While I was making my ice cream today (post to follow), I was left with three unused egg whites in a bowl. Not wanting to be wasteful, I channelled the late great Chief Joseph who reminded me that Native Americans eat every part of the buffalo. I, in turn, would eat every part of the…

Tonight I dined with the lovely Katharine Field; a graduate of Northwestern’s highly illustrious voice and theater program. We met doing Out of Hand Theater’s V.D. Show (she played a ditzy girl in my mini-musical “Cupid’s Turn” and then the next year explored her range with another ditzy girl in my mini-musical “The Boy Who…

The new New York Times food critic has been announced: Frank Bruni. “We are thrilled to announce the new restaurant critic for The Times. He is Frank Bruni, our bureau chief in Rome.Frank brings to the coverage of restaurant dining a true and longstanding passion; any close reader of his clips will see how often…

When my mom was here last week, she gave me a stern warning:”Adam,” she said, sternly, “do not buy an ice cream maker.” (I had mentioned the idea of buying an ice cream maker). “You are moving in two months. You do not need another thing to move. Do not buy an ice cream maker.”So…

What’s funny is, back in college, I would often suggest the mall food court to my group of friends as a place to eat dinner.”There are so many choices!” I would say. “Think of the possibilities!”My friends would grunt and roll their eyes. “We’re not eating in a food court, Adam,” they’d say, pulling up…

Exploitive? Opportunistic? Incredibly handsome?Yes, I am all those things. And come on, you’d do it too, wouldn’t you? In any case, I now present–via Cafe Press–The Janet Jackson Cupcake Shirt:Which you can purchase: Here.All proceeds will go to the Amateur Gourmet Society for homeless children that love foie gras.

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…