One of the nice benefits of the new board changes on Chowhound is that all of Connecticut is now lumped together, rather than Fairfield County being split off and grouped with Westchester and the rest of the NY Metro area. For me, that means I am now exposed to the fact that, apparently, there is [...]
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December 12, 2008
Solve the world’s food problems: Demand better tasting food.
My two worlds have collided this week: work and food. At IBM right now, I’m deeply involved in the communications efforts supporting the “Smarter Planet” agenda. Basically, the premise is that the systems that make the world work – financial, food, health, water, traffic, etc. – are largely broken and need to be fixed. IBM’s [...]
May 25, 2008
Some Thoughts on Jamaican in Fairfield and Westchester Counties
So, over time I’ve tried a lot (certainly not all) of the Jamaican places in lower FF county (Norwalk to Greenwich) and a few in Westchester as well (mostly around the White Plains area). I’ll list them below, but here’s my question… are there any truly good beef patties out there? I liked the ones [...]
April 5, 2008
El Charrito: Taco truck in Stamford. We have arrived!
I take back all my badmouthing of Stamford’s Mexican places. I take back my cursing of Mexican food in general in Connecticut. And, temporarily, I take back all the bad things I’ve muttered about living in this cold Mexican wasteland these past 7 years. At least for now Because today as I was doing errands, [...]
April 2, 2008
Casa Villa in Stamford – An Update
I thought I had posted about this, but apparently hadn’t. not enough sleep in this household, clearly. anyhow, I finally made it back to casa villa for the first time since they reopened following a car going through their front window. See, I’ve been going to casa villa for at least 7 years, when it [...]