September 01, 2008
Via Kevin Drum, I see that the Bush Administration has won it's legal battle to prevent a private cattle producer from testing 100% of their cows for mad cow disease (short blurb). The company wanted to certify their beef as...
August 17, 2008
Every so often I get hungry when I am reading The New Yorker. This is one of those times....
July 14, 2008
Today I tried an experiment: cooking bananada. It's a Brazilian sweet that is made from bananas and sugar, cooked until they are an opaque dark brown. I have only ever bought it on the side of the road, but I...
April 22, 2008
Chili chocolate gelato made me feel a lot better - maybe it'd work for you too....
April 03, 2008
So, every place I ate in San Francisco last week was delicious. Honestly, every place. And how do they make such wonderful bread out there? Anyway, I thought I'd just briefly note two places, in case any readers will be...
March 25, 2008
Via Modern Fabulousity I see that Florent is going out with style - a five-week going away bash, with each week themed around one of the stages of grieving. I'll miss it. It was a fun, and wonderfully convenient, place....
January 27, 2008
January 13, 2008
There's one more quick post about the trip to New Hampshire that I keep forgetting to write. So here it is. I liked a lot of the places I went to in Nashua, Manchester and Concord. But there was one...
December 16, 2007
I tried a new single malt Scotch tonight that I highly recommend - the 15 year old Balvenie. That is really tasty. It's both a great treat and a good way to warm up on a snowy night....
November 03, 2007
My damn cat stole a raw steak off a plate (next to the stove) last night. I first knew something was amiss when I saw him streaking by me (head down from the weight of the steak). I start yelling...
August 08, 2007
The NYT has a story about an underground food rage available to the persistent, the stealthy and the affluent: raw milk. I think I have more reservations about the widespread availability of it than Bean does (especially given current levels...
June 10, 2007
"Froo froo" (which is neither of the two options I would have chosen, "frou frou" or "foo foo") menu generator. Jacflash, of course, I thought of the time we ate at Daniel and the very French waiter asked if your...
March 17, 2007
Today is national Corn Dog Day, and the three of us just celebrated it by scarfing corndogs, tater tots, and beer, at a party hosted by AWDog (note that there are 114 sites in 31 states, the District of Columbia,...
February 19, 2007
Your kids get lead in their lunch....
January 06, 2007
Why? Because it's Epiphany. And what's so important about that? It's the start of king cake season....
November 04, 2006
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October 06, 2006
Uh, no - I don't mean together. But hey, in the last 24 hours I've discovered two tasty treats in Morgantown. The anise almond biscotti at The Blue Moose Cafe, and the eggplant soup at Mercury. OK, maybe neither one...
July 02, 2006
I spent Friday night in Philadelphia and had a surprisingly good time. The area downtown around Market St. is great for going out, drinking, people watching, etc. And there are several good places to eat and fun places to spend...
May 15, 2006
"University of Georgia President Michael Adams objects to the phrase "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" to describe the annual Georgia-Florida football game. And he has asked CBS Television and the city of Jacksonville, Fla., to not use the phrase when...
April 06, 2006
In the middle of a stroll in Manhattan, trying to find the best cupcake on the island, StinyLulu made this classic observation about the staff at Magnolia Bakery:What's sad is that the insanity shows on the faces of the staff....
February 10, 2006
If you care about New Orleans, its restaurants and its food (and its Sazeracs!) you'll likely be interested in this article in the March issue of The Atlantic. So go buy it on a newstand now. It's a tale of...
November 01, 2005
Via todays New York Times, we discover that "organic" no longer means, well, "organic": But last week, Senate and House Republicans on the Agriculture appropriations subcommittee inserted a last-minute provision into the department's fiscal 2006 budget specifying that certain artificial...
October 30, 2005
Gabriel has this very amusing post on the recent ban on the importation of Beluga caviar....
September 28, 2005
Just say "no." Unless you like rat bits in your drink....