Mazel Tov, Tiny Fork!
The final list of winners for the 2004 Food Blog Awards were announced yesterday over at The Accidental Hedonist (thanks again, Kate, for organizing this whole mishegoss. What a ...
Sugar High Friday: Roasted Pears with Sugar & Spiced Pecans and Poire William Caramel Sauce
Sugar High Friday was a bit of a challenge for me this month. I returned to Weight Watchers two weeks ago, and after last week’s ...
Props to “The Biggest Loser”
You may recall a rant of mine, in the early days of Words to Eat By, about NBC’s reality show “The Biggest Loser.” I called it ...
Welcome to My Kitchen
On tonight’s episode of “Cheap-and-REALLY-Long-and-Drawn-Out Makeovers,” we have the kitchen of Debbie and her husband, S. S had been living in the apartment for over a decade before his fiancée ...
Cookbooks I Know and Love
At last count, my cookbook collection numbered 141. I’ve received a bunch from friends in publishing and family members over the holidays, so it’s likely closer to ...
Mains, Recipes, Weight Watchers
Weight Watchers Week One, and The Barefoot Contessa’s BBQ Sauce
Tonight I went to Weight Watchers after my first week back on the program. And (drum roll, please): I gained .6 of a pound. ...
Jew Food, Mains, My Story, Recipes
Smothered Chicken, Jewish Style
When you’re one of four kids growing up in a three-bedroom apartment without much money, you find yourself taking turns a lot. My brothers and I ...
Hives for the New Year
Apparently my new wine allergy, which started about a year ago with only Pinot Grigio and then spread to every other white and now all the reds, also includes champagne. ...
Ringing in the New Year with Fancy Meatballs
When I was a kid, my parents never went out on New Year’s Eve. Not once. They never had people over, either—it always was just the ...
Is There Such a Thing as Privacy in Blogworld?
A close family member found my blog the other day. It’s my own fault. I have a link in my email signature—since I’m such a publicity whore ...