Ho Ho Holiday Cheer
Internet = full of fail
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008I just spent far too much time looking for a clip from “Annie Hall” in which they all eat Easter dinner together. All I can find is the screenplay, which I’ll get to in a minute. Woody Allen proclaims that Grammy Hall has made a “dynamite ham” — and I think of that every […]
New York bloggers! Assemble!
Monday, November 26th, 2007Does anyone know when we can expect the return of Veselka’s fabled Christmastime-only borscht? Is it there already? Someone find out for me!
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Thanksgiving: the food parts
Monday, November 26th, 2007Despite all the good advice I received, I did not brine the turkey.
My family… well, they’re slow to embrace change.1 And, to keep everyone happy, I made a non-brined, but still very good turkey instead.
Alyce’s recommendation of Martha Stewart’s turkey recipe was spot on. Cooking it at 450° for 30 minutes, then turning […]
The week ahead:
Friday, November 16th, 2007Go to Target.
Go to the laundromat.
Write six pages on childbirth and post-natal traditions in Elizabethan England.
Get FreshDirect order.
Go to the Greenmarket and pick up Thanksgiving vegetables.
Print out maps to my mom’s house, from the rental car place in Jersey.
Pack.
Act as navigator on the drive to my mom’s house.
Do all Thanksgiving prep.
Cook Thanksgiving dinner.
Post online panel […]
Brining the Thanksgiving turkey.
Monday, November 12th, 2007Show of hands — who’s done this before?
On a scale of 1 to 10, what’s the Pain In The Ass factor for this?
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It’s beginning to taste a lot like Xmas…
Sunday, November 11th, 2007To wit: It’s back! It’s back! My Starbucks seasonal coffee monkey is back on… my back. Hmmph. That could have come out better but I don’t care!
Tuesday afternoon, I was heading downtown to visit my academic adviser to pick next semester’s classes1. I was really early so I popped over to pick up a […]
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