Since today’s food consumption was categorically uninteresting, I will now plunge the depths of my pocket Moleskin notebook to share with you some entries regarding food. Surprisingly, there are many. I will just share some and do more on another uninteresting eating day.

This was a tough choice. Making sauerkraut is something I’ve wanted to do since reading “The Corrections.” (Although, to be honest, I’m not a big sauerkraut fan). And then of course I’m a big fan of cake, but Katy’s challenge involved a cake that serves 150! Beef Wellington just didn’t spark my fancy and Timpano…

Apparently, a recipe in this month’s issue of Southern Living Magazine could cause serious bodily injury and property damage. Check it out! [Via froststreet.net]

Tonight I decided that my hands-down, all-time favorite cookbook(s) are The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook and The Barefoot Contessa Parties.These are the books that I would buy for anyone who was just starting out with cooking (and that may very well be you!) They are not terrific books for a pro-chef, but this site isn’t about…

My father jokes that our synagogue is “so reformed it closes on Jewish holidays.” That isn’t too far from the truth. And to be even more truthful, it’s been a long while since we’ve been in a synagogue. We’re Jews in spirit, we’re Jews in appearance (check out my nose!) but not always Jews in…

Cats are mysterious, luxurious creatures. They know things that humans can barely understand. To (loosely) quote William S. Burroughs: “Dogs are sentinels; cats are spiritual companions.”If cats truly are superior, might they not have superior tastes in food?Tonight I probed this issue deeply, with Lolita as my guide.What does a superior creature like Lolita enjoy…

I thought of this fun idea today while I was driving.Some dishes are very hard to make. For example: lobster souffle. That would be very hard to make. [Jeffrey Steingarten wrote about it Vogue a couple of months ago.]In any case, here’s the idea:CHALLENGE THE AMATEUR GOURMETIf you choose to challenge the Amateur Gourmet, you…

I don’t really get gelato. I know it’s sophisticated ice cream, but I still prefer ice cream. [Especially at Jake’s, where I’ll take you soon. It’s in my Atlanta Top Ten.]In any case, Lauren and I had pizza tonight–(JEWS: ACT NOW! LAST CHANCE FOR LEAVENED BREAD!)–and since I had my camera in my pocket and…

Bruised, battered and overworked, my stomach barely survives weekends with my parents. The sheer mass and variety of food is too much for my delicate internal organ to handle. Last night, in a quiet moment, my stomach stepped into a spotlight and began singing a sad aria.”ARIA,” said my parents, and scooped us up and…

Bacchanalia is one of Atlanta’s top restaurants, if not The Top restaurant (second only to Seeger’s). Yet, everyone I know who has eaten dinner there–myself and my family included–comes back disappointed. Why?Well my memory from the family trek to Bacchanalia three years ago (and remember, this was before Adam became food conscious) is one of…