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  • Getting in Touch with my ROOT Vegetables; A Disappointing Stew

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    Tom Valenti’s “One-Pot Meals” seemed the perfect companion to my new Le Crueset. Here was the ultimate one-pot and how exciting to cook his “one-pot” recipes in it. After the latke episode last night, Lisa and I were hungry something substantive. So we made Valenti’s root vegetable stew with cumin, coriander and millet. Except I…

  • I Like You A Latke

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    Many well-meaning non-Jews mistakenly believe that Chanukah (pronounced with an agressive phlegmy “CH”) is a significant and important Jewish holiday. It is not. It’s the President’s Day of Judaism. It’s the timing that shakes things up. Because it falls around Christmas, I’ve had non-Jews (particularly Christians) ask me, “What are you doing for Chanukah?” in…

  • Last Chance for Secret Cookbook Santa

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    Hey folks, This is your last day to sign up for the Secret Cookbook Santa (see upper right corner). I’ll be closing the sign-ups at midnight. Also, on an important note, as Andrhia has said in the comments, please make sure you’ve e-mailed your mailing address to cookbooksanta@gmail.com. Without your mailing address we can’t send…

  • Never Post at 3:45 am

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    Please forgive the now-deleted self-indulgent post from last night. That was one of those posts that you post and then wake up, scratch your head and ask, “Did I really post that?” I feel especially bad because Josh at The Food Section wrote me and reminded me that I only e-mailed him once a long…

  • Thai Me Up and Feed Me Pongsri

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    I loved Pongsri tonight, our new Chelsea Thai place. I learned of it at Gothamist Food. I love learning of new food places reading the food blogs. I felt so in the know when the crew I was with (I hang with a crew because I’m phat) said, “Where’s a good place to eat around…

  • Sticky Business: Peanut Butter & Co.

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    Here is a quagmire. When does a cute concept become a rip-off? Take Peanut Butter & Co, for example:This cutesy SoHo spot sells peanut butter sandwiches in many variations. Peanut butter and jelly, for example. Or the Elvis, which I bought today (peanut butter, honey and banana on white bread):When I told someone tonight (whose…

  • 2004 Food Blog Awards

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    Check out the Accidental Hedonist’s Food Blog Awards–it’s the first of it’s kind. You can vote in many categories including Best Food Blogger in a Red Sweater. I think that award should go to me.

  • Boeuf Bourguignon

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    Who is the man who makes a complicated French dish and videotapes it at the same time? Shaft? No! Moi! Tonight I made Boeuf Bourguignon from The Barefoot Contessa’s new cookbook: “Barefoot in Paris.” It came out looking thusly: The broth was great but the beef was a little underseasoned. I seasoned it, but apparently…

  • Ohhhhhh Olive Oil gelatO at Otto (and pizza and pasta too)

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    Saturday night (which was last night) my friend Jason and I went to dinner at Otto, Mario Batali’s pizza restaurant one block north of Washington Square Park.I have to say that the technical aspect of our meal–meaning the reservation making–was really enjoyable. I called before we went and they had one table left at 6:15.…

  • Secret Cookbook Santa Sign-Up

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    ‘Tis the season to be jolly and there’s no jolly without eating and there’s no eating without cookbooks. Hence my idea for the first ever (as far as I know) internet-wide literary-food-gift-exchange program entitled THE AMATEUR GOURMET’S SECRET COOKBOOK SANTA. (All caps adds to the festivity.) With the help of Andrea, our Amateur Gourmet survivor…