Happy Monday! I’m back from my weekend at the Roger Smith Food Writers Conference in New York. It was a great time. I got to catch up with some old friends, make some new ones, and be among some of the greatest food writers in America. One of the highlights for me was sitting in [...]
18 days down/13 days to go
This is really a marathon, huh? And you know what else? I didn’t even sleep that well last night or the night before. I want a bloody Mary.
I’m currently reading that crazy book The Four Hour Work Week. Have you read it? It’s weird from my perspective because work is [...]
It’s been a hectic week. I loved hosting my sister, though I was less focused on working and working out than I would have liked. I’m one meal away from having my eating assignments for the month wrapped up, and I’m looking forward to a weekend of mostly home cooking.
Another bit of excitement from the [...]
I’m reading this extremely compelling book, Born to Run. I saw the author on the Daily Show a while back, and he really sold the story, which is about a tribe of natural-born super runners in Mexico.
As a beginner runner, it’s very inspiring. According the the author, one of the keys to injury-free running is [...]
I took three books back to the library this morning and I recommend each of them.
1) The End of Overeating
This book is jam packed with research about why so many of us compulsively overeat. It’s particularly interesting for the insider glimpses it provides into the collective mind of food corporations. Author David Kessler does an [...]
Cynthia Furey’s photo of the Shrimp and Slow-Roasted Tomato Risotto at her blog Furey and the Feast looks more like what we made than the official photo in our cookbook. Thank you Cynthia! So validating to see it. And her blog is so (don’t be mad Cynthia!) neurotically familiar (as in: “But my nerves subsided [...]
Alona Martinez of Culinary Compulsion makes our easy Tomato Pancetta Linguine and delivers the tale of its creation in English and Spanish. Looking at that picture this early evening, I sort of wish that’s what I was having for dinner.
Some awesome Almost Meatless recipes testers, Erika & Deacon Chapin to whom we will be [...]
Another vegetarian blogger, Robin Asbell of the blog Robin Cooks Veg, took on one of our meat lite recipes and made it meatless. Here is her version of our Chicken and Curried Cauliflower Sandwich. I actually prefer tofu to chicken so I can’t wait to try it her way myself. Sandwich No. 2 in this [...]
My fellow restaurant critic and friend Adam Erace, author of Blogalicious, made our Chicken and Arugula Pesto Pizza for the party. I’m so glad he could cook with us; I know his meals at home are even more precious and few than mine. I’m thrilled we taught him how to get the most out of [...]
Brigid Kaelin and I met more than a decade ago at NYU. Back then, I admired her gorgeous glossy hair, calm demeanor, and the fact that she could play the saw and the accordion. She was nothing like all the attention whores I knew back then who thought they’d become celebrities. I should have guessed [...]