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The perfect snack for a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Posted in cheese, fruit, snack on September 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »

If you haven’t yet tasted the sheer joy that is a Honeycrisp apple, I highly recommend that you run to your nearest grocery store and pick one up. I found mine at Whole Foods so you’ll probably have luck there. For a while, I thought an apple was an apple. I remember picking up a [...]

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MAX BRENNER: CREATING A NEW CHOCOLATE CULTURE.

Posted in New York, chocolate, crepes, lunch, pasta on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

First snippet of groundbreaking news: upon entering this restaurant, I knew that I could only achieve salvation if I converted my religion to Brennerism. I have seen the light.Second snippet: I actually managed to attend lunch here with someone who owned a working camera — finally, I get to post photos of my own (or [...]

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I went ahead and bought a box of 19 chocolates

Posted in New Orleans, chocolate on September 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »

in celebration of my completed college essay on the famed Sucre.Here’s a picture: The green ones are a white chocolate ganache with Sicilian pistachio, vanilla, and a dash of cinnamon + a dark chocolate couverture.The fleur de lis is the Meuniere — dark chocolate on the outside, brown butter and vanilla on the inside.The shinyish [...]

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It makes me sad

Posted in musings on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

that my last blog was photoless; a meal isn’t much of a meal without color, so presumably, a meal-enjoyed-vicariously probably can’t be enjoyed as much with no visuals. Because, really, saying you ate a delicious filet mignon isn’t enough — I’d much rather see the steak myself. Maybe it’s a psychological thing, and we insist [...]

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Well, hello!

Posted in Florida, Latin, calamari, chocolate, crab, dinner, salad, tapas on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

It’s been a little while; I took a weekend trip to New York and got back in school yesterday, so schedules have been tumbling around and crystallizing. The good thing is that my girlfriend-who-doesn’t-know-she’s-my-girlfriend, Gloria Steinem, wrote an article about Sarah Palin, and it was nothing short of kickass. More good news: I definitely won’t [...]

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