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Posts from the United States on The Joy of Food blog.

Momofuku

in American, Carbapalooza, Comfort, Las Vegas, NV, Meaty Goodness, United States, Vegetarian, Japanese, Korean 2 comments

Las Vegas, NV (The Joy of Food) — Sin City, once known for cheap buffet troughs and 99-cent shrimp cocktails, now has one of the most formidable and sophisticated dining scenes in the world. If you worship at the altar of the pig, a lunch or dinner at east-coast icon […]

El Brazo Fuerte

in Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, Comfort, Dessert, Cuban, United States, Miami, FL 6 comments

Miami, FL (The Joy of Food) — A Cuban bakery may be the most overwhelming place you can visit in Little Havana, a plethora of carb-laden choices staring you in the face and people swarming to get at them. You’re quickly reminded that Miami’s Cuban population is second only to […]

Furn Saj Restaurant & Bakery

in Carbapalooza, Comfort, Healthy, Meaty Goodness, United States, Vegetarian, Lebanese, Middle Eastern, San Diego, CA 4 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — What they’re cooking at Furn Saj represents the country of Lebanon, the cuisine of which usually gets lumped together with a bunch of other stuff and labeled ‘Mediterranean food’ by folks who couldn’t locate the sea of the same name on a […]

Garden State Bagels

in American, Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, United States, San Diego, CA 4 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — The bagels at Garden State are fresh in the mornings, sometimes still hot from the oven, fragrantly sweet, soft without being bready, ready to ripen into the moist, day-old chewiness most people associate with their morning bagel. The allure of the bagel […]

Tribute Pizza

in Carbapalooza, Comfort, Healthy, United States, Vegetarian, Italian, San Diego, CA 4 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Everyone has a personal pantheon of pizzas: the light, airy, crumby Roman; the crispy, crackly New York; the savory red top Detroit; the thick-crusted, rectangular Sicilian; and the drippy, saucy, cheesy, floppy Neapolitan. Tribute Pizza pays homage to these classics from near and […]

Hawaiian Fresh Seafood

in American, Gone Fishing, Healthy, United States, San Diego, CA 7 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — San Diego is primarily littered with trendy Chipotle-style poke food culture, sleek places where huge mashups of clumpy rice, stringy toppings, and low-grade fish get layered together before your very eyes. Properly executed, fresh tuna shouldn’t be hot pink like a lollipop. […]

Mamaleh’s Delicatessen

in American, Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, Comfort, Cambridge, MA, United States 4 comments

Cambridge, MA (The Joy of Food) — Mamaleh’s is a modern delicatessen reborn into a civic space that lacks the chubby neon sign, battered counter, and leather booths of other delis with which you’re probably familiar. And yet, as a working Jewish deli, all the classic hits are served here: […]

Birrieria Don Rafa

in Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, Comfort, Meaty Goodness, United States, Mexican, San Diego, CA 7 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — For every street taco joint or fish taco truck in San Diego’s many South Bay neighborhoods, there will be at least one birrieria to soak up the alcohol. Birria — a Mexican dish of shredded goat or beef, stewed in a broth […]

Uovo

in Carbapalooza, Comfort, United States, Los Angeles, CA, Italian 4 comments

Los Angeles, CA (The Joy of Food) — To better understand the Italian restaurant Uovo, you need to look at the Japanese restaurant Sugarfish. Sugarfish is the west coast’s Shake Shack of sushi, a beloved chain of restaurants that deliver a mid-level omakase experience at a reasonable price. Like many […]