Writing about food since 2004.
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True Adolescents Out on DVD Today
At long last, Craig’s movie TRUE ADOLESCENTS–which was a New York Times Critic’s Pick last month (careful, that review has a major spoiler!)–is available on DVD and on iTunes. Buy it here on Amazon or watch it right now in HD on the iTunes Music Store. Make sure to rate it when you’re done watching…
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“True Adolescents” is here!
Many of you know that my partner, Craig Johnson (the guy you see in all of my posts), is a filmmaker. His first feature, TRUE ADOLESCENTS is finally here and I’m so excited that you, my loyal readers, will finally be able to see it. The movie stars Mark Duplass (who you may know as…
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Casseroles, Atlanta
It’s not every day that you have a friend go into the food business, which is why I was so excited and exhilarated when my friend Hunter Hanger, the most charming Southerner that I know (when I just called him he answered: “As I live and breathe, if it isn’t Adam Roberts”), was opening up…
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Zhenya’s Stinging Nettles
You may recall that a few weeks ago, I befriended Zhenya, The Feral Gardener, while buying a Dr. Brown’s black cherry soda at Katz’s Deli. On May 1st, Zhenya wrote me an e-mail: “I just picked a ton of very young stinging nettles and would be happy to give you at least half a ton….…
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Kings of Pastry
My hands flew to my face several times last night. It was 1:30 AM and I’d made a mistake. At midnight, exhausted after testing four recipes, I loaded up “Kings of Pastry” on AppleTV just to see if it was something I wanted to watch. To say that I was immediately hooked would be a…
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An Oscar & A Milkshake
It’s not every day that your friend wins an Oscar. But on Sunday night, our friend Luke (who went to film school with Craig) won an Oscar for his short film, “God of Love.” (You can watch it on iTunes here.) For anyone who watched the Oscars, you’ll remember his speech (New York Magazine called…
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Amanda’s Coffee Intervention
Amanda Byron, one of my favorite baristas at my favorite coffee shop, Joe (don’t call it “Joe The Art of Coffee”!) had some strong words for me today about my post yesterday on How To Make a Good Cup of Coffee:
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See Cole Live
You know my friend and occasional cat-sitter Cole Escola? We once cooked live together? He has a one man show coming up at Joe’s Pub at the end of the month. You’d be crazy not to see him live–the Washington Post called him “charming, weird and LOL”–so, New Yorkers, get your tickets here.
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My Friends Do Talented Things
This post is to inform you that my friends do talented things. For example, my friend Travis Sentell (who once wrote this guest post) has a book out called “In The Shadow of Freedom.” You should read it. My friend Ricky Marson produced a CD for our friend Merideth Clark who writes and sings her…
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Asparagus, Amanda Hesser & Food52
Dip into the archives of my blog, go way back, and you’ll see that at the very beginning one of my very first gastronomical spirit guides was Amanda Hesser. I read her book, “Cooking For Mr. Latte,” while studying for the bar exam (here’s my 2004 post about it) and then proceeded to cook my…
