I really have no idea how many people read my website on a regular basis. The Janet Jackson cupcake thing clutters my Sitemeter info to the point that the numbers don’t really tell me anything. Which is why I’d like to ask you a favor. If you read the site on a regular basis, can you please post a comment below? Just give the following information:Name:Location:How You Found The Site:And, if you feel like sharing more:Favorite Food:Least Favorite Food:Favorite Restaurant:Shoe Size:Mother’s Maiden Name:Favorite Member of N’Sync:Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble:Thanks! I really appreciate it!
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SunnyFayetteville, ArkansasI think that I first saw this site on the Typepad homepage around the time of the Janet Jackson cupcake.I like your stories and experiments and I read your site a couple of times a week. And you look most like my brother-in-law, Noah.
I found your site from some link someplace. I read it regularly and have it in my food blog database (see above shameless plug link).
Chicago, ILFound you through BoingBoing.com, seduced by the cupcakes. But have since enjoyed your other endeavors.
JoAustin, TexasHow did I find this site? I honestly can’t remember. Maybe via Stumble?I just love food and found myself reviewing the food situation repeatedly on my blog when I spent three months in Germany. So I guess I have a soft spot for people who feel the need to write about food more than I do.
Name: SarahLocation: London, OntarioHow You Found The Site: BoingBoing.netAnd, if you feel like sharing more:> Favorite Food:> Least Favorite Food: that I’ve actually eaten? My roomate once cooked chicken’s feet. They were purple, and I stayed away from them. I’ve actually eaten blood sausage though, and I rather detested that.> Favorite Restaurant: Hmmm, Sushi 88> Shoe Size: 7 (2a)> Mother’s Maiden Name: what?> Favorite Member of N’Sync: erm? ha ha ha> Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: one of my unclesMerci!
Su-LinLondon, UKFrom Clotilde’s site!No favourites. I’ll try almost anything once. I really like your writing and am sorry that I keep leaving my headphones at work so I’ve never heard any of your musicals!
And I guess you kinda look like my cousin Thomas.
Name: AnthonyLocation: Montréal, Québec, CanadaHow You Found The Site: via The Guardian’s website in regards to the breastcakes.And, if you feel like sharing more:I can never pick favourites with food….Favo(u)rite Restaurant: Berlin, an absolutely amazing German restaurant here in MontréalShoe Size: 10 1/2Favorite Member of N’Sync: I’m supposed to say Justin here, aren’t I?You’ve done New York, but don’t forget that Montréal is second only to New York in number of fabulous restaurants per capita in North America….!
Name: Adrienne. Yeah, just like the Rocky movies.Location: Upstate New York, where we just got a foot of snow.How You Found The Site: Boing Boing, I think. It was during the Janet boob binge and I liked the site so much it’s a daily read.Favorite Food: Almost anything sweet.Least Favorite Food: Stewed tomatoes. It’s like swallowing your tongue.Favorite Restaurant: Tomato Head in Knoxville, TN.Favorite Member of N’Sync: Justin. Mmmmm…he can malfunction my wardrobe anytime.
Name: BenjaminLocation: Atlanta, GAHow You Found The Site: FriendsterAnd, if you feel like sharing more:Favorite Food: Crawfish etoufee (sp?) at Harry Bissett’s in Athens.Least Favorite Food: Pizza topped with hamburger.Favorite Restaurant: Zocalo, if I’m feeling daring. Cafe Tu Tu Tango, if I’m entertaining. American Cafe at Phipps Plaza, if I’m looking for comfort food.Shoe Size: My left foot is an 8. My right foot is 8-and-a-half. Seriously. I have cerebral palsy. It affects shopping.Mother’s Maiden Name: Jeffery (though it is also my middle name)Favorite Member of N’Sync: JC Chasez before his hair took over and ate his entire head.Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: You look like my best friend Lupo, except that may just be the glasses. If you mean a member of my actual family, then I must say that no one in my family is as good looking as you are.
Name: Glovefox (I know, its a pseudonym but if you absolutely need to know my real name, you’ll have to pinky swear you won’t tell anyone else)Location: Oxford, England (for the moment)How I came across this site: Via ‘The Daily Bread’ blog.
Name: MarkLocation: Centre Hall, PAHow You Found The Site: Googling for food blogsFavorite Food: It’s all good.Least Favorite Food: See above.Favorite Restaurant: I like to make my own food.Shoe Size: 10 1/2Mother’s Maiden Name: None of your businessFavorite Member of N’Sync: They have names?Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: Uh, none really.
Name: GiddyLocation: IndianapolisHow You Found The Site: it was a link on Bakerina’s blog, methinks, and I happened to click on it and got hooked. But now it’s not on Bakerina’s site, so it’s possible it was never there and I found it somewhere else…..And, if you feel like sharing more:Favorite Food: There are so many, I will highlight just one: avocado on rye toast (must be a good firm, salty rye)Least Favorite Food: I’m not big on figs. But I love fig newtons; go figure.Favorite Restaurant: The Helmand (Afghan food, locations in Baltimore, Cambridge, and San Fran –and maybe Chicago now—they are run by brothers/cousins of Hamid Karzai, but who knew who that was when I started going to the one in Baltimore in grad school….and by the way, although the proprietors are all related, it seems they are not all terribly fond of one another so mention the other locations at your own risk…..)Shoe Size: 8Mother’s Maiden Name: TiddlywinkFavorite Member of N’Sync: Couldn’t name one if I tried. Well, maybe I could, but more than likely I’d name someone from a DIFFERENT boy band and you’d ridicule me forever.Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: You look like no one in my family.
Name: amyLocation: new york. new yorkHow You Found The Site: the spanish river grapevineFavorite Food: pizzaLeast Favorite Food: capersFavorite Restaurant: 7aShoe Size: 9 1/2Mother’s Maiden Name: fishsteinFavorite Member of N’Sync: sorry, i possess zero knowledge of boy bands…Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: my cousin andrew
Dear A.,I will gladly oblige!Name: ClotildeLocation: Paris, FranceHow You Found The Site: Originally through Jackie’s Gastroblog, she linked to your Janet cupcake entry.Favorite Food: Hint : It starts whith “choc”, ends with “olate”.Least Favorite Food: Endives. Nasty, nasty things, these are. Especially “endives au jambon”, where they are wrapped in ham and drenched in béchamel.You already knew that, but your writing entertains me to no end – I can’t read you at work because it makes me laugh out loud and then people point. Most recent favorite : the bit about Martha and her mom…
Name: AliaLocation: Oxford, UKHow You Found The Site: Through boing boing.net, for the Janet cupcake story.And, if you feel like sharing more:Favorite Food: Vegetable Goulasch with spicy dumplingsLeast Favorite Food: MarmiteFavorite Restaurant: WagamamaShoe Size: 5 and a half (UK size)Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: my eldest brother – if you were more tanned anyway…I think your entries are very entertaining, and if you require any indian/pakistani recipes, let me know. =)
Name: AliceLocation: IrvineHow You Found The Site: I typed “IanJ” in livejournal because I thought it was a web comic artist’s blog. Turns out it wasn’t, but it had a link to your Janet Jackson cupcake. Got hooked by your interesting writing style, your outlook on food…generally, people with lifestyles different from mine I like to read about. Plus you’re wacky and cute so I’ll be visiting often.Favorite Food: The queue (I want this in this order): soft tofu with horse-piss eggs, crispy crepes with whipped cream, stinky tofu, filet mignon. If I had this all today, the list would be different tomorrow.Least Favorite Food: steamed eggplant – hurts my tongue!Favorite Restaurant: Ruth’s ChrisShoe Size: 7Favorite Member of N’Sync: Who’s N’Sync?Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: Nobody ‘cuz you’re not Asian.Your site entertains me, and your photographs are nice!
Name: PJayLocation: Long Island, NYHow You Found The Site: another food blog.Favorite Food: prime rib medium rare with a side of potato pie.Least Favorite Food: as if.Favorite Restaurant: Virgil’s BBQ, NYCShoe Size: 10.5Mother’s Maiden Name: nunya.Favorite Member of N’Sync: the dude wanting to go to outer space.Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: your lack of asian features, forces me to claim no one.
Name:HennaLocation:Keele, UKHow You Found The Site: can’t rememberAnd, if you feel like sharing more:Favorite Food:pilau rice with chiken curryLeast Favorite Food:anything too greenFavorite Restaurant:Ask (it’s in england so don’t know if you’ve ever heard of it but it’s Italian)Shoe Size:5 (UK)Mother’s Maiden Name:YasminFavorite Member of N’Sync:Justin! well that’s the only one i know the name ofWhich Member of your Family I Most Resemble:erm no-one
Kimberly, Baltimore (but soon to be Nashville)My friend Mindy (no, really, her actual name and she’s quite smart and not a stripper or anything like that, not that strippers are bad or stupid people necessarily) sent me a link to your Janet C-cupcakes entry. Then I read the whole brouhaha about your review in eGullet (snobs) and was hooked.Fav food? Hard to choose, but this morning I’d say avocados. And real tomatoes. Oh, and crawfish.Least fav food? Got to be broccoli.Giddy’s right about the Helmand in Baltimore–it’s great. But my vote goes to the Charleston. Or Baltimore’s favorite restaurant no one’s supposed to tell anyone else about (Peter’s Inn, ha ha)Thanks for your fun site!
Name: davidLocation: nashville, tnHow You Found The Site: can’t remember. probably the boob cupkcake though. you’d only been doing it two weeks at that point. i read everyday at work… while i eat.Favorite Food: cookiesLeast Favorite Food: capers
Name:dont U know alrady? its your favorite fan … KELLILocation:GA!! just like U!!!How You Found The Site:Searching 4 HOTT GUYZ!!!Favorite Food:Milkshake (it bringz all the boys to the yard j/K!!!)Least Favorite Food:omg pork rinds my dad eats them YUCK!!!Favorite Restaurant:CHEESECAKE FACTORY!!!!!Shoe Size: 7Favorite Member of N’Sync:ew like I listen to NSYNC!!!! (but if i did definitely lance bass!!!!)Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble:if U resemlbed anybody in my fam it would be gross! b/c U are sooooooooo HOTT and NOBODY in my family is hot (duh except me!!!)whats sad though is that you never write me back. :(it is tough being kelli.
Name: nicoLocation: Los AngelesHow You Found The Site: randomly hitting linksFavorite Food: varies, but chocolate is usually a good answerLeast Favorite Food: menudoFavorite Restaurant: dependsShoe Size: 9 1/2Mother’s Maiden Name: a string of consonants and vowels hard to promounce north of the borderFavorite Member of N’Sync: who?Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: you’ve aready had your punchline about this bit
Name: MichaelLocation: Vancouver, BC CANADAHow You Found The Site: via raspberrysundaeAnd, if you feel like sharing more:Favorite Food: free foodLeast Favorite Food: expensive foodFavorite Restaurant: chez momShoe Size: 9.5Mother’s Maiden Name: ya rightFavorite Member of N’Sync: Backstreet RULESWhich Member of your Family I Most Resemble: hmmm non of them..
Name: BrianLocation: Scottsdale, AZHow You Found The Site: I don’t remember, but it was probably because of the whole breast cupcake media frenzy.Favorite Food: Breakfast foods, except cereal.Least Favorite Food: BeefFavorite Restaurant: Pita Jungle in Tempe, AZ
Name: WendyLocation: TorontoHow You Found The Site: The infamous cupcake link from another blogFavorite Food: Planked salmon; pho soupLeast Favorite Food: Olives (I defy you!!); liverShoe Size: 9.5Mother’s Maiden Name: StevensFavorite Member of N’Sync: Not Lance.Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: Uhh…jeh..cousin Ben?
Beth, OklahomaI can’t remember the name of the blog, but it was a link to the Janet Jackson cupcake recipe. I thought your writing was so funny and so entertaining that I’ve become a regular reader.Favorite food: home-grown tomatoesLeast favorite: peasFav restaurant: Dink’s Barbeque
Name: s’kat. No, really.Location: Hampton Roads, VirginiaHow You Found The Site: I came across you on eGullet, and followed the link in your sig. I have been hooked ever since. My husband is beginning to get a bit suspicious of my interest in the foodie-type adventures of another man. I keep telling him it’s nothing, and completely harmless. Right??? 😉
Fav Food: Hot cheese gritsLeast Fav Food: Cold cheese gritsFav Restaurant: IHOPShoe Size: 10 (but I’m usually bare footed)Mother’s Maiden Name: huh? Everyone in my family has the same last nameFav Member of N’Sync: which one played the banjo?Who Adam most resembles in the family: Aunt Ebner (before her “change”)I learn so much about food from your website. The pictures are so pretty!
Name: BDLocation: MissouriFound site: thru gastroblog or chocolatezucchini just that general group of blogsFave food: everything! i have yet to come across a type of edible cuisine i dont enjoyDont like: not a big fan of the McDo or Taco Bell what with all the migrant workers but I dont dislike it purely on taste factorsShoe size: 7.5-8I really enjoy your site. I hope you can keep it up.
khayliskuala lumpur, malaysiathrough another food blogjapaneseokra (bleugh)genji @ hilton p.j , k.l7 Femmejaafarits gotta be joeycousin eugenei love this website! guaranteed laughter.
Name: UllaLocation: Copenhagen, Denmarkthe cup cakes brought me to your site, and since then you have made me laugh every day.
Name: ChrisLocation: San FranciscoHow You Found The Site: Trey Given’s BlogAnd, if you feel like sharing more:Favorite Food: Pizza (I am a simple man)Least Favorite Food: Sweet PotatoesFavorite Restaurant: Garfield’sShoe Size: 10Mother’s Maiden Name: NormanFavorite Member of N’Sync: That is a question only my lover may ask.Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: Actually, that would be me.
Name: ReneeLocation: SingaporeHow You Found The Site: through one of the food blogs I read regularly… possibly Jackie’s the daily bread.And, if you feel like sharing more:Favorite Food: very nearly anything sweet or dessert-yLeast Favorite Food: anything with pork fat/deep fried pork rinds/crispy bits of lard in itFavorite Restaurant: chez moiI just love your blog, your sense of humour, and great sense of fun and adventure when it comes to food, and just not taking the love and enjoyment of food too seriously.thanks for all those moments of reading enjoyment!
Name:LadygoatLocation:ClevelandHow You Found The Site:Probably from one of the other food blogs I readFavorite Food:Longuanisa (Filipino sausage) and sticky riceLeast Favorite Food:Peas (bleah)Favorite Restaurant:Phil the Fire (chicken & waffles, baby!)Shoe Size:7.5Mother’s Maiden Name:SolatanFavorite Member of N’Sync:I thought they were all clones of the same person? No?
Name: DebLocation: New York CityHow You Found The Site: I followed a link from one of the other food blogs I read, I just don’t remember which one it was.Favorite Food: It would have to be a tie between sausage and bacon. The one exception to the sausage would be blood sausage.Least Favorite Food: TRIPE! (gag)Favorite Restaurant: Gascogne Restaurant NYCShoe Size: Too embaressing to tellMother’s Maiden Name: ScolloFavorite Member of N’Sync: Are they a band?Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: My cousin Vinny
Name: NoreenLocation: Tokyo-ish, JapanHow I found the site: Can’t really remember but it might have been through webgoddess.com
My name’s Mike,I live in The Bay Area,heard about your blog durring those heady Janet Jackson Breast of Times. And then stuck around due to the young AG’s gift of whacky prose (one of my favorite things) concerning adventurous eating (another of my favorite things).Favorite foods for me are anything salty. Olives, come to mind. I also love stinky cheeses and am crazy into wine, which has become an expensive habit.Least favorite food, anything bland and not interesting.Restaurant: Hmmmm. There’s a little place in Spokane Washington called the Elk Public House that is pretty good and super casual.Shoe size…13!Okay, that’s enough. Thanks Adam for the entertaining BLOG.
Location: Charlotte, NCFound the site: Through guardian’s list of funny blogs. You were on there when you made the cupcake.Favorite food: I like cheese a lot. I can’t even look at that French girl’s site anymore. Fills me with too much longing.Least favorite food: I actually don’t like lemony desserts (sorry.)Favorite member of NSync: Justin.You look a little like my second cousin. Not terribly similar, though.I like your site because you’re funny and also because you, like me, seem to be a non-southerner living in the South. Right? or are you from the south? and i also envy you because i hated my roommate while i was in college. you seem to get along swimmingly with yours. I read your site pretty much every day at work, in between slate.com and my friend’s blog, hold-it.blogspot.com. You’re part of my routine now, so I hope you continue you excellent work.
My name is Tony,I live in Kentucky,and I found your site through Friendster via Andrew.My favorite foods are: Kentucky Colonel Fried Chicken, Lo Mein, and Seared Ahi.And I don’t want to even so much as look at a banana.My favorite local restaurant is an Italian place called Bella Notte, although I’m a sucker for anything that revloves.I wear a size 13 shoe, and, according to my grandmother, I’d be a lot taller if there weren’t so much of me turned under.I pretend my mother’s maiden name is DeBeers.I think Lance from N’Sync is cool, because I have a weak spot in my heart for astronauts (thanks to I Dream of Jeannie).My family eerily resembles the cast of Moonstruck, and I can’t think of anyone who looks like you in that movie.Awesome.
Name: ElsaLocation: coastal New England, U.S.How You Found The Site: via Clotilde at http://chocolateandzucchini.com/And, if you feel like sharing more:Favorite Food: mmm, mmm, mmm, how to choose? I have recently found my thoughts turning of their own accord to the farmer’s market tomatoes — winter must be drawing to a close.Least Favorite Food: I had a bad experience with Vegamite once.Favorite Restaurant: Soul Kitchen, Chicago, IL; Katahdin, Portland, ME; Cafe Mirabelle, Portsmouth, NH. Being constrained by a student budget, I rarely dine out these days.Shoe Size: Eleven U.S. —- fear my mighty feet!Favorite Member of N’Sync: I am woefully uninformed.Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: None. We do not tend toward the blonde.Kudos on the delightful site!
Name: RossLocation: Washington, D.C.How I found this site: FriendsterFavorite Food: IndianLeast Favorite Food: NorwegianFavorite Restaurant: Second Empire (Raleigh, North Carolina) and Bacchanalia (Atlanta, Georgia)Shoe Size: 10.5Favorite Member of 98 Degrees: Nick “Hot Piece of Ass” LacheyWhich Member of your Family I Most Resemble: Uncle Zeke
Name: VidiotLocation: New York Fuckin’ City (Astoria, Queens to be more specific)How You Found The Site: just typed in the URL a few days after your AskMe thread a while back.Favorite Food: Hard to say…it changes so often.Least Favorite Food: Brussels sprouts. Or tripe. But not even Julia can make Brussels sprouts palatable.Favorite Restaurant: Hard to say…there are so many. But I really like Union Square Cafe in New York.Shoe Size: 10, ultra-wide.Mother’s Maiden Name: HerdmanFavorite Member of N’Sync: Peter JenningsWhich Member of your Family I Most Resemble: No one, alas.
Lex from Toronto, OntarioI found your site, before the breast development, through Typepad’s most recently updated list… I setup a link so I could cruise by and see what you were up to.Favorite Food:This varies by the season…
Name: Blue PlateLocation: Atlanta, GAHow You Found The Site: AJC articleAnd, if you feel like sharing more:Favorite Food: OystersLeast Favorite Food: AsparagusFavorite Restaurant: Sotto SottoShoe Size: 11Mother’s Maiden Name: AllanFavorite Member of N’Sync: I could not possibly elevate any of the n’sync members above any other as they are all equally brilliantWhich Member of your Family I Most Resemble: My crazy uncle Merle
Name: EliseLocation: SF Bay AreaHow You Found The Site: For the life of me I can’t remember, but it didn’t have anything to do with the cupcakes.Favorite Food: avocadosLeast Favorite Food: natto (fermented Japanese soybeans that promote a gag reflex)Favorite Restaurant: Fringale (in San Francisco, French-Basque), Nobu in New York (best Japanese food I’ve ever had and I lived in Japan for a year so that is saying something)Favorite Member of N’Sync: Hey, I’m in my 40s. Who the heck is NSync? The only teen band I remember is David Cassidy and the Partridge Family.Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: No one! If only my brothers were as cute as you.
I’m Melissa, have been reading since you started this wonderful web site. Well, location is questionable right now since I was in New Orleans but temporary located in Louisville, KY. I love so many type of food that I couldn’t even begin to list a favorite. My least favorite food would have to be brussel sprouts. It is about the only thing I haven’t been able to eat. My favorite resturant is Rio Mar in New Orleans. I was lucky enough to be able to eat there before the storm. They make the best “wet cake”. Shoe size 6.5. Not giving my mother’s madien name that is a privicy issue. Could care less about N’sync. I don’t think you resemble anyone from my family.
Name:LeslieLocation:Akron,OhioHow You Found The Site:Linked from bourrezvisage.comAnd, if you feel like sharing more:Favorite Food:Avocados and Flaky Flix cookies… not together.Least Favorite Food:Coleslaw. I don’t care if it’s creamy or vinegar… I ain’t eatin’ it!Favorite Restaurant:Golden Dragon… Sushi joint in Cuyahoga Falls, OhioShoe Size:8 1/2Mother’s Maiden Name:BealFavorite Member of N’Sync:Ummmm… Justin? No! Chris! No!!! J.C! Damn you!!!!!!!! How can you ask me to pick a favorite? They’re all dreamy. Justin… yes, Justin.Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble:That’s an odd question. I guess my Uncle Dale, about 30 years ago.
I know I’m a tad late, but I felt compelled to add myself to the list of regulars. I’m currently catching up on back posts.Name: AshleyLocation: West Lafayette, INHow You Found The Site: I was actually searching for nipple piercing information (probably more than you wanted to know…) and happed upon the Janet Jackson Cupcake and fell in love.Favorite Food: I couldn’t even begin. I find joy in most all foods.Least Favorite Food: I can’t pinpoint anything currently. I tried for several minutes though.Favorite Restaurant: Hmm, a tough one. In Atlanta, there’s a pasta place named Figo. It’s heavenly.Shoe Size: US size 8Mother’s Maiden Name: NaffeFavorite Member of N’Sync: It was Lance until he got his nose done. By default it is now Justin.Which Member of your Family I Most Resemble: You kind of look like my cousin Jeff, at least, last I remember.