It’s been over a year since I posted my Food Rules. Not much has changed (in fact, there are a couple new things I should get around to adding), but I do have a confession to make. I don’t hate all cake. Apparently. I make an exception for my sister-in-law’s homemade german chocolate cake with [...]
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First day of kindergarten, August 2010. Last day of kindergarten, June 2011. Also, this: Someone had a great year. Happy last day of kindergarten, Avi. Enjoy the dress down day, the after-school pizza party, the playground celebration at the Farmhouse. Enjoy hugging your teacher goodbye in that unabashed way only little kids have. Enjoy your [...]
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(For more on this once-and-future series, see this post.) You’ve been to Nicky’s, right? You’ve tasted the absolute best tom kha soup in the city, of course. Oh, good. We can still be friends. My always-meal at Nicky’s starts out with That Soup, followed by the grilled beef mint salad and accompanied by a pot [...]
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Last week I saw a show with Stephen Sondheim. And James Franco. Me and the guys. Yeah, that’s obviously not the whole story. In fact, that’s an entirely different story than the one I’m going to tell. Instead, I’m going to offer a little bit of insight as to why I happily stood for NINE [...]
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My guest post is up on my friend Paul’s blog construX nunchuX, currently taken over by Macho Man Randy Savage. It’s fitting, since I’m writing about pop culture, and what is more pop culture-y than fake wrestling, Slim Jims and rapture jokes?
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My dad’s birthday was Saturday. A big birthday. We had a steak and eggs brunch to celebrate, and I offered to make the eggs. (My dad, of course, made the steaks.) All week I thought about what kind of eggs to make, and all week i came to the same conclusion: steak+egg casserole=too much food. [...]
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Submitted without commentary. Oh, who am I kidding. Comments below. Avi was pretty obsessed with Spring Carnival this year. It was a total bummer that the weather was lousy on Saturday, preventing him from actually visiting in person. As you can see above, though, he knows exactly where to find it next year. (A clue: [...]
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(No, I don’t have tickets to give away.) You can buy them here, though. Because what better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than to order tickets to a children’s theater festival next weekend? (I’m actually not really joking.) I have very tangible memories of attending the Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival as a child. Since the [...]
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Passover happened. Yeah, I know. Old news. Wanna see what I made anyway? This year I took care of the potato dish, something I rarely make since I’m usually only meh about potatoes. I opted for a potato kugel, and luckily my friend Emily Levenson had a recipe I could use as a base. The [...]
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An incomplete list of the things I’ve missed these past six weeks of #cmucarnival domination. 1. Cooking. I can’t actually remember the last time I cooked a complete meal from scratch. Bummer. But since our CSA started last week, I have fewer excuses preventing me from picking up this old habit. 2. Grocery shopping. I [...]
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