The blog Very Good Taste started this version of a blog chain letter. It lists 100 foods and you’re supposed to highlight the ones you’ve eaten and cross out the ones you would never touch. I didn’t do any crossing out because I’m lazy and it’s getting late and my mouse is crap. I [...]
I’ve just e-mailed my realtor and have told him I’m ready to put in an offer on that loft. It’s an airy 700-footer in one of the hippest parts of town with great windows and great light and it looks out onto the bridge and river. It’s priced far too high for me, especially combined [...]
I went out to a happy hour at a local wine bar after work today. We drank a couple of glasses of wine, but mostly chugged on water and split some snacks. We’re all feeling the inflation pinch (and for me it’s worse thanks to the house-buying nonsense that may not even come to pass) [...]
I almost had a panic moment today after I went to see the last of the promising listings with my agent. The place is a new condo conversion but all units are laid out in an unwieldy, ineffective fashion that nearly renders their fabulous neighborhood meaningless. We saw all units and hated every one of [...]
I think fruit resents the ugly stickers placed on it that not only covers up its skin, but to add insult, tears it off when some hungry person tries to take it off. Are we supposed to *eat* the stickers, people from California?
I’ll allow myself another $10 allotment of fruit and vegetables tomorrow. I also [...]
I hate being a purist sometimes. Little things just bother me so much, especially when I’m stressed out like I am right now (as i have been for months; something has to give). As many of you know, I make paellas. It’s a birthright and I try to make them well and as traditionally as [...]
I gave up the chance to watch the premiere of that new food show I want to watch so I could go to the gym later and watch the Euro 2008 Final. It’s huge. It isn’t every day that someone who’s actually a chef gets a Food Network show these days.
This post is for Spain. [...]
New York state says so.
And it is. Butter has always been better. On all fronts for all reasons, especially when it comes to baking. How someone can open a can of Crisco and scoop out that waxy goo that smells somewhat like car oil is beyond me. It should have never caught on. Sure, [...]
I made it. Tomatoes were at $1/lb at the market and I bought 3 pounds of them and made Andalusian gazpacho (red versus the white Malaga style). It’s exquisite and the only thing that’s kept me from drinking the whole thing is how labor-intensive it was to grind everything in my tiny 3-cup processor and [...]