Writing about food since 2004.
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Eating “The Carol Channing” with Carol Channing
John talked me into it. After going to see Elaine Stritch last week at the Cafe Carlyle, John urged me on to see my next aged theater icon by making reservations for Carol Channing at Feinstein’s at The Regency. We dubbed our mission: The “Before They Croak” Tour. And this stop came with dinner. So…
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Swinging Some Serious Fowl: Roast Chicken with Pan Gravy
First let me lure you in with chicken: And then bore you with family drama… My family was Jew-guilting me a great deal this week. “Happy Yom Kippur!” my grandma sang into the phone yesterday. “It’s not a happy holiday, grandma!” I retorted. “Then a very sad Yom Kippur. What are you doing for the…
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Breaking The Fast Early: A Rationalization
It is now 1:45 PM and the last morsel of food I put in my mouth went in last night at approximately 8:43 PM. The Jewish religion asks that I use this most serious holiday (Yom Kippur, for those not in the know) to reflect on the past year and to seek redemption for my…
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Free Book Churros
One of the perks of my job as The Amateur Gourmet is that people sometimes send me free stuff. When someone e-mails me and says that they want to send me something for me to write about on my site, I tell them my official policy. My official policy is this: “You can send me…
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Pasta Is A Dish Best Served Cold. And with Sun-Dried Tomatoes.
Food pictures can be erotic, can’t they? See if this picture makes your mouth horny: Is that the first time I used the word “horny” in a post? I apologize. Did you know my 5th Grade teacher Mrs. White was fired mid-year because she let one of my classmates play that rap song that goes…
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How The Ouest Was Yum
Ok, it’s not “The Ouest” it’s just “Ouest” but I still like this post title. I hope you do too. If you don’t, please write an essay of 500 words or less explaining what frustrates you about it and send it, along with a self-addressed stamped envelope, to: “WHY THE TITLE BOTHERS ME” PO Box…
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Hark! It’s 11 Madison Park!
We all have a list, somewhere in our brains, of things we mean to do–of places we want to eat, things we want to cook, people we want to kill. Sometimes we forget what’s on those lists so that when mom calls and says, “I’m coming to New York with dad for that cruise we…
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A Button
I would like to make an animated button for the side of my site that says the following (in sequence): WE RAISED OVER $4000 IN GOURMET SURVIVOR II LET’S KEEP ADDING TO THE POT CLICK HERE TO DONATE And then a link to the donation page here. A picture would be nice: maybe the Red…
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Sloth Make Rocky Road
Hey you guys!! Me Sloth! You Chunk! I love you Chunk! Me Sloth like Rocky Road. You like Rocky Road? Me make it! Me make Rocky Road with book from Chocolate Man. Buy book here. It good book. Make Rocky Road: buy chocolate. 1 1/4 lbs [565 grams] [20 oz.] bittersweet or semisweet. Chop chocolate.…
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Big Time Burgers and Broadway Legends: SoupBurg and Elaine Stritch
My friend John is the type of person who will say, “Hey, Elaine Stritch is playing at the Cafe Carlyle. Do you want to go?” And I’m the type of person who will say: “Yes.” And so it was that John made the reservation (it’s pricey, like a full-priced theater ticket) and it was I…
