Writing about food since 2004.
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Misc. Fun
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Thank You, Brian S!
A brief aside to thank Brian S. of San Francisco, CA who sent me Alice Waters’ “Chez Panisse Vegetables” through my top secret “Buy Me Things” section. I’ve actually been pining for the Chez Panisse fruit and vegetable books for a while now, and it’s great to finally have one. I’m going to put this…
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A Succinct Survivor Summary
My mom said today that all these Gourmet Survivor rules are too much for her to read. She doesn’t really get it. I imagine that may be true for many of you too—I was so concerned about covering all the bases, I forgot to keep it simple and therefore I am stupid. So here’s a…
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Gourmet Survivor II: The Scavenger Hunt
[For those that missed it, here’s the explanation for Gourmet Survivor II: A Benefit for Katrina Victims. I suggest reading that first, before reading this post.] It’s time for a scavenger hunt, boys and girls. A Flickr scavenger hunt, that is. How many Flickr scavenger hunts have there been, I wonder? Do we have the…
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WBW13: Like Wine For Chocolate (Or: How I Ruined A Perfectly Good Idea!)
When Clotilde announced WBW13: Like Wine For Chocolate (WBW is Wine Blogging Wednesday) I made a mental note to hire a wine tutor, a chocolate tutor, and to steal a recipe from a book that would tell me as much as I needed to know about both. Unfortunately, I totally flaked out and forgot to…
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Announcing Gourmet Survivor II: A Benefit for Katrina Victims
The devastation in New Orleans has left many of us, foodbloggers especially, feeling a bit frivolous in the face of catastrophe. We can debate the merits of green risotto and the value of Amazon knife deals, but in the background 10,000 people have died and thousands more need assistance. Surely there’s something we can do.…
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It’s PomLightful, It’s PomLicious, It’s PomWonderful
Tonight, with my hastily assembled Whole Foods dinner, I needed to grab a drink. My normal drink of choice in such situations is Iced Tea. Whole Foods has a nasty selection of “mature” Iced Teas–Honest Tea, with its obnoxious Zen labels, tastes like dirty sock water. The Tazo teas–which I like in teabag hot-water form–are…
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The Thursday Night Dinner Song: “Dinner: The Musical”
Book, Music and Lyrics: The Amateur GourmetDinner Monologues: JoshFeaturing: The Amateur Gourmet, Josh and KatyDownload file
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Kumquats
It may or may not be a strange fruit, but in my life I have never had a kumquat. So I bought a plastic tub of them tonight at Whole Foods:After my scrumptious “home cooked” meal, I popped the lid off and washed them. Then I read the label: “Edible skin and tart pulp.”Great! So,…
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The Thursday Night Dinner Song: “The Burrito Song II”
Hahahahaha.Me + Burrito + Apple’s new Garageband software = Disturbing Latin Rap Song. Enjoy!Download file
