Posts from the United States on The Joy of Food blog.
Atlanta, GA (The Joy of Food) — Hell is real guys and it’s called Krystal, White Castle’s equally offensive southern brethren. Part of the menu here is called ‘Sackfuls’ which sound like something that should convert into an emergency pair of underpants. Sackfuls are actually dangerous pre-portioned packs of gut […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — If you’ve arrived in Coronado to dine at Buona Forchetta, you’ll need to look for the hot pink ‘Garage’ sign lit up on one side, formerly El Cordova Garage and now one of San Diego’s most decent places to find pizza. I […]
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Boston, MA (The Joy of Food) — With a name like Bagelsaurus, I was really worried this was going to suck. No good, I thought, could come from a place whose logo sports a bagel-clad dinosaur. But the joke was on me. Everybody searches for that perfect bagel, and in […]
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Miami, FL (The Joy of Food) — Azucar Ice Cream Company is the brainchild of Suzy Batlle, a long-time banker who left the corporate world to open her own ice cream shop and make things like Burn in Hell, Fidel ice cream, one of many off-the-beaten path flavors found at […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — In the past, I’ve waxed blasphemously about my dislike of the sandwich, piled high with slabs of sliced meats flanked by soft, fresh bread that is powerless to hold any of it together. In doing this, I’ve inadvertently maligned the humble banh-mi, […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — In San Diego, there may be more places to eat tacos than there are fast-food stops. Taco stands; food trucks; guys on the corner with a grill and meats in their trunk; places that specialize in Baja-style fish tacos or street tacos; […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — I’m not well-versed in many things Cuban, unless you count my fangirl crush on the late, great Desi Arnaz. Those of you under 30 probably don’t even know who that is, in which case I have one word for you: Babalú. The […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — For the record people, it’s CHES-arina. Not SEZ-arina or, even worse, KES-arina. A “c” in Italian almost always comes out as a soft “ch” sound when it’s followed by an “e” or an “i.” This is the rule 99% of the time. […]
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Miami, FL (The Joy of Food) — In this no-name strip mall in Miami, you can drop off your dry cleaning, hawk your jewelry, get your checks cashed, or bathe in a lather of fried foods all within a few feet. El Rey De Las Fritas is the fried food […]
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