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This is a sad week for me (and many others). One of my favorite teachers, Charlie Purpura, passed away on Monday to the shock and sadness of everyone who knew him. The funeral is tomorrow night so it’s going to be an emotional evening for many of us. If anyone hasn’t seen his movie Heaven…

This chicken chili is pretty good. I’m not wild about it. You won’t see any exclamation marks in this post. It comes from Barefoot Contessa: Parties. I am wild about the Barefoot Contessa. I will give her three exclamation marks: !!! But this chili is a little soupy and a little ridiculous in that her…

(I put great effort into that title. Who knows what song I’m parodying? Who among you, who? Hugh Jackman?) Saturday night I called up my dear friend Diana and said: “Dear friend Diana, with whom are you dining tonight?” And dear friend Diana replied: “With no one, darling, shall we dine?” It was then we…

First I hook you in with a sexy picture: Then I tell you a story… I bought a pineapple last week. I was in Citronelle and a pineapple screamed out to me: “BUY ME! PLEASE, BUY ME!” I’d never bought a pineapple before. I was on a health kick. I figured buying a whole pineapple…

It occurred to me the other day: do my peers in the foodblogging world exercise also? How do they eat such rich foods without exploding? I decided to e-mail a few of them to ask that very question. Here are their responses: Bruce Cole of Saute Wednesday writes: “San Francisco is just one hilly street…

Oh you dastardly website. Were it not for you, would I have said “yes” to Kirk yesterday and broken my four days of healthy, nutrtious eating to enjoy a lavish, wildly expensive and mayonaissey lobster roll at Pearl Oyster Bar? Ok, yes, I would have. And it wasn’t Kirk’s idea—it was mine. But we don’t…

I’m still on my health kick. Day 3. I spent 45 minutes on the eliptical this morning, burning 460 calories. “The View” was on with no sound and subtitles and my favorite part is when Merideth Veira and some new blonde host interviewed Baby Spice who has a new album coming out. The best bit…

My dear friend Stella, who catsat for me over Christmas break, left me a windy message the other day that went something like this: “Adam (wind wind wind) saw a cool restaurant (wind wind wind) Zen Palate (wind wind wind) let’s eat there sometime.” After deciphering this message, I called Stella back and made plans…

I may be 5’9, not 5’7, in which case my ideal weight is 160–which I already weigh. I will attempt to confirm this later by using a ruler and dental floss or a simple tape measure.