Alex and Michael, two stars in my social planetarium, are here to visit, staying with me, despite the fact that I am mid-finals. Here you can see them raiding my kitchen–insulting my hard-earned tubs of homemade ice cream and sorbet for Lauren’s jar of Queso.This morning, Alex expressed her desire to revisit her favorite Atlanta…

Hey, here’s my friend Alex to tell you all a story:My friend Michael and I were eating after the March for Women’s Lives in DC with a good friend from high school and her two roommates from college. I began speaking of the infamous Adam Roberts and the most recent phone call to the nice…

Color me a hypocrite after my “entitlement” post, but I’ve schemed my way into a very good, very promising dining situation. You see, my NY friends–as lovely as they are–are all very busy this upcoming weekend. They are all swamped in a sea of finals, roommates with finals, and finals with roommates. I felt that…

The thing about the toasted coconut donut at Dunkin’ Donuts is that they take the time to toast the coconut. I mean really: wouldn’t the plain coconut donut be enough? Do we really need such an indulgance? And yet they spoil us.Today’s toasted coconut donut featured a soft chewy interior complemented by the crunchy, textured…

Ok this is too funny not to share. My parents went to a charity event this past weekend in New York and met a bunch of celebs, but this one takes the cake. Here’s my mom with the fab five (minus one):

For a long time now I’ve been meaning to write about something that troubles me in the food community: namely, that sense of entitlement that goes along with fine dining.I don’t like the fact that when I go out to a nice restaurant and I look around the room everyone looks the same.I don’t like…

I’ve been disappointed with the chocolate ice cream I made the other night. Ever since it’s been in the freezer, it’s become this giant, solid, chocolate mass that one can only scrape brittle pieces off of with a spoon.Then tonight it hit me: “Eureka! The microwave!”I microwaved the ice cream for 45 seconds and voila!…

Many a Chinese food eater has wondered, as I wondered tonight: who is General Tso and why am I eating his chicken?Luckily this Washington Post article is right on point: Who Was General Tso and Why Are We Eating His Chicken?According to the article: “Tso was utterly ruthless. He smashed the Taiping rebels in four…

I saw two adorable dogs today sitting outside of Starbucks. Lauren told me the breed, and now I forget. The first was slightly gamey with a hint of the field. The second was reminiscent of venison, though slightly tangier. All in all a lovely snack.

When I went to lunch with AJC food critic John Kessler the first time out, I took the opportunity to ask him a penetrating question. The question went like this: “So, Mr. Kessler, let’s let the cat out of the bag: what’s your secret junk food?””My secret junk food?””You know,” I continued, “what do you…