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Housekeeping

  • A Chinese New Year Banner

    Come February, Lindy the Banner Designer and I usually go romantic, with a Valentine’s Day Theme. But this year was different. “What about Chinese New Year?” Lindy proposed and I said, “Sure thing!” As you can see, her banner is a veritable feast for the eyes. So thanks to her and thanks to Raphael Brion…

  • 7 Years

    It’s been seven years exactly since I wrote my very first post on this blog. Usually, when an anniversary comes along, I use the opportunity to share my favorite posts from the archives. But this time I’d like to turn the tables…I’d like to learn all about you nice people who read this blog everyday.…

  • I Am A Coffee Cup

    Check out the latest banner in which I am a New York City coffee cup. Thanks to Lindy Groening for dreaming it up and illustrating it; thanks to Raphael Brion for nailing it on to the blog. See all of Lindy’s previous banners by clicking here.

  • Eating Rudolph

    I think Lindy Groening, my banner illustrator (see her previous work here), deserves a standing ovation for this month’s macabre Christmas celebration. It’s a claymation me! And thanks to Raphael Brion making it happen in a technological sense. Happy Holidays.

  • Making a Turkey of Myself

    It’s that time again…time for a new banner. For the record, I taste great with cranberry sauce and a side of mashed potatoes. Thanks, once again, to Lindy Groening for her brilliant work (note: the banner archive is fully updated, so check out all of Lindy’s previous work. Do you have a favorite?) Thanks, also,…

  • My First SLR (& This Blog’s First Fancy Food Pictures)

    My First SLR (& This Blog’s First Fancy Food Pictures)

    It only took six years of food blogging for me to figure out that the images on a food blog are as important as the writing. And so it was, last week, that I went with my cookbook photographer, Lizzie Leitzell (see her website here) to B&H so she could help me pick out my…

  • The Taste Test Update

    Hey fans of The Taste Test, the show where I taste three different foods all of the same kind to compare and contrast them, there are a bunch of new episodes up on the site: don’t miss sugar, butter, olive oil, beer, and milk (which has a shocking conclusion.)

  • New Dishes

    New Dishes

    The last time I wrote about dishes on this blog it was in April 2008 when I wrote a post called “Meet The Plates.” Serious Eats was amused and linked to it in a post called “Adam Roberts’s Quirky, Idiosyncratic Plates.” The idea back then, in 2008, was that each of my guests at dinner…

  • Not Food

    Those of you who loaded up the blog today may have noticed a new section in the navigation bar above: that’s a new blog-within-the-blog called Not Food where I plan to write about everything that’s not food related. So load it up and you’ll see reviews of the book “Nixonland” and the Broadway revival of…

  • Deadline Week

    Hey folks, I owe half my cookbook to the publisher on Friday so, as you can imagine, I probably shouldn’t be doing too much blogging this week. Wish me luck as I finish those final pages and I’ll see you back here on Monday!