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  • Makeover!

    With the new year approaching, I thought it was time for a (mobile-friendly) makeover. I'm not 100% done tweaking it yet, but let me know if you have any feedback. I'm also thinking I might focus more on posting about cooking, eating, drinking, and exercise (yes, even more than I already do) . . . stay

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  • Two Seconds of Fame

    You might want to take a quick look at what flashed on CBS Sunday Morning (at approx 1:19 in the video) on their Welcome to the Blogosphere piece. Thanks to @jmagNYC and @BlondieNY for letting me know!

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  • Spring Cleaning

    Just in case you didn't notice, I've done a little spring cleaning here at Sweet Blog o' Mine. I cleaned out (and am still updating) my blogroll, did a little redesign, and removed some redundant links, etc. I hope you like it!  Now if I could just do the same thing with my clothes and

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  • Award Winner!

    I'm proud to be part of the Serious Eats team — we won a James Beard award last night for best food blog!  Woo hoo!

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  • Longevity

    When I first set up my blog, in 2002, blogging was fairly new.  To be fair, I didn't start blogging on a regular basis until 2003, when I went public and told my friends and family about it, so even if I count from then, I've been blogging for close to seven years now.  SEVEN

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  • This Week’s Posts

    Ok, ok, so I've been somewhat crappy with the blogging around here, but busy with my weekly posts elsewhere!  So far this year on Serious Eats New York: Mix It Up: Kumquat Caipirinha at Yerba Buena Perry Meet & Eat: Adam Roberts, The Amateur Gourmet Mix It Up: Sicilian Sling at Veloce Club Meet & Eat:

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  • This Week on Serious Eats NY

    In preparation for this weekend's Manhattan Cocktail Classic: – Meet & Eat with Lynnette Marrero, President of LUPEC NYC – Mix it Up: The Venetian at White Star and tonight, a cocktail tasting for next week's column, a potential visit to Luke's Lobster, then home to watch BarSmarts videos (more on that to come!).

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  • What’s Cooking

    My latest on Serious Eats NY — interivew with Jeff Glassman of Fire Island Beer Company In case you wanted more — my other Serious Eats posts Look for a post soon on the Savory Cities blog — my interview with Dave Arnold and Alexis Kahn of FCI [UPDATE — the post is now up!]

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  • Testing, Testing

    Just testing out my ability to post from my BlackBerry, if I choose to do so while I’m away. Haven’t made any decisions, although it’s generally best for me to unplug completely when I’m on vacation.

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  • Gin-o-Riffic

    (Because @cocktailspirit took a better picture than I did.)  Many thanks to all who came out for last night's Clear Liquor Tweetup at Double Crown — a very successful follow-up to our Brown Liquor Tweetup at Char No. 4 a few weeks back.  At our peak capacity, we probably had over a dozen people, many

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