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  • Saving Wives [by Katy]

    For three weeks, Josh and Katy blogsit. On Days of Our Lives, husbands are ALWAYS saving their wives’ lives. For example, in a recent story line, Jack has saved his wife Jennifer’s life by pulling her from the edge of a cliff: a literal cliffhanger, if you will. She was especially heavy, too, being nine…

  • A BuhBye Banquet at Bacchanalia

    Lauren and I have been roommates for two years now–I moved in two summers ago–and sadly tomorrow night marks the end of our cohabitation. Remember how the Golden Girls ended with Dorothy getting married and Blanche, Rose and Sofia opening a hotel? This is sort of like that except neither of us is getting married…

  • Orange You Glad? [by Katy]

    [For three weeks, Josh & Katy blogsit] This post’s heading says it was written by Katy, but this is another example of what a liar I (Katy) am.Let me explain. This is the third post in our informal series on brunch. Brunch, as you may know, has been a much-neglected meal by the Amateur Gourmet,…

  • The Most Delicious (and Expensive) Cherries Ever

    Amateur Gourmet here to tell you about some yummy (though mighty price-y) cherries. I was in Whole Foods yesterday (people, I live on top of a Whole Foods—it’s difficult to avoid it) and they had a giant bowl of yellow/red cherries out. I’d never seen a yellow/red cherry so I took one and ate it.…

  • BlogShares: The Amateur Gourmet

    People are trading me on a fake blogger stock exchange. I am worth $13,751.50! Now when do I get my check?

  • My Dad On Barbeque [by Katy]

    [For three weeks, Josh & Katy blogsit]Many people like barbeque. Few understand it.Let’s take an example, shall we? When the Amateur Gourmet visited Bobby and June’s Kountry Kitchen in May, he was surprised to be served a plate of barbequed beef that looked like this:This is what he had to say about it then: Looks…

  • Cheese Chicken (A Game to Play at The Olive Garden)

    Ok, this was too funny not to link to: CHEESE CHICKEN!. It all started when I linked to this story (in which famed Italian cooking expert Marcela Hazan eats at the Olive Garden) on Metafilter. Enjoy!

  • Cheaply Eat New York [by Josh]

    [For three weeks, Josh & Katy blogsit]Kottke.org provides three sources of cheap NYC eats for your wallet’s pleasure: Cheap eats and loads of eaters write inCelebrity stalkers, take note: Famous people eat here (cheaply) New York Magazine cheap eats.–josh

  • Cafe 458 [by Josh]

    [For three weeks, Josh & Katy blogsit]We met David, JC and Matt at Cafe 458 for brunch. Conveniently if you remember the name of the place you remember the address: 458 Edgewood. However, if you lose the little scrap of paper with the address, you lose everything, you don’t know where you are, where you…

  • The 1.21 Gigowatt Weeknight Meal [by Katy]

    [For three weeks, Josh & Katy blogsit]Every major study out there shows that Americans are always, ALWAYS pressed for time. There is never enough. Time, time, time is not on our side. No it’s not.Of course, who can overlook the irony of someone who watches a soap opera everyday writing this to a bunch of…