Posts from the United States on The Joy of Food blog.
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 […]
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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 […]
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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.’ This is exactly the image you want in your head during dinner. On […]
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Austin, TX (The Joy of Food) — As is the case with many popular dining destinations in Austin, at Veracruz All Natural your meal will come off the back of a truck. And here, it’s not just any truck, but a converted school bus with a fully functioning kitchen inside. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Providence, RI (The Joy of Food) — Just down the road from Providence Memorial Park overlooking the river and across from the Old Stone Bank is the seafood gem known as Hemenway’s, its dining room a throwback to a different era, its patio the epitome of serenity. There are worse […]
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Denver, CO (The Joy of Food) — For anyone planning a trip to the Mile High City, one word will come up over and over again as you consider places to eat: Uncle. And for good reason. The chicken ramen here is no joke; it is life-changing. Like many of […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Tiffany’s taught us the art of window shopping, and the newest member of the Buona Forchetta family — Gelati & Peccati — takes that concept to effective visual heights with pizza, reminiscent of the walk-up pizzerie and gelati shops common in Rome. […]
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