Tumblr’s Jen Pelka Previews Qui in Austin, Throws Excellent-Sounding Dinner Parties Back in New York
"Avocado is the new pork fat."
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"Avocado is the new pork fat."
"We're hunters, so we ate venison that my wife and I shot."
"I went to the gym and had a decent workout, but I knew dinner was going to be ... intimidating."
"It would have been prudent to stop then, but I hadn't had ice cream yet, and I certainly hadn't had ice cream in Japan yet."
"Mid-recipe, we also snacked on toasted bread that had been used to soak up some of the fat from the sliced marrow medallions roasting in the oven."
"I'm a big guy. I can't fit in at these trendy places where you're squished."
"It's some kind of walnut-y, vinaigrette-y, thyme-y thing and it's f-cking awesome."
"The Chinese bakeries were just starting to open, so I stopped in one of those and I had a steamed bun with Chinese sausage inside it and a small coffee with milk and one sugar."
"The pretzel roll is my weakness. It's like a warm roll and a pretzel. Together. With butter. Let me know if you hear what I'm saying."
"Actually, while I was feeling incredibly hungry on the train, I made an OpenTable reservation for dinner at Il Buco Alimentari."
"I live in France part of the year, so, you know, I'm a food snob."
"When you get punched in the face, there's something that happens inside of your body where nothing else matters."
"Kidd Kraddick and I pondered whether a Xanax can or cannot be juiced."
"Later, at the headquarters for the Anxious White People, I drank a vodka martini and a few proseccos and shoveled in the better part of two bowls of mixed nuts."
"They recognized me, which is always nice. So I'll go again. Eventually they'll give me something for free."
"Yes, I got Burger King at the airport. Anyone who questions this decision hates America."
"I try to hold off as long as possible to push myself to be on a normal schedule like the rest of the world."
"I had a Starbucks cup full of red wine ... you just know going in that you’re not going to be able to drink at the Grammys. Everyone thinks everybody is partying. But there’s nothing."
"I pulled over and got a pastrami sandwich to go, half of which I had for dinner, and the other half at around midnight."
"Before the big event, I just wanted to have lunch with my two best friends, my editor and my brother. So we all got the omakase at Kurumazushi. That was awesome."