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Mike’s Pastry

in Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, Boston, MA, Dessert, United States, Italian 9 comments

Boston, MA (The Joy of Food) — Mike’s Pastry may not be on your radar until you spot 10,000 branded Mike’s Pastry boxes being carried around the greater Boston area. These folks have got their marketing down to a T. I have never seen so many cannoli flavors in my […]

St-Viateur Bagel

in Montreal, Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, Canada, Comfort, Quebecois 4 comments

Montreal, Canada (The Joy of Food) — A legend in its own right in a city that’s famous for its food, St-Viateur is a premier bagel purveyor in Montreal. Comparisons between the Montreal bagel and the American bagel [*] abound. A Montreal-style bagel is smaller and has a larger hole, […]

L’antica Pizzeria da Michele

in Carbapalooza, Comfort, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Italian, Vegetarian 2 comments

Los Angeles, CA (The Joy of Food) — Like many things in Hollywood, all that glitters is not gold. Symbols carry both denotative and connotative meanings. Take, for example, pizza as a symbol of interest. To some, pizza is a quintessential Italian meal, a popular, desirable, and personalized thing served […]

Bolton’s Spicy Chicken & Fish

in American, Carbapalooza, Greasy Stuff, Meaty Goodness, United States, Nashville, TN 2 comments

Nashville, TN (The Joy of Food) — Nashville is famous for the twang of its country music, the neon lights of its honky-tonk bars, and its hot chicken, the city’s potentially fatal (or, at least, not for the faint of heart) spicy fried specialty. It hurts, but it is oh […]

Silverlake Ramen

in Carbapalooza, Comfort, United States, Vegetarian, Japanese, San Diego, CA 2 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — There may not be a better bowl of noodles in San Diego right now than the one at the newly arrived Silverlake Ramen, an off-shoot of the uber-popular original L.A. ramen shop where people wait for hours to see god. What’s called […]

Myung In Dumplings

in Carbapalooza, Comfort, United States, Los Angeles, CA, Meaty Goodness, Korean 4 comments

Los Angeles, CA (The Joy of Food) — I first heard about Myung In Dumplings in a Koreatown episode of Parts Unknown, where guest buddy David Choe describes the wang mandu (king dumplings) here as ‘prolapsed buttholes.’ Just the image you want in your head during dinner. On that show, […]

Spice Lounge

in Carbapalooza, Comfort, United States, Indian, Vegetarian, San Diego, CA 2 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — The restaurants in San Diego’s Pacific Beach neighborhood cater to a mostly beach bumpkin clientele — lots of burgers, drinks, and other things you’d enjoy while stoned out of your mind. Spice Lounge is an Indian restaurant right off the main drag […]

800 Degrees

in Carbapalooza, Comfort, Drink, United States, Los Angeles, CA, Vegetarian, Italian 7 comments

Los Angeles, CA (The Joy of Food) — “To know thy pizza,” Socrates said, “is the beginning of wisdom.” Assembly-line pizza places are littered around L.A. these days, but back in 2012 when 800 Degrees first opened in a high-ceilinged, wood-paneled shop near UCLA, the city was a stranger to […]

Au Kouign-Amann

in Montreal, Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, Canada, Dessert, French 4 comments

Montreal, Canada (The Joy of Food) — A visit to Au Kouign-Amann in Montreal is a pilgrimage, a chance to visit a patisserie making a classic version of the famed kouign-amann. Fads like the Cronut come and go, but French pastry is forever. For the uninitiated, the kouign-amann is a […]