Petition Bush to Increase Our Pathetic $35 Million Aid
I’m embarrassed, I’m chagrined, and most of all I’m pissed off that our government has committed a whopping $35 million to SE Asia. This after been shamed by the ...
The Disaster in Southeast Asia
I have very little insight or eloquence to offer right now, so I’ll just post a few links:
Some kind and wise blogger has set up this site as a ...
Get Your Nominations in by Midnight: The Inaugural Food Blog Awards
Just a reminder that nominations for the first-ever Food Blog Awards, created and hosted by Kate at Accidental Hedonist, are closing tonight at midnight Pacific Time. Don’t miss the chance ...
2004 Food Blog Awards
Kate at The Accidental Hedonist has come up with a groovy new idea–the Food Blog Awards, inspired by the lack of attention to food blogs in the Bloggies ...
A Huge Thank-You to Charlie Suisman at Manhattan User’s Guide
Of the handful of e-newsletters to which I subscribe, there are two whose content I find invaluable enough to forward to others nearly every week. One is Chowhound’s Chownews, to ...
Foods Traditional, Commercial, and Unusual
In the course of one very long day (yesterday), I helped S’s family celebrate his great-grandmother’s 102nd birthday, checked out the new Cereality shop in Philadelphia, and visited an old ...
And the Winner in a Landslide…
Recently I invited you all to vote on which recipe I’d play with for the next edition of Sugar High Fridays, on December 10. The theme requires using one ...
A Broccoli from Another Planet
What the hell is this? I saw it at the farmer’s market the other day. Something about its swirling chartreuse peaks, like a cross between a science ...
A Blatant Ad* for Chowhound’s ChowNews
Trying to figure out what to get for your food-obsessed Uncle Leo? Words to Eat By has the answer!
Many of you, I’m sure, are familiar with Chowhound. Whenever I’m ...
Vote in the REAL Election: Nutmeg, Cardamom, or Allspice?
Mmm, warm and toasty…The next edition of Sugar High Fridays has been announced–it’s being hosted by the lovely Zarah Maria at Food & Thoughts. The theme: Spices. Participating cooks ...