I had a hankering for pasta last night. Right, I know. Same thing happens to you. Normally, I just boil water, toss in the penne, spaghetti, or the whathaveyou, which is a really delicious pasta from Puglia shaped like The Pope’s Nose, and in a separate pan heat up olive oil, then toss in a [...]
The Bolognese Caper
May 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary
Eat Less Meat?
May 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary
This week in the world of food, where some people have all the luck and others have none, two great stories emerge. OK, they are not great stories the way Chekhov wrote great stories, but you’re reading about Russian dressing here, not Russian serfs. Russian bear with me. In a NYT online op-ed yesterday, Mark [...]
The Geek Crisis
May 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary
Do you think the geeks will default on their loans? I do. And then what? Drachma, drachma, drachma. It’s as if the geeks want to be drachma queens: All about them. Fine, go ahead, be geeks. Personally? Personally, I love geek salad, geek olives, and geek olive oil. Say what you like, the biggest geek [...]
Stormy Weather
May 10th, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary
Did everyone see the Gail Collins today about morels? Titled: “Man vs. Morel,” it quoted Richard Mourdock: “’It’s not like I just popped up like a morel mushroom in the spring of agitation,’” Mourdock said last month, in an interview with ABC News.” See, we are so cutting edge here! Last night it was snapper on [...]