Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2009
It was the end of the month. “What about you?” She asked. “Do you ever run out of food?”
I wasn’t torn by the question or the answer until later. “Only when I don’t have time to go shopping,” I said.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 1st, 2009
Not to be nasty, but I have to ask. How big of a hair do you have to find to warrant a trip back to wherever you bought lunch to demand a refund?
Posted in Uncategorized on May 24th, 2009
Again, let’s see what emerges in 15 minutes of writing.
10:55 p.m.
Today, I had the pleasure of talking with a woman doing interesting work with international ag. (We were going to and from a triathlon, but more on that and the food of sport later). She is working to negotiate fair and sustainable agricultural practices overseas, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5th, 2009
There’s a new website out there. Yes, I’m aware that the ‘net sees hundreds of new ones every day. But I’m talking about a particular one–ChefKosher.com. It’s always fun to watch the building of a new and ambitious project, and it’s especially amusing if you can write about its quirky mascot.
Check out the post about [...]
Posted in D.C. insider information, Reviews, Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2009
Having traipsed through the tome The True History of Chocolate (Thames & Hudson), you’d think I would understand that chocolate is a complex subject. But all I smelled when I read the book was its plastic-coated cover, and all I heard was turning pages. It took a chocolate tasting class at ACKC to fill in the aromas, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 11th, 2009
Just as we tell sick docs, “physician, heal thyself,” why not admonish foodies to get themselves well by their own hand?
I tried that this week, after getting the sore throat followed by cold symptoms that is so familiar to me. This time around, while I reached for the cold medicine with one hand, I was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2009
Remember those toy pots and pans with plastic fruits, veggies, and that too-red bacon you had as a kid? I think I didn’t actually have a set at home, but I played with one occasionally at preschool and this one time when my parents entered me in a study of kids at play.
I think my favorite part [...]
Posted in Events, Uncategorized on Feb 8th, 2009
Last Sunday, the scallion pancake above was my “brunch” before an 11 a.m. Chinatown bus to D.C. The dim sum offerings of NYC’s Chinatown are wonderful, but there was something sad and unfulfilling about that pancake. Yes, it was delectibly oil-soaked, with just the right amount of scallion flavor. Even the crappy soy sauce from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2009
Good news: In D.C., the phrase “yes we can” now applies to local foods! You CAN get pesticide-free produce year-round, even in the winter, and you CAN get it from the very farmers who grew it. Just ask the bundles of wool scarves and puffy jackets at the Takoma Park market I frequent. They can [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2009
I love me some Obama, but with the $819 billion stimulus package that the WaPo helpfully calculated to be “larger than the combined total cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so far,” I’m getting deja vu. Thanks, dudes, for evoking my favorite thing to bitch about in the Bush administration and making it [...]
