I know a lot of publications and platforms will use this time of the year to pontificate about their resolutions — about paleo and keto diets, about the “monk fast,” about getting healthier for the new year and ditching the fried chicken biscuits and Butterfinger milkshakes for Swiss chard frittatas and smoothies with alfalfa sprouts in them.
Welp, I’m not that food writer. So, instead of me misleading you down a path of tempeh and kombucha that I’ll likely never eat or drink, let me give a hefty listicle of five of the things I’m looking forward to eating in 2024.
1. Peking duck from Ernest Chinese
I completely understand: Making a Peking duck is an extremely laborious endeavor that involves butchering, basting, hooking, hanging and a list of other things that I don’t have enough space in this article to talk about. I’ll just have to practice patience and keep reminding myself that Ernest Chinese’s hand-folded crab Rangoon is the best I’ve ever had.
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