EATER
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
She draws on her Taíno roots alongside West African and European ancestry to create dishes celebrating a rich tapestry of cultural influences. The manoomin cakes were first introduced by the cafe’s inaugural chef, Richard Hetzler , who led the culinary team from 2004 to 2016 and authored the cafe’s cookbook.
EATER
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
He felt strange cooking “authentic” Indian food as someone who was born in America, and he recognized he had other influences growing up in California that felt just as important to him as those of his family’s heritage. In a whole world of flavor and influence, why limit yourself to what’s been done? He credits it to two things.
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EATER
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
HAGS sits at 163 First Avenue in Manhattan, which from 2004 to 2007 was the original location of Momofuku Noodle Bar. That influenced the layout of the bar and the kitchen, making it open “so they can catch glances of each other throughout the service.” The transformation was sort of an amazing feat. It was famously spare and cramped.
EATER
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Now, influencers might post their late-night Taco Bell on Instagram, and then buy a Taco Bell mild hot sauce onesie to take funny photos in. Morgan Spurlock’s 2004 documentary Super Size Me, in which he ate McDonald’s three times a day for a month and gained weight, was used as proof that fast food was dangerously unhealthy.
EATER
JULY 18, 2023
Quiznos ditched the Spongmonkeys in 2004, likely because both their store franchisees and consumers alike hated those commercials. They’re heavily influenced by strange-looking bears and tarsiers. We love the subs, ‘cause they are good to us,” they sang hoarsely. Who knows what they actually are? All of them.
EATER
DECEMBER 21, 2020
The book, co-written with food writer (and Eater contributor) Gabe Ulla, focuses on Chang’s years building Momofuku, 2004 to roughly 2017, although it briefly explores his formative years, from his “certifiably average” childhood in Virginia to his time in culinary school and as an inexperienced young cook at NYC institutions Craft and Café Boulud.
Perfect Daily Grind
AUGUST 9, 2022
The arabica variety was first discovered in the 1930s in Ethiopia, but it wasn’t until 2004 that it took the industry by storm. How does sourcing for the WBC influence the wider coffee sector? Hugh notes that changes to the competition’s qualified sponsors could influence which coffees competitors use.
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