The checkout woman at Whole Foods is psychic.Last time I was there she said: “Are you a lawyer?”And I said: “Well I’m a law student.”And she said: “Ya, I can tell.”I found this very insulting and I smacked her across the face.”I knew you were going to do that,” she said.The checkout woman at Whole…

1. This burrito.2. This raspberry bar.3. This pizza.Now you’re all caught up!

There are two types of people in this world: those that love pastrami and those that have no soul.I grew up on pastrami. My mom would grind it up in the blender and feed it to me in lieu of breast milk. I choked a lot but it made me stronger. And Jewisher!Pastrami is cured(?)…

Friends and loyal site readers,I regret to inform you that because I have a big fat final tomorrow morning at 9 am, I will not be able to share with you my food adventures from today. Anticipating this, I purposely had no food adventures. In fact, I didn’t even eat. I’m starving. I care about…

As a treat and respite, tonight, from my studying I set out to make the Barefoot Contessa’s strawberry country cake. The picture in the book always looked lip-smackingly delicious and when the strawberries made their first appearance a few weeks ago at Whole Foods, I knew what I had to do.First, I made a self-conscious…

There is no reason to document a meal at Rusan’s. It’s as pedestrian as you can get when it comes to sushi.There’s no point taking this picture of the exterior:Or this of the table showcase when you enter:Or this of the noisy sushi bar where the sushi chefs yelled indecipherably upon our entrance: “HEY!!! OHHH!!!…

My mother frets over dinner plans like politicos fret over war. “Did I strategize well enough? Am I going to regret my decision? Should I request a table near the window?”My mother’s friends suffer at the mercy of her spasmodic whim. “Well maybe we SHOULDN’T go to X,” she’ll say, after three weeks of discussing…

You will encounter two emblematic Atlanta images on your way into The Vortex.Naturally, you’ll encounter the skull. The Vortex is located inside the skull. Its visage informs the area around it: the punky, funky Little Five Points.But first, you’ll encounter The Cockmaster.Can you make him out? I shot this out of my back window, just…

And now, fashionistas, our next item on the runway; the gorgeous white Hanes cupcake shirt made famous by none other than the model himself, The Amateur Gourmet:Notice the elegance, the sophisticated charm. And now notice the back:Perfect for summer, winter and everything in between. A glorious fusion of fabric, funny and genius. Available now in…

[Some of you may remember that several weeks ago I was admitted to the Tisch School of Dramatic Writing at NYU. I neglected to tell you that I had an application still pending at Juilliard because the odds of me getting in there are ridiculously insurmountable: they admit two people each year (who get to…