About

About Aaron:

I love food. And if you fully understand what I mean by that, then you understand a big part of who I am. Food is not just an interest for me. It is not a hobby or a passing phase. It is my passion, and friends who know me well might even call it an obsession. It probably began as I learned to cook during high school in Texas for a special group of guinea pigs (a.k.a. my family). But it really took shape over the past four years I spent in New York. In a city absolutely full of great restaurants, it is not a gross exaggeration to say I’ve been to just about all of them. Almost 450 different places, in fact.

These experiences shaped my current perspective, making New York restaurants my basis for comparison as I live and travel elsewhere. But even more importantly, they provided the impetus for me to discover that I enjoy learning, reading, and writing about food as much as I enjoy cooking (and of course eating) it. Each of these aspects continue to feed one another (no pun intended), which is exactly what has brought me here. As I share my experiences based in New York but extending all around the world, I hope it will be mutually beneficial to my readers and to me. The stories I share will range from street vendors selling spleen sandwiches to 30-course epic tasting menus at temples of haute cuisine, because greatness has no requirement for Michelin stars, white tablecloths, or celebrity chefs. Delicious food is my only guide, and I hope this website will be yours.

About Adam:

I love food. I spent the last 5 years living in New York as a student where I experienced a wide variety of incredible foods during a time when I probably should have been studying. In between classes, I would cook when time permitted (and when I had access to a kitchen!). I spent my Saturdays taking classes at the French Culinary Institute. When I wasn’t cooking, I was eating. My food journal has grown to over 400 documented restaurants in these past 5 years ranging from marathon meals at Masa to scoops of gelato at Il Laboratorio, and many places in between.

My food experiences have been wide-ranging and I have no preference for haute cuisine, just for good food. In fact, I’m really turned off by pretense and the way it negatively affects my experience. My favorite restaurants in New York currently are L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, two places I really miss. The best meal of my life took place at the Tapas Molecular Bar in Tokyo, the thought of which continues to make me hungry. And if I had to choose a favorite restaurant in the US, it would be Manresa in Los Gatos, California.

I love the way a meal can bring together a group of totally different people to satisfy a common desire, even if they don’t speak the same language or share many of the same interests. I love the feeling of spending a day in the kitchen and watching friends and family (usually) enjoying my attempt at creativity. At the risk of sounding cheesy, food is a very special glue that brings people together and, in the case of living in a foreign country, tells a lot about the culture. I’m spending this next year living in Buenos Aires and Paris, where I look forward to sharing my culinary experiences from abroad. Stay tuned, it’s bound to make you hungry.