lillianstone
Lillian Stone
lillianstone
Staff writer @ The Takeout, joke writer elsewhere. Wrangling beagles and baked goods in Chicago. Debut essay collection, EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE, publishing in 2023 via Dey Street/HarperCollins.

 I did a fantasy food destination for me last fall by going to Spain.  Went to Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona and ate my way through the cities.   If you like seafood and open markets, i would pick Valencia for the Central Market, as well as the home of Paella.  Also, so long as you eat the divine swine, you will find Read more

I would start in Bangkok for street food before heading up to Chaig Mai for khao soi. So much khao soi. Basically, I would like to eat my way through Thailand, until I’ve burned off my taste buds from too much deliciously spicy Thai food. And then maybe I’ll go sit on the beach in Hua Hin or Krabi for a week or two. Read more

El Bulli was mine but I was never able to secure a reservation before the closed. Read more

Shiki-Shima around East Japan, Mizukaze around West Japan and eat fully across Japan. Read more

For me pretty much anywhere in Asia. Japan, China, Philippines, Korea etc. Thanks to Anthony Bourdain traveling to and through Asia has been one of my dreams. Read more

7132 Silver in Vals, Switzerland (https://7132silver.com/en). A phenomenal 2-star restaurant with a 10 course tasting menu (it was probably more like 30 with all the snacks and amuse bouches). We went in December as part of our honeymoon and the snow-covered mountains were gorgeous. All of the food is sourced from Read more

I like citrus in the afternoon. Morning it’s too rough on my stomach but around 2 or so? It’s a good little sugar high.

Here in Boston, we have something called Bitcoin Pizza.  It says it’s the first “decentralized” pizza restaurant.  Don’t know what that means.  They only have 5 pizzas to choose from.  They appear on apps like GrubHub, so they seem to take regular cash.  I’m not willing to spend actual cash to find out if it is any Read more

All of these sound like winter drinks. Since when were cinnamon and caramel spring flavors? Read more

Leaving aside why I have two wolves inside me to begin with — is this a keto thing? — do we know that wolves actually like coffee-based drinks?
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Tens of thousands of dollars? C’mon, people! If you are going to commit treason, at least think big. Read more

If he was trying to sell it to Russia, he could have put it in a container of sour cream. Russians love sour cream.
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I used to avoid the rind on brie. But then over the years a little bit would sneak in and I secretly liked the chemical taste not being sure if it was OK. Now I eat it as part of the brie and love it. Read more

Put a parmigiano rind on some tin foil on the barbecue for 1 minute or two. Softens it up nicely, tastes amazing!
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