December 2008
41 posts
California Sues Bush Administration To Save... →
Arianna's things to forget, 2008 list →
“Devout people were found to be more likely than others to wear seat belts, go to...”
– This is from an article in the Times on how being religious may be tied to better self-control. What I found most interesting, though, is that lodged in here off-handedly is the assumption that taking vitamins, like wearing your seatbelt and getting dental check-ups, is a definite personal health...
Word of the Day →
I first heard the word “frugalista” today in reference to a girl I know who makes her own clothes, eats from Trader Joe’s dumpsters and I would have never guessed it because she is ridiculously stylish and awesome and not at all scary. I am kind of floored with fascination.
"turtle88" is awesome →
This guy goes and methodically slams every right-wing or nitwit commenter on my latest HuffPost blog. Thanks, dude! (He/she has some fine points, too.)
Fundraiser Cook-Offs Rule
For immediate release: Jimmy’s No 43 will be hosting a week long “Mid-Winter Green Market Sausage & German Beer” celebration from January 13-17, in collaboration with Slow Food NYC and the Greenmarket’s Ed Yowell. The closing day of the event, January 17 Saturday, will be a cassoulet cook off fundraiser for the Greenmarket. 12noon – 5pm. The event: Cassoulet (and other sausage dishes)...
I'm Dreaming of A... (the short text ones)
-Muffin
-World where it’s okay to kidnap babies “Raising Arizona”-style.
-Flourescent pink unicorn
-NAP!
-Warm winter
-Studio apartment (because I live in NYC) with an amazing kitchen just for me!!
-Career
-New Canada!
-To have sand in between my toes
-To be creative
-Roll in the hay
-You’re beautiful
-Snowy blizzard hot chocolate no cars snowball fights
-Big friendly smile from a stranger
-Big...
I'm Dreaming of A... (the long text one)
I’m dreaming of a pony. Not a purple plastic “My Little Pony” pony, with a bunch of hearts emblazoned on its ass, but a real pony. One that munches on carrots and prances through the pasture looking pretty. Ponies make me happy. I’ve been asking for a pony for Christmas since I was eight years old, but despite their promises of providing me with anything that my little heart desired, they have not...
I'm Dreaming of 2008
Dear friends and Tumblrs,
Two weeks ago I brought a box and slips of paper to my birthday party at The Gutter. I asked my friends to write down their ending to the phrase “I’m Dreaming of A” and drop it into the box. Thank you so much for indulging me. It gives me such an unusually warm feeling to have a box full of the dreams of my friends (and a few strangers who were at the bar). I hope to...
Listen to Michael Pollan on Vilsack on NPR →
“I think the idea of re-creating these dinners is ambitious, aggressive and...”
– Grant Achatz, chef and owner of Alinea, on Michael Cirino’s $300 homage dinner* honoring the already-infamous $1,500 dinner created by Achatz and Thomas Keller, chef and owner of The French Laundry.
Achatz — only one of the most talented and famous chefs in the world — then went on to say:
From...
Vilsacked!
pastoneoclock:
Iowa’s Tom Vilsack, who is very pro-corn and pro-ethanol, has been selected by Barack Obama as Agriculture Secretary. So all of you who thought we would have a foodie secretary who would be very pro-sustainable farming, well, looks like you got the exact opposite. More giant subsidies for growing corn, more junk food and more antibiotic-filled beef. Maybe I’m too quick to judge,...
hey! anyone know of any tumblrs that are strictly...
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www.ffffood.com!
Hey! My tumblr blog is not strictly about food, but mostly is. Midge Pingleton’s Pantry is a new one with some great recipes. There’s also Foodstuff.
I just had a surreal, life-fulfilling moment
So I’m sitting in the audience of a panel lecture at the 92nd St. Y on “food trends and finds,” and Gael Greene, Ed Levine, Marcus Samuelsson and Victoria von Biel of Bon Appetit are discussing said trends with Mike Colameco moderating, and Victoria starts talking about a “young woman probably in her twenties, who writes a blog called Not Eating Out in New York” and...
Before you get tangled in xmas tree lights... →
Allow me to vent a little diatribe on excessive energy usage for holiday decorations. “Huffington Post” is beginning to take on a whole new meaning, I sound angry again (will try to work on that).
It's my gift guide (and photo from last week's... →
Thanks for partying, Nick, Irene and Casey; and for hosting, Ricky & Josh.
Notable quotes from Kristof's op-ed on the state... →
“One study suggests that these large operations receive, in effect, a $24 subsidy for each hog raised. We face an obesity crisis and a budget crisis, and we subsidize bacon?”
“Society is becoming concerned not only with little boys who abuse cats but also with tycoons whose business model is abusing farm animals.”
“One measure of the absurdity of the system: Every...
And then there were three →
I guess I’m blogging for the Huffington Post now. Cool. Three blogs is a lot to maintain, so something (cough Tumblr) might gots to give… unless my new nickname becomes “blogtopus.”
Lecithin, Transglutaminase, and Powders Oh My! | [... →
For all the aspiring food science geeks at home: a place to get your meat glues, foam enablers and fruit powders of all sorts, not wholesale.
Seriously Sickening
I haven’t been able to read enough vindictive responses to the new Burger King “Whopper Virgins” ad campaign. So I’m going to work on my own. The premise is that Burger King travels to remote, peasant villages often in third-world countries and asks “Whopper Virgins” (furthermore, hamburger/American corporate imperialism virgins) to take a blind taste test of a...
Girl Geek Dinners NYC →
Yes!! Who wants to go or host?
Happy repeal day! →
Arthur Schwartz on dining out →
“You know what? I don’t understand. Why do people leave their house for a hamburger? It’s the easiest thing to cook well.. and cheap. In fact we’re having hamburgers for dinner tonight. I can cook two huge hamburgers with my eyes shut. The cole slaw and potato salad they’re always easy to find. But French fries…..well that’s always another story. They’ll either make or break a restaurant. In...
It's the nose
I was searching my Flickr sets for photos of Michael Cirino to accompany an upcoming post on my blog today when I came across a “note” on one of my photos that had gone unnoticed all this time. Check it out. (Thanks, Mark.)
Publishers Announce Staff Cuts - NYTimes.com →
Boo. Everybody buy books for holiday gifts, they’re cheap anyhow, and make you smarter.
Copia Center files for Chapter 11 →
For shame. Such a lofty vision someone had, such good intentions to highlight healthy, natural, from-the-land, and humane food and an overall thoughtfulness about it in a precious arena. But the reader’s comments here say it all.
(I feel especially sad as this is the nonprofit who flew my mom and I to Napa on an all-expense paid trip as a prize for my winning a chocolate blogging contest in...