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Plugs
Here are some quick non-food-related plugs for the non-food-related spirit in all of us. (1) Yet again, I was given free tickets to Broadway Shows by a marketing firm to the astonishment of my friends and loved ones. “You got these tickets HOW?” they asked, as I allowed them to escort me to each of…
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Len Jenkin’s “N Judah”
Spring break is here (my last spring break, ever, since this is the last step of my education–unless, as I tease my parents, I go to medical school next) and on my night stand is a tower of books that I want to read before the week is out. At the top of this tower…
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Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic and Saveur Magazine’s Apple Cobbler
The day after the Oscars the questions were pretty standard: “What did you think of Jon Stewart?” “Were you disappointed Brokeback didn’t win?” “What did you think of Charlize’s dress?” Sadly, no one asked the one question I wanted to answer: “What did you have for dinner?” The dinner, you see, was the best part…
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The Oscar Post: Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic, Saveur Magazine’s Apple Cobbler (with vanilla ice cream, of course) and Dazzling New YouTube Technology
The day after the Oscars the questions were pretty standard: “What did you think of Jon Stewart?” “Were you disappointed Brokeback didn’t win?” “What did you think of Charlize’s dress?” Sadly, no one asked the one question I wanted to answer: “What did you have for dinner?” The dinner, you see, was the best part…
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A Blogger Breakfast at Balthazar
When Fatemeh of Gastronomie e-mailed me on Monday night and informed me that she was taking the red eye in for business and wanted to take me to lunch the next day at Pastis, how could I say no? Well, I did say no: not to the lunch, but to Pastis. I had a class…
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Birthday Bounty
My mom has accused me of being difficult to shop for. “You’re difficult to shop for,” she says. “I don’t know what to get you for your birthday.” “Whatever you get me will be fine,” I assured her. “What do you want?” she replied. What did I want? My Desire Department divided into two camps:…
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![New Year’s Eve at Billy & Kate’s [Featuring: A 6-Course Vegetarian Feast] **PLUS: Fireworks on the roof!**](https://amateurgourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/80614643_ddc5c78bd1-1.jpg)
New Year’s Eve at Billy & Kate’s [Featuring: A 6-Course Vegetarian Feast] **PLUS: Fireworks on the roof!**
Making plans for New Year’s Eve is a stressful endeavor. “What are you doing for New Year’s?” is a question one hears several times in the week leading up to it. For me, I didn’t have a very good answer until Billy and Kate (my friends through Lisa and Annette) invited me to their New…
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Congrats to Martha, Pim and the Food Blogging Community
Pim’s Menu For Hope II raffle raised an astonishing $17,101.32 for victims of the Kashmir earthquake. So a huge congrats to Pim and all the foodbloggers who participated and then an extra special congrats to Martha, winner of my raffle contribution: the opportunity to star in a video tour with me and one of my…
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Lisa’s Birthday Dinner at Hearth
There’s a scene in Annie Hall (my favorite movie) where Alvy Singer buys Annie lingerie for her birthday. “Oh ho ho,” says Annie. “I think this is more a gift for you than it is for me.” The same could be argued about Lisa’s birthday dinner. I tried to defer to her wishes (“Where would…
