r is leaving for australia for three months, so we had brunch on labor day. assuming that most places would be closed, i made popovers. i can’t recall ever having made them successfully before, so this time i wanted to get them right. of course, […]
sometime towards the end of last week, i got an email titled “corn is 4 for a dollar.” and right away i knew that this was an email i would like, because who doesn’t like emails about food? true, i was a little curious because […]
do you ever find that when you’re having a dinner party, and you’re finally sitting down to eat, you…don’t actually feel like eating? it’s one part adrenaline from getting everything done, and one part nervousness about people liking what you’ve made – especially when you’re […]
as my funds run out (i just parted with my tuition money – my first semester paid with money i earned all on my own!), i am still managing to fritter away money on my baking experiments. i guess i’ll just have to work more […]
i’ve been kind of grumpy lately, because i’ve been trying to figure out whether or not to take a semester off, but more, i suspect, because i’m starting to get homesick. don’t get me wrong, new york: i like you fine. even more than fine, […]
do you ever think about food as a puzzle? because sometimes i do. i don’t know if it’s because it’s some subconscious need to elevate cooking to some other level as a justification for doing it so frequently, or if it’s just because that’s the […]
i haven’t done a lab report since high school chemistry (10 years ago!), so here you go. purpose/problem: i used to use the chocolate chip cookie recipe from nick malgieri’s cookies unlimited; however, as i stopped making chocolate chip cookies as frequently, i forgot the […]
ever since the new york times posted its definitive recipe for chocolate chip cookies, i’ve been meaning to do a taste test between those and our trusty standby, toll house. we all know i’m a sucker for taste tests; the best ones that come to […]
i’ve just returned from a lovely, languorous lunch at per se. initially i had doubts that i even wanted to try to go to per se; after all, i’ve been to the french laundry, and it seems that the two are not particularly different (especially […]
it’s that time again: time for a random updating of my top ten favorite restaurants in boston/cambridge. these lists are always a little suspect because, well, what do i mean by top ten? i think that in this case, it’s a best-hits type of thing, […]