Ian MacAllen

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Author of Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American, former Senior Food Correspondent at America Domani
Websitehttps://www.ianmacallen.com/
Bookhttp://book.redsauceamerica.com/

I joined the meatball discourse with meatless eggplant meatballs.

#food #meatballs

https://www.allthethingsweeat.com/p/food-notes-317-meatless-eggplant

Food Notes 3/17: Meatless Eggplant Meatballs

Meatballs, eggplant balls, potato balls, green foods, and the war on foie gras

All The Things We Eat

In our latest New York City diner visit, we had lunch at the Red Flame in midtown where I used to work.

#restaurant #diner #manhattan

https://allthethingsieat.com/eating-at-the-red-flame-diner-famed-lunch-spot-filled-with-nostalgia/

Eating at The Red Flame Diner: Famed Lunch Spot, Filled With Nostalgia - https://allthethingsieat.com/siteimages/titlecard.jpg

When I worked in midtown, I would eat at the Red Flame a few times a month. Then the pandemic shuttered offices across the city. I returned with my wife and kid on a cold winter Saturday.

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Mel's Diner on the West Coast of Florida was once a growing chain of retro diners. What happened? We had lunch there last month and I looked into the rise and fall of the once mighty chain.

#food

https://allthethingsieat.com/eating-at-mels-an-iconic-florida-diner/

Over at All The Things We Eat, I wrote about making American style Alfredo sauce from leftover fajita chicken.

https://www.allthethingsweeat.com/p/food-notes-310

Food Notes: 3/10

Alfredo sauce, gamey meat, restaurant voyeurism, alligator okay for Lent, and a whole lot more

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In the latest Food Notes, I pastified French Onion Soup, plus "boy kibble" and discourse on Alfredo sauce.

#food #pasta #history

https://www.allthethingsweeat.com/p/food-notes-33

Food Notes: 3/3

French onion soup, McDonald's burgers, Alfredo sauce and more

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Eating at Wayan: Modern Indonesian Flavor Meets Practiced Technique - https://allthethingsieat.com/siteimages/titlecard.jpg

We were in Miami for a night had dinner at Wayan, an Indonesian restaurant from Cédric and Ochi Vongerichten.

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We snagged some gas station tacos last week in South Florida.

#tacos

https://allthethingsieat.com/eating-at-chilakil-gas-station-tacos-at-their-finest/

Eating At Chilakil: Gas Station Tacos At Their Finest - https://allthethingsieat.com/siteimages/titlecard.jpg

We had gas station tacos in south Naples, Florida, and they were great.

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At Red Sauce America, I looked into the history of American Alfredo sauce, how it evolved from a simple pasta dish into a every creamy Italian restaurant menu.

#food #history #foodhistory

https://www.redsauceamerica.com/blog/american-alfredo-how-one-simple-dish-became-the-flavor-of-everything/

I entered a chili cook-off, so naturally I wrote about the history of food contests.

#food #history

https://www.allthethingsweeat.com/p/food-notes-224

Food Notes: 2/24

Chili, cook-offs, Olympic food, suitcase wine, French Onion soup, and more!

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At All The Things We Eat, I looked at Baumgart's Cafe, a diner turned Asian fusion restaurant in North Jersey, and General Tso's chicken.

#food #history

https://www.allthethingsweeat.com/p/food-notes-217

Food Notes: 2/17

Baumgart's Cafe, General Tso's Chicken, Spaghetti and Meatball Romance, and more!

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