Review: Pendulo

Some cuisines are treated as though they belong to entirely different worlds. Indian food conjures images of layered spices, slow-cooked gravies, and tandoor smoke. Mexican food brings to mind chiles, citrus, masa, and open-fire grilling. On paper, the two traditions seem to share very little. But if you zoom out and look at the structural…

Review: Tangra Masala

I did not grow up in a family that ate out often. Much of this had to do with lack of money, but more importantly, it had to do with time and taste. Two things that I have grown to value immensely. Some might even say over-value. When we immigrated to Queens, New York in…

Review: Cantina de Ventozelo

When I was planning my return to Portugal, I knew I wanted to go to at least one city or place that I had not seen during my previous visit in November 2018. It was a no-brainer to spend time staying at a wine estate in the lush Douro Valley, as opposed to doing a…

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