Food and Drink
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The Safety Word is “Bananas”
Nothing has made me laugh harder than that particular phrase in a loooong time. No, I can’t even begin to explain. The long weekend was so much fun that I had to stay out at the beach last night just so I could enjoy yet another amazing meal (pulled pork sandwiches (pig roast leftovers) with
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I Made the Empire State Building Disappear
So I tried to take a picture of the Empire State Building on my way home tonight — the way the light was hitting it made it look almost fake, like part of a movie set. Apparently, my camera phone sucks — you can’t even see it at all. I’m home tonight packing for an
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Viva Mexico!
If last night’s dinner at Mercadito highlighting the Region del Sur is any indication of how good the rest of them will be, I may just find a way to make it over there every Monday night this summer. Other regions include Golfo de Mexico, Region del Centro, and the Costa del Pacifico. The grilled
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Burgers Galore
After a very long day on Friday, Jenn came over for dinner. We shared a good bottle of wine, some olive tapenade from my night with Ted Allen, and I made what was quite possibly the worst pizza I’ve ever made. I’m going to blame it on the fact that I didn’t let the dough
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Burgers + “Beach” = Fun!
Gothamist and A Hamburger Today are joining forces for our second food event (the last one was co-hosted with Slice at Fornino — still dreaming about that truffle pizza). Come join me at Water Taxi Beach for the QBQ BBQ Burger Bash this Saturday 6/24 from 6-10 pm (after the Mermaid Parade; I think I
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Back in the Saddle Again
And I’m waaaay tan. I week at the beach was just what I needed. I was able to clear my head a bit, and now the clouds aren’t quite as heavy as they were before I left. Three books, one lobster dinner/birthday party (complete with John’s traditional lobster hypnosis session, pictured above), the first smoked
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The Non-Beachy Beach Weekend
True, the only time I got to put on my new bathing suit was when I got into the hot tub, and I didn’t see the sun all weekend, but I had a wonderfully relaxing weekend at the beach. My dinner turned out great (damn, I love that grilled pineapple salsa!), I got to shake
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To the Beach!
I’m off to Fire Island for the first beach weekend of the summer; unfortunately, I’m not certain the weather is going to cooperate. Deb is joining me and I’m in charge of cooking Saturday night — the menu includes grilled shrimp tacos with grilled pineapple salsa, grilled corn with chili-lime-garlic butter, black beans and rice,
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I Know, I Know . . .
I haven’t been writing as much here as I used to. It’s not that I’m not still busy, because I am. It’s true that the number of jackass stories has dwindled dramatically as compared to last year (thankfully). The main reason I haven’t been writing as much these days is because we’ve kicked up the
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Triplex
Well, I had quite the movie-filled weekend. I started out with the X-Men on Friday night (my first exposure to an X-Men film) for tons of action, effects, and explosions; then on to An Inconvenient Truth on Saturday, for a bit of consciousness-raising; and finishing with Keeping Up With the Steins on Sunday, to keep