Writing about food since 2004.
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Adam Roberts
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Waiter, These Tomatoes Aren’t Cooked
Here’s something I made last week after watching Mario make it on Molto Mario. Chop a tomato or two, add minced garlic, add parsley (not basil–that’s what makes it different), drizzle a generous helping of olive oil on top, then salt, pepper, red pepper flakes. Cook your spaghetti al dente, you can stop the cooking…
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Nectarine Pie & The Stone Fruit Blues
This is a pie I made with fresh farmer’s market nectarines using the pie crust from this month’s Gourmet (the best pie crust I’ve ever known) and a recipe for nectarine pie I found by Googling “nectarine pie” and coming upon this, the first result. The pie itself was excellent even though I accidentally left…
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Nibbles
– This week I received the best possible thing I could receive for free as a blogger: two free tickets to see Martin Short’s new show, “Fame Becomes Me.” In case I haven’t mentioned it before, Martin Short is one of my comic heros. I think he’s a genius. I know I’ve told you about…
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In Kristen Veritas
My college friend Kristen of the food blog Give Me Some Food came to town recently with her mother and the two of them were kind enough to take me and our friend Ricky out to dine at a wine lover’s dream restaurant: Veritas. Here’s Kristen’s write-up of the meal, including an account of the…
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When Bread, Chocolate, Olive Oil and Salt Had A 4-Way
Of all the recipes in Amanda Hesser’s “Cooking For Mr. Latte,” the one I most wanted to try but the one I never–for whatever reason–attempted was her toasts with chocolate, olive oil and salt. This peculiar mix of flavors baffled me on the page, how would it taste hot out of my oven? The recipe…
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My New Favorite Comment
“This site designer needs to definitely get rid of the heading on this site with the fork and duck, and oh yeah the nerd on the building. Who would be satisfied with that “art” work??? Definitely needs to go. Otherwise, a good and informative site!”
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Foodie Movie Review: “I Like Killing Flies”
The new Shopsin’s movie is everything I wanted it to be, even though it’s not necessarily a great movie. Kenny Shopsin is a fascinating person, to say the least. He and his family represent genuine New York character–real quirkiness that isn’t manufactured by studios who paint kitschy sets and want you to believe in the…
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A Thought
This Saturday I am cooking a huge feast for the last chapter of my book. (Yes, I’m up to the last chapter! Woohoo!) The feast involves cooking a certain cut of meat (I don’t want to give it away) for 7 hours at 150 degrees. It occurred to me today that the temperature outside is…
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Another Summer Salad
Heirloom tomatoes from the farmer’s market, green basil, purple basil, fresh feta cheese, olive oil, balsamic, sea salt and homemade garlic croutons… What can I say? I accept your standing ovation.
