[For three weeks, Josh & Katy blogsit]It was one o’clock in the afternoon. I had exhausted herself making mp3 mixes for the last hour, and needed something new to occupy my time.Instantly, my friend Matthew had a suggestion. You may remember that Matthew’s in grad school, too. Sadly, he’s been a bit more of a…

[For three weeks, Josh & Katy blogsit]For all you who eat in New York, Slammed Magazine has a detailed critique of NY food critics. Twenty-nine of them rated over five categories — yes, it’s food criticism criticism. –josh

[For three weeks, Josh & Katy blogsit]You Atlantans out there may have no idea how to vote in next Tuesday’s primary election … but a food and culture survey? Local alternative weekly, Creative Loafing has your survey right her: 2004 Best of Atlanta. In particular I direct you to where you can vote on Atlanta’s…

[For three weeks, Josh and Katy blogsit]In the spirit of idleness, my sister Maggie and I took an online IQ test yesterday. It turns out — and I don’t mean to brag — that I am THREE POINTS smarter than my sister. Yippee!However, we were both shocked to discover that neither one of us is…

[For three weeks, Josh and Katy blogsit]Sure, we made ourselves sick on birthday brunch all morning. But in the tradition of this blog, we geared ourselves up for another round of indulgent eating. We took off our shirts and drove to Eclipse di Luna, a tapas place in Buckhead.(Okay, we weren’t REALLY topless. And yet…

[For three weeks, Josh & Katy blogsit]The Amateur Gourmet chooses lunch. He chooses dinner. He chooses law school and then chooses more school. In the morning he chooses sleep.I choose breakfast. Or brunch, if you will. I like the savory option as well as the sweet, but when it’s your birthday (or the day before)…

[For three weeks, Josh and Katy blogsit]Twenty-eight years ago today, in 1976, my husband Josh was born. Because of this event several decades in the distant past, yesterday I got up early and decorated our house.I had a color scheme. Blue and purple. See, I put up balloons:And I decorated our dining room table! I…

[For three weeks, Josh and Katy blogsit]For many a meal eaten out we work under the strategy of “I’ve got a twenty in my wallet and I don’t want to stop at an ATM machine or bust out the credit card.” Often this is just a noble goal (especially for two people) and we end…

If you are a mostly-idle grad student in the summer, the only other people around to talk to during the day are:A. other mostly-idle graduate studentsB. public school teachers on summer break.Between these two groups of people and those poor troubled souls on Days of Our Lives, I get all the daytime social interaction I…

[For three weeks, Josh & Katy blogsit]Although summer fruits are one of my favorite foods and I eat copious amounts of them each season, I’ve yet to develop an ability to recognize a truly good peach from the outside.For example:Which of these is better? They came from two different sources but they are equivalent in…