I’m So Glad I’m Not This Guy
Behold, the star-nosed mole. According to this article in today’s New York Times, this little guy (actual size: 2” wide, 4-5” long) can eat ...
A PSA re: SHF
If you haven’t gotten around to making your puff pastry creation for next week’s Sugar High Friday, hosted by Clement at A La Cuisine, get your hands on ...
Look What the Postman Just Brought!
My first-ever order from Penzeys. I’m aquiver with excitement. There were so many items I was tempted to buy, but I restrained myself for my inaugural ...
My First Baby Gift
If I ever have a baby, and I hope I will soon, somebody please buy this for him/her! (In case you can’t read it, it says ...
The Tingly Fruit: Pomelo
Yesterday S and I got a little stir-crazy, what with the blizzard and all. We piled on our snow gear and trekked over to Bedford Avenue, the ...
Still Life with Canisters
S’s mom wanted to know what to get me for Christmas. A gift certificate to The Container Store was my immediate reply. I believe she thought I ...
A Pilaffy-Type Thing for Dinner
This is last night’s dinner. You’ll notice I haven’t given it a name, because I can’t think of anything that’s elegant and reflective of its charms. Here ...
G#d^&mn M*th%rf&@!*ng Digital Video Recorder
I just turned on the TV, excited to see last night’s finale of The Biggest Loser.
It didn’t record. I fucking missed it. It’s killing me. I know I can ...
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 ...
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 ...