Thought for Food

I have a little announcement … M. and I started a cocktail...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:00:00 -0400

I have a little announcement … M. and I started a cocktail club called Evoe! Our first event is this Friday, a collaboration with Whisk & Ladle that will span five centuries of food and cocktails. I am FIZZY with excitement!

We’ve got so much up our sleeves — a smorgasbord of events around the city — and I do hope you will join us, but for now, please click through to see the stunning website Brian Quinn made for us. And follow Evoe on tumblr, if you’re so inclined.

Yay!!

Guidelines for Cats

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:15:59 -0400

Guidelines for Cats: Via capucha.

Happy new year! We celebrated last night with a wonderful meal...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:31:49 -0400

Happy new year!

We celebrated last night with a wonderful meal at Brick Lane. I met the doctor who delivered M. He was exceedingly charming, handsome and dapper in a tweed suit, and he admitted, with a sly smile, that he once moonlighted as a cocktail bartender.

From the moment he slapped his tiny bottom, little M.’s fate was sealed. ;)

brieflynoted: A friend just sent me the link to AnyClip, a site...

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:53:50 -0400

brieflynoted:

A friend just sent me the link to AnyClip, a site that indexes movie clips for your viewing pleasure. The site just launched at SXSW, so expect a few bumps initially, but really, what an awesome idea. When you find the clip you’re looking for you can view, share on Facebook or your blog, and even mark the film in your Netflix queue or buy it via Amazon or iTunes.

I’ll be sure to let you know when I find my favorite scene from Hitchcock’s Man from the South. Those Zippo lighters aren’t so reliable now are they?

Woman Aims to Become World's Fattest

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:40:00 -0400

Woman Aims to Become World's Fattest : Donna Simpson, from New Jersey, weighs 273kg but told...

The woman is a poet.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:51:18 -0400

The woman is a poet.

"Yet to imply that feminism was all about dungarees, do-it-yourself sapphism, collectivism and..."

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:24:25 -0400

“Yet to imply that feminism was all about dungarees, do-it-yourself sapphism, collectivism and...

M’s perfect roast chicken & the first asparagus of the...

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:35:00 -0400

M’s perfect roast chicken & the first asparagus of the season. It’s what’s for dinner.

NYC taxi drivers overcharged by more than $8 million

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:45:00 -0500

NYC taxi drivers overcharged by more than $8 million: They switched the meter to double the rate,...

atencio: Once you get the hang of how to use the different...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:36:52 -0500

atencio:

Once you get the hang of how to use the different tools, you can really make some cool drawings with this.

Go play! Good, clean, insanely addictive fun.

Macaron lovers of New York City, next Saturday is your day! Get...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:08:00 -0500

Macaron lovers of New York City, next Saturday is your day! Get a free macaron from these fine retailers.

PS: The slogan, “Macaron — the new cupcake,” makes me gag. NOOOOOO! Cupcakes are just so … America circa the Bush years. Macarons are the exquisite marriage of centuries-old craftmanship and unusual ingredients. (Give me a free macaron and I will forgive that ridiculous motto.)

Breast milk cheese. Seriously. Created by Chef Daniel Angerer...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:53:00 -0500

Breast milk cheese. Seriously. Created by Chef Daniel Angerer with his wife’s milk. He served it at his restaurant until the NYC Health Department shut him down.

But Gael Greene got a taste. She writes:

After tasting his wife’s milk from its natural vessel—“I was breastfed myself so I have that taste for it”—his mind went immediately to fromage. A little rennet. A clean cloth. Some aging. Simple, like any cheese. “It’s not like I was making Reblochon,” he wrote. “That would be trickier.”

His confession drew fans and bitter attacks on his blog. He was even accused of cannibalism.

That ultimate taboo in my head, the cheese arrives. I contemplate the tiny cream-colored square—doll size, barely enough to satisfy Minnie Mouse. It rides in on two house-made pickle rounds nesting on a thin slice of bread. I take… a bite. Eeeeew!

Surprise. It’s not the flavor that shocks me—indeed, it is quite bland, slightly sweet, the mild taste overwhelmed by the accompanying apricot preserves and a sprinkle of paprika. It’s the unexpected texture that’s so off-putting. Strangely soft, bouncy, like panna cotta.

Of course, Angerer’s ultimate critic is the food source itself. He wanted his wife to try her cheese, he tells me when I call him after my human lunch. “I gave her a taste but I didn’t tell her what it was.” And she liked it. “Well, we had a bottle of Riesling,” he adds, “and it worked very well with that.”

There’s room for experimentation: His wife is a vegetarian. If she ate meat, her cheese would have a different flavor, we agreed.

(Via @elizabethbard.)

New Math

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:34:00 -0500

New Math: A family makes a big donation, inspired by their 14-year-old daughter. One day in 2006,...

Marcel waves and sneakers casually tied around the chair …...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:00 -0500

Marcel waves and sneakers casually tied around the chair … would you expect any less from La Tomasi?

Foldable postcards of NYC icons (via Cup of Jo). To send to all...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:22:50 -0500

Foldable postcards of NYC icons (via Cup of Jo). To send to all the folks back home.

That looks about right. Abstract City by Christoph Niemann.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:02:00 -0500

That looks about right.

Abstract City by Christoph Niemann.

Re: Joan Rivers

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:58:00 -0500

In high school (in Minnesota), I was voted “Most Likely to Be The Next Joan...

"This is like Casual Friday for her."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:52:41 -0500

“This is like Casual Friday for her.” - Joan Rivers on Lady Gaga at the Grammys.

Photo

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:50:10 -0500

This TAL episode features the story of Harriet, a hedgehog with...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:40:00 -0500

This TAL episode features the story of Harriet, a hedgehog with health insurance, who is recovering from surgery to remove cancer. (The above hedgehog is not Harriet but I imagine she’s just as cute.)

Harriet is on anti-psychotic medication — not covered by insurance, but her owners certainly don’t want a psychotic hedgehog rolling around the house.

One economist interviewed said that pet insurance gives him hope. It’s a model for the way human health insurance ought to be — customers can shop around because it’s not tied to their jobs, and they share more of the cost of procedures and medication so they can help to keep prices down.

I just hope my anti-psychotics are covered. I get awfully prickly without them.