Thought for Food

Oh ps I cut off 5 inches yesterday (my hair grew a LOT over...

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:21:34 -0400

Oh ps I cut off 5 inches yesterday (my hair grew a LOT over summer thx to my no-hairdryer policy). It’s kinda ’60s.

Hide your kids, hide your wife. It’s the weekend! Happy...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:02:55 -0400

Hide your kids, hide your wife. It’s the weekend!

Happy Labor Day, everyone.

Takashi Murakami's KaiKai and Kiki to float in Macy's Day Parade.

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:57:35 -0400

This makes me happy. 2010 may mark the first year I actually go see it (I don’t think...

Undulating Green-Roofed Hotel Opens in Norway by JDS Architects...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:07:50 -0400

Undulating Green-Roofed Hotel Opens in Norway by JDS Architects (via grapefruite)

Sledding on top of a building?! SLEDDING ON TOP OF A BUILDING!!!

About that Minnesota liberal...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:57:00 -0400

Thanks, Mr. Franzen, for the smug little insidery laughs that hit me every two pages. You nailed it.

Longtime readers know that State Fair crop art is something we...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:24:26 -0400

Longtime readers know that State Fair crop art is something we follow in our family: it’s the changing face of the Minnesota liberal as rendered in corn. Last year M. and I smiled grimly at Obama’s birth certificate depicted in millet (progress!). Two years ago the major theme was cleaning up after the circus (and hey, remember when this guy mattered?).

This year’s star entry was snapped by Alena, one of my oldest and dearest friends, and reminds me of a saying that I just made up and wish fervently to be true: As crop art goes, so goes the nation.

God willin’.

Is there an unsaid rule that bar cookies have to be heavy and...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:36:00 -0400

Is there an unsaid rule that bar cookies have to be heavy and gooey? Two weeks ago […] I fell for something in the bakery case called peach shortbread, cut into bars. But instead of being thick and intense, it was delicate, light and barely sweet — a thin layer of shortbread, even thinner slices of peach and the faintest sprinkling of streusel on top. I knew I had to share it.

We’re glad you did, SK, so very glad you did.

Congratulations! Meet the winners of Bundle's Bring Your Lunch to Work contest

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:17:00 -0400

Congratulations! Meet the winners of Bundle's Bring Your Lunch to Work contest : My last post...

nadia-muses: orecchiette in feta sauce, with roasted turkey and...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:47:25 -0400

nadia-muses:

orecchiette in feta sauce, with roasted turkey and sun-dried tomatoes: fear not the white pasta! show it love with feta and tender roasted turkey. this dish makes people smile - i’ve seen it!

We eat no pasta in our home. M. keeps that girlish figure with a strict regimen of lean proteins, grilled vegetables, and Kettle chips. The man is a slut for Kettle chips. I like to keep my sugars and carbs where I can see them: homemade chocolate chip cookies (or these).* However something like this — where the pasta is almost a condiment — looks appealing. The only problem is that M. is a purist: he insists that if pasta is on the offing it be the star, as the Italians do. Sigh. You can’t please a slut and a purist. (For more on pasta-as-condiment, see this.)

* Not quite true, I also make judicious use of carbs in whole wheat pizza and greens pie.

Yeah, yeah, yeah 9/02/10 day. Here’s the Flaming Lips...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:35:41 -0400

Yeah, yeah, yeah 9/02/10 day. Here’s the Flaming Lips (via).

I skipped the food-photos (yes, I DO skip food-photos) but a few...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:17:00 -0400

I skipped the food-photos (yes, I DO skip food-photos) but a few weeks ago we ate at Vandaag, a new Dutch restaurant on 2nd Ave., and it was terrific. I recommend sitting at the bar: inspired genever and aquavit cocktails served by six-foot-three Dutchmen. Proost!

PS: The interior is as good-looking as the barkeep.

LA police have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of a baby and a fetus were found.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:09:02 -0400

LA police have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of a baby and a fetus...

Hey everybody! It’s going to be ok — thanks to your...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:02:00 -0400

Hey everybody! It’s going to be ok — thanks to your kind words!

No Noras shall be shot in the head (no matter how annoying & klutzy she is)!

My arm shall receive medical attention!

Renter’s insurance shall be purchased!

Glenn Beck shall die in a freak water-skiing accident!

And puppies shall be rolypoly and adorable forever more, amen!

Also:

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:33:08 -0400

The reason I spilled the coffee is because my right shoulder/arm has been spazzing and going through...

I'm fucked - but how fucked am I? (Advice requested)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:31:56 -0400

Greetings from your neighborhood fuckwad. Nice to meet you. They call me Nora, aka the fucking klutz...

A girl could get stuff done here.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:21:06 -0400

A girl could get stuff done here.

Barbie to intern at photographer Nick Knight's office

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:43:00 -0400

Barbie to intern at photographer Nick Knight's office: Duties will include: chasing London Fashion...

lauraemily: Cee-lo “Fuck You” (Official Video) In case you were...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:25:01 -0400

lauraemily:

Cee-lo “Fuck You” (Official Video)

In case you were worried the video wouldn’t live up to the song, Cee-lo knocks it outta the park.

Omg life anthem.

The sexiest office this city has ever known: the Campbell...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:24:10 -0400

The sexiest office this city has ever known: the Campbell Apartment, hidden away in the southwest corner of Grand Central Station. It was leased by John Campbell, millionaire financier and original gangsta, from William K. Vanderbilt II in 1923. The office, inspired by a 13th-century Florentine palace, included an enormous faux fireplace where Campbell kept a steel safe (wonder what he had to hide), hand-painted plaster of Paris ceiling, an art collection worth more than $1 million, and “a Persian carpet that took up the entire floor and was said to have cost $300,000 at the time, or roughly $3.5 million today.” A butler named Stackhouse oversaw operations.

Something tells me Mr. Campbell didn’t get a lot of work done in this “office.” Can you imagine the late-night parties he held, fueled by cases of illegal French champagne and elegant little sniffs of, ahem, smelling salts?

After his death in 1957, the Apartment fell into disrepair and over the decades served as a storage closet, signalman’s office, and even a jail.

In 1999, it was renovated and opened as a bar. The cocktails and wine list are lousy but, my, what a view!

My virtual Vegas inspiration-board starts...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:01:06 -0400

NOW! Brandon Flowers via bbook.