Entries from March 2009

March 26, 2009

Eat Me, David, and Ezra: Interweb Crushes

I spend entirely too much time on the Internet. Sometimes I’m working, sometimes I go into a Facebook Scramble trance, and other times, I am taking a look at what other food bloggers are doing.
There are, for better or for worse, a dizzying amount of food blogs out there. And most of them are, frankly, [...]

March 20, 2009

Crab Rangoon: Something from Something Else.

Last week, I accepted a dinner invitation from an ex-boyfriend to dine with two old, out-of-town friends at Bar Crudo. It would seem that I can be lured nearly anywhere by the promise of raw shellfish and wine.
It was an oddly comfortable dinner. There was none of the awkwardness that typically accompanies former [...]

March 13, 2009

Hamantaschen: Over my head

Happy (post-) Purim. I should have written this post last week but, frankly, I forgot all about Purim this year. I’m not good with dates. And I’m not a Jew, though I have been told many times by Jewish friends that I am, in fact, Jew-ish.
And that makes me exceptionally happy.
Now, I bet you are [...]

March 6, 2009

Moist Towelettes: Dampen Your Spirits

I have a problem with the word “moist.” Anyone who knows me well understands that.
For me, it’s right up there with the words “classy” and “slacks.” Upon admission to another person of my distaste for these words, the three are invariably strung together in a sentence, as in “Did you get of load of [...]