June 28

On newstatnds now, the new Garden & Gun, in which I sing the praises of Bertha's a Lowcountry soul food stardard bearer in the Neck, just north of Charleston, SC. Beautiful pics in the newstand edition. A teaser of said pics here in the online version.

June 16

Hummus gets the "United Tastes" treatment in today's NYT.

Set in Minneapolis, where the Wadi family, operators of Holy Land, are experimenting with various flavored hummus varieties, including peanut butter hummus, the piece closes with a reference to "Hummus: The Rap," a tongue-in-cheek music video that's worth a watch-and-listen.

April 28

Latest installment in my "United Tastes" series for the NYT ran today. It's a look at how Vietnamese families across the country are interpreting Louisiana restaurant culture, selling crawfish, some of which gets a boil in water flavored with lemongrass stalks. Click here.

April 15

New issue of Garden & Gun is on the stands.

Click here to read my take on Catalan in Houston, a restaurant that sounds Catalonian, but tastes Houstonian.