Misc. Fun

Tonight I had the inspired idea of e-mailing Andrew Sullivan—editor at the New Republic and perpetual blogger at www.andrewsullivan.com—a few food-related questions. Imagine my surprise when he quickly (and rather generously) replied. Here are his responses below. Thanks again Mr. Sullivan!What are your favorite foods?Yorkshire pudding; apple pie; Mcdonald’s fries.What foods do you despise?Anything pretentious.What’s…

As per my promise to serenade you each Thursday night with the contents of my meal, I present you now with a masterwork entitled “(Tonight We Dined At) Osteria” with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by yours truly. The attachment is in mp3 format and should, therefore, be accessible to all of you.Download…

I am still punishing you all for not posting 10 replies to my comment prompt, but I had to share this…One of the features of TypePad (which is what I use to run this site) is that I can click and see where people are accessing my webpage from. Often times, people will have done…

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Thanks to my dear friend Josh, you can now download the Burrito song as an mp3. Thus you now have three entirely separate, entirely wonderful “Burrito Song” options. You may want to download all three and play them simultaneously. Just a suggestion.Download file

As part of my promise to be an endlessly amusing source of food arcania, here is my pledge to you: each Thursday night I will write, perform and record a song for you about what I ate for dinner.Tonight’s selection is called “Burrito” and requires two things from you:1. iTunes. I think you need iTunes…

As many of you may have noticed, that flour-coated god in the upper-right hand corner of your screen is none other than yours truly, The Amateur Gourmet.And yet, I’m sure many of you are wondering: are there any more pictures like this? Any more variations on the theme of sexy Jewstud coated in King Arthur…