Monthly Archives: December 2010
Lemon Cranberry Muffins
For Thanksgiving I cooked with fresh cranberries for the first time in my life. I love it. They’re irresistibly tart and gratified my oral fixations and compulsive want to “pop” them cherries. It’s fascinating. I’ve since then bought cranberries at … Continue reading
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Reader
- The cross-fertilization of food and design. – Robot waiters in China. – LA Times food critic thrown out of restaurant. – The best new cheeses of 2010. – Daily meat drawings. – I want all of these books. – … Continue reading
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Love Thy Neighbor on Brooklyn Bread
Brooklyn Bread is a new printed newsletter covering all things wonderfully foodie in Brooklyn. I’m writing for them now, under a column called Love Thy Neighbor. Don’t you just love the name? I’ll be interviewing food artisans from Brooklyn and … Continue reading
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Blue Cheese Scallion Drop Biscuits
This time of the year the last two years I was baking like mad, for myself and for others, but mostly for myself. I gluttonous indulged with the sweetest of teeth and almost always felt guilty about consuming all that … Continue reading
David Wojnarowicz’s Postcards from America: X-Rays from Hell
In my inbox today I received a newsletter from Artist Space sharing an excerpt from David Wojnarowicz‘s Postcards from America: X-Rays from Hell. The text is intense and heartbreaking and I couldn’t help relate to “increased mental activity which in … Continue reading
I Love You Rob Brezny
Love this week’s horoscope: AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I would like to steal your angst, Aquarius. I fantasize about sneaking into your room tonight, plucking your nightmares right out of the heavy air, and spiriting them away. I imagine sidling … Continue reading
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Reader: December 5, 2010
- Laptopistan is a terrible referential term but it’s an interesting read. The article is a bit dramatic and exaggerated but again, an interesting read. Cafe Grumpy in Greenpoint and Atlas Cafe in Williamsburg are the only places I go … Continue reading
This Friday!!: Mini-Art Food Competition and Art Show for Greenpoint Open Studios!!
Greenpoint Open Studios is hosting yet another food competition, this time highlighting all things MINI! Stir up your creativity and enter a mini dish: mini-cupcakes, mini-tacos, mini-bundt cakes, mini-empanadas, mini-everything! Both sweet and savory is encouraged, only rule is to … Continue reading
Reader: December 1, 2010
- Top ten cookbooks. – The best baking cookbooks of 2010. May the listing begin. – Artists ditching NY for Cleveland. – Greenpoint Food Market mentioned in article about “underground” food. – The Four Brooklyns, a song from “In the … Continue reading
