Writing about food since 2004.
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The Milk-Braised Pork Test
You know those tests where they determine whether you’re gay or straight and they attach electrodes to your genitals and flash images in front of you to see whether naked men or women arouse you more? Well this post is like one of those tests, only there’s only one image and it’s the image you…
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An Elegy For Summer with Dead Lobster
Alas the summer will pass and autumn will soon descend. Gather ye lobsters while ye may and tomatoes too, my friend. And make a Pearl lobster roll like Rebecca taught on the vid; a final summer love affair that won’t produce a kid.
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Book Updates
I can finally share with you some good news: Borders has selected my book as one of its best Original Voices for September. So if you pop into a Borders anytime soon, come visit my book on the Original Voices shelf. It’ll sing you a song. Our Virtual Book Tour continues today on Eater which…
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Soupy Sushi Salads and Ice That Costs $1
Comrades! The restaurant revolution is here. I, your fearless leader, Amateuriov Gourmetovich beg of you to consider the following two cases, both which threaten our peace and prosperity as well-meaning restaurant goers. The first is the case of the soupy sushi salad: Recent visits to two of my local sushi joints have produced salads like…
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Rockin’ Robyn
Look up! It’s Robyn, The Girl Who Ate Everything, and we’re visiting her blog today as we end the first week of the Virtual Book Tour. You’ll read all about our Korean bean curd adventure and see some wonderful pictures (much better than the picture you see above). Thank you, Robyn, for hosting me! And…
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It Matters
Frank Bruni told a story on his blog the other day about ordering iced tea at a restaurant only to have the waiter say they’d run out. “How do you run out of iced tea?” he queried. “I ask that question not snidely but earnestly, because I know that this blog has readers in the…
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Tomato Art
It’s September and tomatoes are at their juiciest, and according to many food gurus, their best. More importantly, heirloom tomatoes are so prevalent everywhere these days that you can compose a gorgeous salad like the one you see above with very little effort. Just slice the tomatoes in half or quarters, drizzle with olive oil,…
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Truffle Butter Chicken
I had a dream. No, not that kind of dream. This was a dream about chicken and truffle butter. For the past year, every time I bought a chicken from Key Foods I’d see D’Artagnan truffle butter sitting higher up on the shelf. The price didn’t intimidate me–it was only $7–but its use did: what…
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Gluten-Free Gushing
In case you were wondering what happened to the virtual book tour today, our beloved Pim of Chez Pim–who was supposed to host me today–is trapped in a hurricane. So we’ll postpone Pim until she’s back to safety, and in the meantime Shauna our beloved Gluten-Free Girl put up her post a day early. What…
