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Franny’s Toasted Almond Gelato 27 Aug 2013 | 02:31 am
Somewhere along the way, I lost interest in making ice cream. I didn’t lose interest in ice cream, just making it. So if I were to have a dinner party, I might make brownies and hot fudge sauce for br...
The Used Cookbook Sale at The Hollywood Farmer’s Market 27 Aug 2013 | 01:19 am
On Sunday, my friend Ben Mandelker of The B-Side Blog invited me to the used cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer’s Market. As many of you know, I’m kind of a cookbook junkie (see here) so this was a...
Don’t Wash Your Chicken 23 Aug 2013 | 11:47 pm
Or, to put it another way, Julia Child Was Wrong. (Though it was an episode of her show with Jacques Pepin, where he said he didn’t wash his, that inspired me not to wash mine… so, at the very least, ...
Who Drinks This Stuff? 23 Aug 2013 | 11:41 pm
The other day at Gelson’s, I was looking for almond grappa to make Franny’s toasted almond gelato (shockingly, I was unsuccessful) and during my search I spied the bottle you see above. Who drinks thi...
Fall 2013 Cookbook Preview 23 Aug 2013 | 12:23 am
Eater’s Fall 2013 cookbook preview is SO epic, it’s divided into two posts: one for American cookbooks, one for International cookbooks. There are so many books I’m excited for, especially Daniel Boul...
The Clean Plate Club, Episode #4: Ruth Bourdain (Josh Friedland) 21 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
We’re shaking things up this week with an exclusive one-on-one interview with the infamous/notorious/outrageous Ruth Bourdain, the brainchild of The Food Section’s Josh Friedland. In this exclusive on...
Deviled Egg Salad 21 Aug 2013 | 10:02 pm
After mastering April Bloomfield’s recipe for Deviled Eggs, I woke up the next day–a Saturday, as a matter of fact–and thought about the ingredients I still had on hand from the previous day’s venture...
The Russian Vodka Boycott 21 Aug 2013 | 08:47 pm
A pointed op-ed by Mark Lawrence Schrad in today’s New York Times argues that boycotting Russian vodka because of Russia’s horrendous policies toward gays is an ineffective form of protest. Most “Russ...
Brian’s Red Beans and Rice 20 Aug 2013 | 10:24 pm
My newsletter readers (you do know I have a newsletter, right? Another one’s going out later today: sign up here!) went nuts last week when I shared a picture of my friend Brian’s red beans and rice a...
Look, I Don’t Know How To Tell You This, But My Cake Stand Is Also A Punchbowl 20 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
Sometimes you invite people over to your house, and you sit around and have a pleasant conversation while sipping lemonade or iced tea or maybe a combination of lemonade and iced tea which is called a...
