August 1

A new Iron Chef America episode -- my second this season as a judge -- began airing tonight.

Morimoto and Maria Hines were the conbatants. Here's a clip from the show, supplied by Eater.



July 27

Korean shortrib tacos, and other variations on the Kogi-inspired Mexican-Korean theme, go nationwide.

Read my NYT story and see the accompnaying slideshow. United Tastes is now at the 18 month mark. Hurrah.

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.