Writing about food since 2004.
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Adam Roberts
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Unfortunate Restaurant Names Part One
You have to admit when it first hits your eye you’re like “whoah, does that say what I think it says?” I wonder if they serve baked clams? Sorry! (But you can play too…rated T for Teen.)
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Meme Myself and I: The Cook Next Door
A while ago now (June 20th, to be exact, so not THAT long ago) Sarah from The Delicious Life tapped me to contribute to a new food blog meme: “The Cook Next Door.” Since I leave for Europe in less than four days, I must answer it now or lose all my credibility in the…
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When I Get That Feeling I Want Proustian Healing (PLUS: Rainbow Cookies!)
Many food writers, at some point in their careers, drop the Proust bomb. Whether they’re eating mushrooms in a field in Jerusalem or slurping noodles in downtown Beijing, at some point their soul will be stirred, a childhood memory emerges and they write: “Like Proust and his madeleines, I feel myself whisked away to the…
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Ground Meat Thursday: Lunch at Kitchenette and Dinner at La Palette (Featuring the Thursday Night Dinner Song “Grind Your Meat”)
A long time ago in a land far away my friend Annette took me to lunch at Kitchenette near the World Trade Center. This was after September 11th but before I moved to New York and I remembered the place as a very cute, very cozy family type joint with breakfast food and biscuits and…
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Krispy Kreme Conversion?
Dunkin’ Donuts and I have a long sordid history. When I lived in Atlanta, I couldn’t get good bagels (except for Bagel Palace but even those weren’t so good.) I’d leave my apartment and crave a place to sit and eat a bagel. The closest place, unfortunately, was Dunkin’ Donuts. At first I thought those…
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Raise a Glass to Summer (and in that glass put a Root Beer Float!)
Here’s a classic summer drink that requires two ingredients. Both are readily available at your supermarket or even your drug store: (1) Vanilla Ice Cream; (2) Root Beer. To assemble: scoop a scoop of vanilla ice cream into a large glass; pour root beer on top. Raise your glass and drink! Happy summer!
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Your Favorite Recipe
I get lots of e-mail from people who are eager to share recipes. I am grateful for this but I sometimes wonder: “Why should I be the lucky one with all this information? Why doesn’t everyone share with everyone else?” And so I am posting this post RIGHT now for you to share your favorite…
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All That Work and It Tastes Like Vomit! (Torta di Mandorle, Limone e Ricotta)
Life’s been good lately–I’m sailing through my summer quite well, thank you–so please don’t assume that this negative post and the negative post below it are due to anything sour going on in my life–I am not, by nature, a Negative Nelly. The sad truth is that sometimes when we touch, the honesty’s too much.…
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They Blinded Her With Science: Laboratorio del Gelato (A Poem)
When young Clotilde devoured New York she went to a spot-o that I hadn’t been yet where they sell gelato. On the Lower East Side near Katz’s deli Walk south on Orchard Hear the growl in your belly. Outside it’s humid you feel yourself sag “Gee, how much further?” Aha! Here’s the flag! Inside it’s…
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Sunday is for Brunching: Sunday Brunch with Seth & Amy at 9th Street Market
One nice thing about my web site is that it brings people back into my life who fell out of orbit. Seth and Amy are high school friends who knew me before I was the glorious specimen you see above you now in a red sweater holding a pot. Amy and I e-mailed a bit…
