Housekeeping

The Gourmet Cupid has received 36 e-mails since its inception last week, with people from all over the world participating. We’ve got a guapo graphic designer in Spain and a bonita Art Student in Brazil. We also span generations with a 63-year old female “senior citizen foodie” in Oregon and a 19-year old gay history…

I’ve gotten lots of e-mails and comments saying the new banner isn’t loading up in the redesign. Ralph, my heroic redesigner, addresses this in the comments of the Redesign post. So go read his advice and if it’s still not working tape your own banner to the top of your computer and proceed as normal!

Since the end of September, I’ve been working with a brilliant web designer named Ralph on redesigning my site. Ralph responded to my “Redesign” post telling me that he and his wife were big fans and that he’d had a lot of experience and could really help me organize things better. And that, clearly, he…

Ok loyal Amateur Gourmet readers, keep checking back over the next 12 hours: two very exciting things are about to happen. (1) The redesign is going up tonight! AND (2) I’m going to share some amazing unbelievable news with you! Aren’t you excited? I know you are… Soon enough you shall know!

Prepare for a sleeker, more refined look—with a new banner and better organization and newer fonts. Due date may be as soon as Sunday, but no promises. Stay tuned!

Keep checking the PC Magazine website and it should become apparent. When it is up, I will link to it… Are you excited?

I’m starting to get spoiled from my secret, impossible to find “Buy Me Things” section. Two more readers sent me gifts this past week: I received Barefoot Contessa Family Style (my Contessa collection’s complete!), More from The Magnolia Bakery, and The Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook. Thank you readers for buying me things! You are the…

In case you’re wondering why this blog has been so quiet this week (Gourmet Survivor II notwithstanding), it’s because I started my final year (and I mean FINAL year) of graduate school. Among my classes, I’m taking a class in animated sitcom with the guy who wrote the Marine Biologist episode of “Seinfeld” (he’s also…

This is a hypothetical question raised to the New York/Tri-State area resident readers of the site. If I were to have some kind of get-together for everyone in the near future, how many of you do you think would be able and/or willing to come? Let me know in the comments by stating your: NAME:…