One-handed food

Apr 28, 2009 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

French Fry Coated Hotdog vs Molecular Gastronomy

Newley spots a french fry coated hotdog, I cook a french fry coated hotdog, then friends create the sort of french fry coated hotdog that would make Herve This or Ferran Adria cry tears of simultaneous joy and fear. Austin Bush and talented chef collaborator Hock have cooked a sous-vide

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Apr 14, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 87 Comments

French Fry Coated Hot Dog On a Stick: The Recipe

I shouldn’t be left unattended in the kitchen. One thing that struck me about finding the French fry coated hot dog on a stick in South Korea was that they were doing it wrong, the sort of cultural misunderstanding that happens when one culture cooks the food of an unrelated

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Apr 14, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 55 Comments

French Fry Coated Bacon on a Stick

When Brillat-Savarin said that “the discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity than the discovery of a new star” he perhaps hadn’t spent much of his time near the deep fryer. This dish confers on humanity nothing but moral decline. I present to you french fry coated

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Feb 07, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 7 Comments

The last ditch

Saturday night market in Little India, Kuala Lumpur If you could choose your last meal in a country, what would it be? It’s a much more concrete question than some imagined last supper: unless you’re on death row or about to commit suicide then chances are you’ll have no power

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Oct 13, 2007 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Last Appetite welcomes New York Times readers

Not exactly the section for which I’m aiming but I welcome you with open arms nonetheless.

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Oct 12, 2007 | Post by: Phil Lees 4 Comments

The pleasure of pork skin: Banh Mi Bi

Vietnam is one of the few places on earth that you can eat a sandwich whose prime ingredient is roasted pork skin and feel virtuous for doing so. Banh mi bi must rate as one of the world’s perfect sandwiches: crispy pork skin with a luscious hint of creamy fat,

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Sep 26, 2007 | Post by: Phil Lees 8 Comments

Bad Korean food ideas: Meat in a waffle cone

Not a moment passes when I don’t think that the ultimate summer food experience would be to have a cone of gelati in one hand and a cone of grilled steak in the other. And possibly a third hand for an India pale ale. Despite what fast food companies will

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