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my favorite things: peppermint holiday coffee
It’s no secret I don’t like getting dressed in the morning. Hell, plenty of days I don’t get changed out of PJs at all. So all thosecommercials on TV that show the seasonal holiday coffee drinks with lots of whipped cream being enjoyed by happy people are pretty annoying because I’m not getting dressed... »
occupy: starbucks
Yes I’m a New Yorker, but no, I’m not occupying Wall Street this week. Why not? Well for one, I have a deadline and neither the bank who holds my mortgage or the protestors are going to make up for income lost if I miss that. And second, I know the pen is mightier... »
nature’s bounty~clams
There’s just something raw and animalistic and yes, sexy, about catching your own food. Some of my favorite memories are clamming with friends on a salt pond in Rhode Island. The clams are barely an hour old when we’d bring them back to the house and throw them in the closed shells on a hot... »
mastering the master
So I got Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child for Christmas. It’s 684 pages, not counting all the index pages in the back which are numbered with Roman numerals that I can’t decipher because I went to public school. This tome weighs a good ten pounds and though I far outweigh... »
sauced cranberries
I’ve told you all already I was a foodie. I really can’t avoid it given the friends I associate with and how we all love to cook–and eat–so very much. Here’s an example… my good friend Donna is married to an executive chef, which means he is working almost every night of the week... »