Jason Perlow

We have the ANOVA, waiting on the Vesta and a few others so we have more than a handful of things to look at.

I recently published an article on CNN Underscored about manual espresso makers, for those interested. It's a sequel to my first piece for them I wrote a year ago on home espresso machines. https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-manual-espresso-makers

Hey folks, been a while. I've recently published two new articles on CNN Underscored on Sous Vide Circulators and Vacuum Sealers. We were quite surprised by the Sous Vide results. https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-sous-vide-cooker https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-vacuum-sealer Understand that this is a consumer focused set of articles not super-foodie stuff, but we did look at those products as well.

This was from December of 2020 (I guess I missed it) David Chang’s Memoir ‘Eat a Peach’ Reviewed: An Employee’s Trauma - Eater

Miles, Rachel and I are so sorry to hear of Brooks' passing. We've never met but we feel like we have known you, through his writings, and his conversations. I hadn't seen him in a long while but he's a character I will always think of when we remember our travels to Louisiana or eat the cuisine. That's how much of a mark he left on people.

This was provided to me by his employer this morning.

He moved out of the NOLA area a few years ago to go work at Flying Tiger Brewery in Monroe (after having left LA for several years to go work at a brewery in Raleigh), then left after about 2 years, and moved to Natchitoches where he worked at Cane River Brewery. People in in the NOLA.com food group on FB (Where NOLA Eats) were shocked to hear of his passing, many having lost track of him. He had moved around a lot in his last 5 years.

This was posted by his employer, Cane River Brewing, in Natchitoches, LA, this morning.

There are many ways to remember Brooks Hamaker, such as the time Brooks, Rachel, and I got lost in the Louisiana bayou searching for Poche's Market, Restaurant and Smokehouse (in the era before GPS), which always became a running joke between us. But I think the one I think of most is our "Last Supper" at Pampy's in New Orleans, the ill-fated restaurant of Pampy Barre' and renowned creole-soul chef Austin Leslie. The visit was chronicled on eG Forums here: It was also the last time we saw Austin as it was 2 months before Katrina and he passed shortly after. But it was a meal for the ages. Brooks was such a tremendous foodie, had so many stories. And he knew everyone and made every dining experience that much better because of his conversation, and his unique personality.

Brooks Hamaker, also known as Mayhaw Man, one of the original members of the eGullet Society, passed away this weekend. He was a character that was bigger than life, a foodie and master brewer of huge renown in many circles, in Louisiana and all over the world. He was responsible for introducing to me and Rachel, and many other people to different folks in New Orleans, and had a personality that could never be duplicated even in fiction. I will miss him dearly.

Terrible.

An interview I had with the Bergen Record this morning about Bourdain's impact on internet food discussion https://www.northjersey.com/story/life/food/2018/06/08/anthony-bourdain-internet-foodie-pioneer/686000002/

Local coverage by NorthJersey.com, some quotes by me in it. https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2018/06/08/anthony-bourdain-star-chef-and-leonia-nj-native-dies-61/683956002/

Still processing it, obviously. He meant a lot of me, and to Steven.

Actually, if you are going to spend on the order of $600+ on an appliance an extended warranty is not a bad idea at all. The reasoning is that the first time a board blows, the parts/labor costs $400 or more. In the case of the GE Cafe dishwasher we had, which we spent around $1400 on, the $100 extended warranty covered 2 logic board repairs after the first year of warranty (the first year had a logic board repair as well, under original warranty) and on the 3rd visit in the 2nd year they just plain decided to give us a check for $1400 to buy a new machine.