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  • Bad Plate

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    The MOMA design store in SoHo features a plate with pubic hair painted on it: The plate is designed by industrial designer Ana Mir and it costs $90. Though it may disturb your guests, I hear it’s particularly good for serving crabs. (Sorry–I just had to.)

  • If Madonna Had A Pizzeria

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    Madonna fans, go treat yourself to my friend Mark’s post “Do You Want Divas With That?” on his zippy music blog I Totally Hear That. The post features an entire pizza menu devoted to Madonna songs, including: – Like a Virigin (white pizza–no tomato sauce, rocotta cheese, your choice of toppings) – Material Girl (black…

  • Cookbook Awards

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    I’m not one to start a meme—heck, memes are so five minutes ago—but let’s just say that I had an idea tonight and if you like this idea you should take it and use it on your own website. The idea involves taking a picture of all your cookbooks grouped together and then giving awards…

  • Nibbles

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    Welcome back to Nibbles. What are nibbles? Little tastes, tidbits, morsels for you to pick at while surfing the web. Not to be confused with nipples which should never be picked at while surfing the web. That would be unsanitary. * The first nibble is a justification for my poor posting earlier this week. I…

  • Nibbles

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    Here are some nibbles for you to nibble on. Food Nibbles – Last week, a group of us went to Prune for dinner and I ordered the monkfish liver appetizer. I didn’t know what to expect: how big could a monkfish liver be? Well the answer is: pretty big! And pretty tasty too. Monkfish liver…

  • E-mails That Improve My Self-Esteem

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    I received this e-mail yesterday and it gave me a good laugh. It simply said: “My four year old daughter just saw your picture at the top of the blog over my shoulder and asked me if you were God.” Ah, from the mouths of babes.

  • Mario’s Celebrity Guests

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    My Tivo “now playing” list is an embarrassment of cooking show riches: Lydia Bastianich, The Barefoot Contessa, and Martha Stewart all top the list. (Actually, Martha isn’t faring too well. I became convinced that she jumped the shark when I read, in one of the episode descriptions: “Martha and Richard Simmons make tiaras.” Yikes!) Yet…

  • (My Thesis Went Well)

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    Thanks for all your well wishes! Guess what? I’m officially done with school. Graduation’s on Monday. Then I’ll officially be a WRITER. Woohoo!

  • My Thesis Reading Is Tonight!

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    I changed a major character two days ago from a Foodie to a Parking Lot Attendant, I cut almost 30 pages, wrote another 40 and still wound up with only 64. The entire beginning is new, the entire ending is new, though there is still a sequence where a woman has a five-course meal inserted…

  • MFA Thesising (“The Fall of the Family Felderbaum”)

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    You may have noticed it’s been a bit quiet around here lately. My posts have been less frequent than usual (which puts me at about the average posting rate of a normal non-insane food blogger). Still, these next few weeks may be a tiny drop quieter. As many of you know, I’m finishing my MFA…