Tag Archives: food culture On Saturday I had a delicious cheese and sausage scone at Ryebread Café and as I sat contemplating this giant, craggy triangle I started wondering what it is that made this a scone rather than a biscuit. I posted the photo on Instagram, and posed that query. I got a few responses, and decided to do […]  Every week you’d find us at Nathan’s in Oceanside having our usual lunch, a hot dog and fried clams for my dad, frog’s legs for me, and we’d split an order of fries. For a short time the two of us would spend Saturdays together. If the weather was nice we’d go to Salisbury Park and we’d play […]  Sometimes I must make heroic sacrifices in the name of research, and I made one such sacrifice this week. In case you haven’t heard Dunkin Donuts has come out with a version of Dominique Ansel’s Cronut. As you know a little over a year ago I tried the original, and then tried a version from my favorite […]  Just the other day I was reminiscing with a friend about the department store restaurants that were ubiquitous in our youth. Almost every department store had at least one restaurant and some had a lunch counter as well. These were sit-down restaurants with real china, cloth napkins, and as a kid I always felt very […]  When we’re kids we eat the food our family eats. All families have particular eating styles, and foods they’re accustomed to. It’s the sort of thing we’re unaware of until we start to venture out, and notice things like Patty’s mom cuts the crusts off her sandwiches, or Beth’s mom gives us French fries with […] |
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