Archive for February 2009

Hospitality

Posted to Anecdote on the topic of Food on 29 March 2009, with no comments so far.

Thursday evening, 8:25 p.m.

A’s beau came up from Virginia for the weekend. He is a good guest.
Being a good guest is an underrated, or under-discussed, art in itself.
On the table: beer cocktails, in this case Guinness with cassis lambic. Not sure it was a brilliant combination, but it’s fun to sit around pouring and sipping [...]

Failure! (Tapioca Pudding)

Posted to Dessert on the topic of Food on the topic of Recipes on 15 March 2009, with 4 comments so far.

Tapioca grosses a lot of people out. There are many who’ve never even tried it. Yes, it’s the same shape as that fish-bait-smelling fish roe that you get at sushi restaurants sometimes if you’re not careful. But it’s pretty benign, just round and chewy. Suspended in a creamy, delicately vanilla-flavored pudding base, I like it [...]

Sardines, Broccoli, iPhone

Posted to Food on the topic of Product Placement on 6 March 2009, with no comments so far.

Quotidian lunch, extraordinary gadget: still life with broccoli, sardine toasts, New Yorker, and brand new iPhone.