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A Pittsburgher in Little Poland

by Good. Food. Stories. Contributor January 12, 2012

“Now that I am settled into a real working first-generation Polish community, one where pictures of Pope John Paul II benevolently bless every storefront and where the sound of Polish conversations echo through the streets, I had to find out: how will my heritage stand up to the real, straight-off-the-boat Polish food of today?”

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Buried Treasure in a Recipe Binder

by Good. Food. Stories. Contributor December 8, 2011

“The half sheet of paper had a grease thumbprint smack in the middle of the page, a grocery list on the top, and a reminder to email my book club. My cursive writing�which would place last in any penmanship contest�was a struggle to decipher.”

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Getting Lost for a Good Meal in Venice

by Good. Food. Stories. Contributor December 1, 2011

“”Ah, you did find it!” exclaimed our proprietor, host, and, as it turns out, waiter. “Please, sit right here,” motioning us to a table already set for six. We understood his fretting about holding the table for a group that might or might not succeed in finding their way�there were only about ten other places for diners in the tiny establishment!”

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Uncommonly Good in San Francisco

by C.C. November 10, 2011

“C.C. isn’t really equipped to talk about all the wonderful things happening at Commonwealth; for her, a visit to Commonwealth must be like an expedition to Galapagos is to the average hiker�who’s the booby now?”

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Food is Complicated. Making it Shouldn’t Be.

by Good. Food. Stories. Contributor November 3, 2011

“I wanted to do something of my own. And I was getting more and more interested in learning how to feed myself in a way that actually felt good for the first time. So I bought a camera, read the manual obsessively for a month, asked a friend to shoot with me, and started my own show.”

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Dispatch from London: Ottolenghi

by Irene Kopitov October 20, 2011

“Yotam Ottolenghi’s low-key caf�s that pop up throughout London celebrate the city’s market culture have become a huge favorite. The Israeli-born and London-based chef focuses on simple, fresh, uncomplicated food infused with Mediterranean flavors. Sounds simple and run of the mill, but it’s anything but.”

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