The Taste Test: Water
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Remember the movie “Twister”? Well I’m about to follow a bunch of storm chasers (a.k.a. Craig’s film school friends) to Cape Cod for Labor Day weekend and we’re going to get very, very wet. (In…
Remember the movie “Twister”? Well I’m about to follow a bunch of storm chasers (a.k.a. Craig’s film school friends) to Cape Cod for Labor Day weekend and we’re going to get very, very wet. (In…
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It all started with the heart-shaped glass bowl.
My friend Lisa’s getting married at the end of the month and, earlier this year, when she registered at Crate and Barrel they gave her that heart-shaped…
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I don’t know about you, but I think this month’s “Back To School” banner is one of Lindy’s all-time greats. Can you imagine such a cafeteria? Way better than the ones I remember from my childhood…
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It’s been more than a month since I made the ratatouille you see in the above photo. I made it for a dinner party where there was lamb (a leg of lamb, actually) and, as many will tell you, ratatouille…
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With the salmonella outbreak forcing everyone to reconsider where and how they buy their eggs these days, this week’s “Taste Test” (my show on Food2.com) involves a simple query: which eggs taste…
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On a drowsy Saturday morning, you stumble out of bed and look at what you have in the kitchen. You don’t have much. There are hot dog buns, there’s cream, there are eggs (hopefully untainted by salmonella)…
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Craig, as you may recall, performed the wedding of our friends Mark & Diana; as a thank-you gift, they got him (& me!) the greatest gift he, a lifelong cheese lover, could possibly imagine: a membership…
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I’m glad so many of you have been enjoying my Food2 show, “The Taste Test.” This week’s episode concentrates on peanut butter; something we all love, but few of us examine closely. For this episode…
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When you travel, it’s difficult to have a perfect first bite.
You arrive at your destination exhausted, famished and cranky, eager to shove the first thing you see down your throat. Which is why my…
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Downstairs from our apartment, we have two friends who have their own apartments. These friends are Rob (who you’ve met before) and Ameer (who you’ve also met). Rob is a cardiologist, Ameer works…
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