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Friday, February 1st, 2008For about a year now, I’ve had between one and four text ads at the bottom of the right-hand column on this page. These ads pay me a whopping $11 a month on average — almost enough to cover monthly web hosting and annual domain name costs. (Hey, I love you guys, but I’m not […]
It’s that time again.
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008The first week or two of a new semester generally means one thing: we eat a lot of take-out. Once things settle back into a new routine, I’ll be back to shopping, cooking, and photographing again.
So, seeing as many of you have insisted you’re here for the writing and not just the food, I […]
My Anglophilia returns, sort of.
Monday, January 28th, 2008I really enjoy BBC Radio 4, and, more specifically, I love The Archers. In brief, it’s a twelve-and-half minute audio soap opera that’s been on for, I think, forever. Or since 1951, which is pretty much the same thing.
Anyway, a character recently said something I’ve been thinking about ever since:
“Could you pass the lime marmalade?”
Having […]
Yummr?
Friday, January 11th, 2008Am I the only person who uses Yummr?
Here’s their About Us page:
Yummr is a community of folks who are passionate about good food and drink and enjoy sharing their obsession and connecting with others. It’s the place to share food-related experiences, recipes, reviews, photos, and videos.
Yummr allows members to create their own […]
I don’t know about you…
Sunday, January 6th, 2008…but goddamn, I so want one of these:
Come on! Hydroponic spaceship herb growing pod! IT IS SO COOL.
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What I’ve been doing for the past week:
Thursday, December 27th, 2007Making food — the best chocolate chip cookies ever, French toast with raspberry sauce, my grandmother’s meat sauce, a lasagna so good I almost cried, roasted vegetable stock — all of which entailed a lot of standing around thusly:
When I wasn’t doing that, I was wrapping gifts, hiding gifts, forgetting where I hid said gifts, […]
Les ananas ne parlent pas?
Thursday, December 13th, 2007In my efforts to learn French this semester, I’ve been trying to watch, read or listen to something in French every day.
I listen to Radio France International’s 10-minute podcast en français facile.
I watch Le Journal (with subtitles) on WNYE.
And I’ve been trying to read food blogs in French. I say “try” because, […]
Dear Brita, it’s over between us.
Friday, November 30th, 2007I hate my Brita water pitcher so much I would rather destroy the planet with bottled water.
There, I said it.
A little background info: before we moved to New York, when we still lived in the suburbs and had access to a Costco, we bought a bulk pack of Brita filters. Twenty filters, in fact.
Let me […]
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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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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