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  • Knowledge is Power: Dinners at Wondee Siam II and Osteria del Sole

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    Here is a story of two dinners, both unplanned. The first happened Friday night. I was meeting my friend Mark, theater critic (who has a story in the NYT coming out soon!), to go see a production of Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband.” Mark couldn’t do dinner first so I was on my own. I…

  • Get Ready

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    Something big’s about to go down. You’ll need a digital camera and $10. Celebrity food bloggers may be involved. Money will be raised for Katrina victims. And if you’re thinking “Survivor: The Return” you may be on to something…

  • 175!

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    Cholesterol: 175 HDL: 39 LDL: 117 TRI: 95 To quote the lab technician: “Very good.” To quote my grandma: “That HDL’s not good, you need to exercise.” Woohoo?

  • Sometimes Good Food Looks Like Vomit

    Sometimes Good Food Looks Like Vomit

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    I have been viciously attacked in my asparagus risotto post by some who’ve critiqued my technique (even though it’s not my technique, it’s Rose Gray’s technique) and the “baby diaper-ish” quality of the end product. Inkadinkadoo (who has “doo” in his/her name) writes: “Some of those pix look like stills from ‘The Exorcist’ puke scene.”…

  • Purring in my Neighborhood at The Red Cat

    Purring in my Neighborhood at The Red Cat

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    “If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire, I shouldn’t look any further than my own backyard. Because it if it isn’t there, I never lost it to begin with.” – Dorothy Gale, The Wizard of Oz When I read Frank Bruni’s review of The Red Cat (a two star review, interesting to note…

  • The Amateur Gourmet Suggestion Card

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    For those of you who don’t live in the Tri-State area, here’s an opportunity to post some comments too. I may be opening up a big fat can of worms here (insert appropriate graphic) but I’d like to open up the floor for comments and/or suggestions regarding the site. More podcasts? Less movies? More nudity?…

  • Hypotethical New York Meet-Up

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    This is a hypothetical question raised to the New York/Tri-State area resident readers of the site. If I were to have some kind of get-together for everyone in the near future, how many of you do you think would be able and/or willing to come? Let me know in the comments by stating your: NAME:…

  • Pound Cake and the 12 Hour Fast

    Pound Cake and the 12 Hour Fast

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    After much fanfare, today I finally went to the doctor to have my cholesterol checked. An inept nurse weighed me first and told me I weighed 140 lbs which was shocking because I don’t weigh 140 lbs. Then I realized she had the marker in between 100 and 150 and the small marker on really…

  • The Grandma Proof Napkin Dispenser

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    Long time readers of this site will recall my classic post “On Napkins” in which I wrote: “It’s my grandmother’s fault. Back in the day, we would go to Wendy’s and she would say: ‘go get us some napkins.’ I would come back with two or three and she’d say: ‘No, no, no! Here, let…

  • Eating at New York Burger Co. in Chelsea is like going to Rome and eating at Pizza Hut

    Eating at New York Burger Co. in Chelsea is like going to Rome and eating at Pizza Hut

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    If there were no Shake Shack, I might have different feelings about New York Burger Co. Shake Shack is on 24th and Broadway in Madison Square Park. New York Burger Co., a chain, recently opened up near me on 21st and 6th. So you see one avenue behind this facade and three avenues up is…