Africans vastly prefer tough, tough meat,” said Robert Sietsema, longtime restaurant critic for The Village Voice. “They will eat tree snails that are so tough you would have difficulty distinguishing it from a section of rubber tire. “For them, eating something for dinner is not an appreciation of tenderness. It is an appreciation of toughness, [...]
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Village Voice food critic Robert Sietsema generalizes about African food
Posted in food and drink, Not just about Africa, tagged Africa, food, food writing, New York City, Robert Sietsema on July 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Are New Yorkers ready for a high-end African restaurant?
Posted in food and drink, tagged Eater, Fork in the Road, Manhattan, Meatpacking District, Merkato 55, New York City, restaurants on May 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
More than a month ago the wife and I went to dinner at Merkato 55 in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district. Long story. In short, the food was not that impressive, heavy on the “exotic,” the decor is kitch and over-the-top fake, while house music creates a dance club atmosphere. So I was very interested to see [...]
Michael Massing on ‘Darwin’s Nightmare’
Posted in documentary films, economy, food and drink, tagged Darwin's Nightmare, documentary, film, globalization, Michael Massing on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve seen Hubert Sauper’s Darwin’s Nightmare a few times now and I like it (in fact, another public screening of the film I was partly hosting on Wednesday on the campus where I teach fell through because of a graduate student strike — a strike, btw, which I supported). Darwin’s Nightmare is hardcore filmmaking. That [...]
Black wine
Posted in food and drink, South Africa, tagged Cape, food and drink, Inc. magazine, race, racism, Selena Cuffe, South Africa, wine industry, wine making on February 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
INC. magazine recently profiled an American distributor working with a group of South African winemakers in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The story is interesting for its focus on black wine makers and their attempts to access the lucrative US market. Since the end of apartheid and lifting of sanctions in 1994, South [...]
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