http://fastfoodiecooks.com real food recipes, healthy cooking, gourmet eating. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:22:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2010/03/09/restaurant-review-anchor-hope/ http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2010/03/09/restaurant-review-anchor-hope/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:33:17 +0000 Devon http://fastfoodiecooks.com/?p=1135 I try to do my restaurant reviewing in an organic way.  I mean, I experience the restaurant and food and experience as a regular customer (which I am) and don’t go in with a hyper-analytical, hair-splitting eye. I let the experience come to me. I have eaten enough good food around the world and have [...]]]> http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2010/03/09/restaurant-review-anchor-hope/feed/ 0 http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2010/02/12/la-mar-cebicheria/ http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2010/02/12/la-mar-cebicheria/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:44:33 +0000 Devon http://fastfoodiecooks.com/?p=795 I often consult the 7×7 100 Things you should eat before you die list for ideas of fun places, new and old, to check out in the city. I like seeing if an item is truly to die for (or die after, I guess) or if they are more of a political addition to the [...]]]> http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2010/02/12/la-mar-cebicheria/feed/ 0 http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2010/01/29/a-little-bit-aloha/ http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2010/01/29/a-little-bit-aloha/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:15:23 +0000 Devon http://fastfoodiecooks.com/?p=761 I know I promised. Promised to be a good bloggie and post lots of fantastic recipes to have you zooming around the roads and trails and in life. And smacking your lips and rubbing your belly saying, yummmm that was good. But well, I was busy. Busy sitting on that beach in sunny, warm, beautiful [...]]]> http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2010/01/29/a-little-bit-aloha/feed/ 2 http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/11/30/little-skillet/ http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/11/30/little-skillet/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:57:54 +0000 Devon http://fastfoodiecooks.com/?p=726 Walk up window of Soul Food goodness I have lived in the south two times. And I never had any inclination to get into the whole chicken and waffles thing. The few times I had grits, it left something to be desired and while I had tasty soul food, it was never something I have [...]]]> http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/11/30/little-skillet/feed/ 3 http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/11/05/restaurant-review-starbelly/ http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/11/05/restaurant-review-starbelly/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:07:51 +0000 Devon http://fastfoodiecooks.com/?p=688 View of the bar and communal table beyond, photo from Starbellysf.com I noticed Starbelly on the top of Urbanspoon’s “Talk of the Town” list and it beckoned to me like a lighthouse in the night. I am always keen to try a restaurant that ends up on the top of that list for no other [...]]]> http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/11/05/restaurant-review-starbelly/feed/ 0 http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/10/07/tra-vigne-our-napa-valley-staple/ http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/10/07/tra-vigne-our-napa-valley-staple/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:23:44 +0000 Devon http://fastfoodiecooks.com/?p=641 I don’t make nearly enough trips to Napa as I would like considering the large number of fantastic fine dining restaurants there. Usually, when my dad is in town we will go and our trips often have the same curve. We drive up, go straight to Grgich, do the special reserve tasting and then head [...]]]> http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/10/07/tra-vigne-our-napa-valley-staple/feed/ 2 http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/08/02/nopa/ http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/08/02/nopa/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:25:24 +0000 Devon http://fastfoodiecooks.com/?p=587 When I was trying to figure out somewhere to go to dinner with my friend Hollis in San Francisco, I decided to check out the webpage for Nopa which is less than a mile from where I use to live when I was still full time in SF. As soon as I spied the words: [...]]]> http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/08/02/nopa/feed/ 0 http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/05/20/babycakes-nyc/ http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/05/20/babycakes-nyc/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 22:28:37 +0000 Devon http://fastfoodiecooks.com/?p=517 I rarely go to NYC and over this past long weekend while I technically flew in and out of JFK, I didn’t spend much time in NYC proper. Instead, I was there to pace my friend Glen at MMT100 (yes 100 miles, actually 102) in Virginia. He lives in Inman Park and we drove the [...]]]> http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/05/20/babycakes-nyc/feed/ 0 http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/05/08/sloppyjames/ http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/05/08/sloppyjames/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 16:56:18 +0000 Devon http://fastfoodiecooks.com/?p=501 Somedays just come together in a way that you can’t even imagine being more perfect, where you go to bed with a smile on your face because you know you accomplished everything you wanted to do and more. While I live my life in a way that means that hopefully I experience that sense of [...]]]> http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/05/08/sloppyjames/feed/ 0 http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/05/04/sushi-ran/ http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/05/04/sushi-ran/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 16:12:43 +0000 Devon http://fastfoodiecooks.com/?p=480 Unagi, Soft Shell Crab Roll and Spicy Tuna Roll (front), halfway through eating (when I put down my chopsticks long enough to take a picture) Early yesterday I was hugely motivated to cook a nice homemade meal. I shopped, planned and wrote two original recipes in my head. I got busy with my day, taking [...]]]> http://fastfoodiecooks.com/2009/05/04/sushi-ran/feed/ 2