June 2004

Thanks Jane for pointing this out: We’re Wines and Vines magazine’s new favorite website! Let’s pop a cork and celebrate! Ow. That was my eye.

In the law and psychology class I took last year, our professor–Martha Duncan–told us that, contrary to popular belief, psychologists do not blame everything on the parents. “The standard,” she told us, “is a generous one. Parents merely need to be ‘good enough.’”Thus, when adjudicating a deprivation proceeding against potentially “unfit” parents, the judge need…

This is a sweet-looking recipe kindly offered up by site-reader Raspberry Sundae (that is her name, it seems). Thanks Ras!it is with great trepidation that i offer this recipe for your consideration. (i feel as though i’m kneeling in the face of greatness)out here on the west coast of canada we are lucky enough to…

Now Coke’s going low-carb. The marketing pitch is rather stirring: “Introducing Coca-Cola C2… for people who don’t compromise. It’s not about what you can’t have. It’s about getting what you want.”I feel inspired! I want not to drink low-carb Coke![Thanks Benson, who forwarded this to me.]

How lucky you are that I value you, my loving audience, more than I value Criminal Procedure. Tonight, I could have been locked away in a coffee shop but instead I made you a short ridiculous film with bunny sock puppets and Nigella Lawson’s carrotcake cupcake recipe. Ladies and gentelemn, I give you:[Please don’t forward…

Don’t let tonight’s posting juggernaut fool you: I’m still in desperate need of content! So send stuff in! Thank you.

Jimmy has a dream. Jimmy’s dream is that his neighborhood restaurant, Toast, will flourish and fly and be there always for him to nosh at. Jimmy invited me out last night because–understandably–my companionship is much sought after and, secondly, he wants me to promote Toast.”Jimmy!” I said, scandalized. “I am not a food-blogging whore! I…

When I track how people are coming to my site (something I do way too often), I’m constantly amazed by the Google searches people do that lead them here. What follows is a brief list of terms that, when typed into Google, will lead you to this very site. Clicking the terms below will take…

Check out the new food site from site reader Andrew: The Gentleman GourmandIt’s like my site except more badass!

Coincidence? I THINK NOT.