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Political intrigue and international espionage taint this round of Gourmet Survivor. For the specifics, read the comments to the last post. After much reflection I have decided to have the operation. You will now refer to me as Cindy.Harry and Dallas have immunity this round. I feel this is fair because Clotilde’s logic for choosing…

This round, guest judge Clotilde (of Chocolate & Zucchini fame) compelled our remaining six contestants to use vegetables in a dessert. The results are simultaneously thrilling, terrifying and occassionally disgusting. Clotilde will be judging immunity this round but perhaps your comments will influence her. Since 5/6 of the contestants created webpages for their entries, I’ll…

Seems that God (or whomever it is that controls the weather) (Al Roker?) must be a fan of this website. As my parents are propelled North to escape the mighty winds of a series of successive hurricanes, I get to eat out a lot and you get to read about it. Score!Last night was a…

Murray’s Cheese Shop is awesome. There was a huge article about it in the Food Issue of The New Yorker a few weeks ago and I think it’s safe to say that Murray’s is one of our nation’s greatest purveyors of cheese.Of course, it’s rare to be walking through Greenwich Village on a hot day…

I hate this article that just came out in the LA Tmes about food blogs. Granted, I probably hate it because it doesn’t mention me, but that aside I hate what it says about food blogs and how limited they are. First of all, though I should put my anger on pause and congratulate my…

Last Sunday I noticed that there was half a bag of Ghiardelli bittersweet chocolate chips leftover from my mega-intense BC brownies and feeling a bit fried by my mega-workload decided to make the recipe for chocolate chip cookies on the side of the bag. I’d reproduce the recipe here, but that’s pretty unnecessary. Just go…

Yom Kippur is fast approaching (begins tomorrow night at sundown) and by fast approaching I mean Jews gots-ta be fasting. Saw a play tonight called “Last Easter” and there was a joke in it that I’d like to share with you now on that very topic.You see Ghandi, before he died, never wore shoes and…

Ladies and gentleman, it is my great honor and privilege to present this week’s guest judge and jury. She’s been featured in Gourmet magazine, the LA Times and Hugh Heffner’s effort at a food magazine, Playsoy. (Just kidding about the last one). She even has a book deal in the works. She’s truly the summit…

I walk past the Body Shop every day on my way to school. I have a question for you, ladies. Why do you want to smell like fruit?That’s what the Body Shop smells like to me. Hot fruit. Noxious, acidic fruit that clouds the air near NYU worse than the fog of Mary Kate and…

[We will now tackle several issues I’ve been meaning to write about for a while.]Deference fascinates me when it comes to food (as well as movies, TV, theater, literature, and trasngendered escorts). We live in the age of the blurb. “Better than Tofu!” “Wicked wasabi!” “Don’t miss the Vietnamese-Mexican dipping sauce!”People succumb to these stamps…