Category: Food Service
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Scallops, sprouts, ackee and saltfish: my family’s Christmas food rituals | Christmas food and drink
When I was growing up, my family didn’t have Christmas traditions so much as periods. Our festive celebrations reflected where we were as a family at any given time. The Scallop Period was probably my favorite. A couple, Colin and Anne, moved into the house next door to my childhood home in Weymouth, and every… Read more
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Austin’s best Egyptian-inspired BBQ food
A sampling of the food at KG BBQ. Photo courtesy Maurice Chammah On a recent rainy night I grabbed dinner with friends at KG BBQ, the mouth-watering, newly opened fusion brainchild of Egyptian emigre Kareem El-Ghayesh. El-Ghayesh told me he moved to Austin in 2016 to learn the ways of the city’s great pitmasters, putting… Read more
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Michelin added 18 new stars to its California guide, including eight restaurants in LA
One of the world’s most prestigious dining guides announced its annual California accolades this evening, revealing a new class of coveted star- and Bib Gourmand-award inductees. Michelin, which employs a team of anonymous international inspectors to visit and rate restaurants, fanned out across the country and found only one restaurant newly deemable of three stars… Read more