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Dinner Tonight: Okra Curry
This looks fantastic; I too have almost only eaten okra as a side. Great job.
Locavore 1.0: Find Local, in Season Food on Your iPhone
Love it! This should make shopping so much easier.
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About Kwagstaff
Website: http://www.the-feedbag.com/
Location: Brooklyn, NY
About: I write words about food.
Favorite foods: Lechon kawali, sinigang, Korean fried chicken, Momofuku pork buns, lobster roll at Pearl Oyster Bar, In-N-Out burgers, late-night bacon-wrapped hot dogs in LA, $1 oysters, Asian comfort food in general, spicy tofu hot pots, duck confit, meatloaf
Last bite on earth: Lobster. Butter. Done.
To me, it's an issue of ambition. If the most a restaurant strives to be is a pizza joint, then, even if it reaches the very top of pizza jointdom, the most it can reach is one (or maybe two) stars. Yes, Motorino is excellent, but it really features just a few pies and a few appetizers, all in a fairly small neighborhood space. No matter how good your pizza or burger or meatball restaurant is, it doesn't approach the daunting task of opening and running a restaurant like Marea or Maialino. It's not a case of snobbery or elitism; it's just that Mr. Palombino (a wonderfully talented and nice guy who I interviewed when the first Motorino opened) aimed to open a fantastic pizza restaurant, which he did, and was rewarded in proportion to his ambitions.