You know how when you play Tetris and the bricks don't line up and plonk into place like you need them to? They keep piling up and piling up and piling up -- with odd little bits of blank space...
Dessert: A Love Story I'm in love. With lime ice cream. Sweet, tart, cold, smooth lime ice cream. C'mere, you... But, I have to confess: I am tempted to have a torrid, steamy, illicit aff...
So, I went to Napa for a little vacation and had a wonderful, relaxing time with my friends. I was actually kinda bummed to have missed the earthquake, but happy there was no damage here at the home...
My kindergarten teacher died a few days ago. Her name was Selma Rosenfeld, and she whole-heartedly and enthusiastically recognized and nurtured my love of reading and writing. Thanks to my mom and ...
2011 is weird. So freakin' weird. I don't know how else to explain my absences from this blog. It drives me crazy. All I think about all day long is food and cooking and what I'm ma...
I hate the Sunday night blues. You know what I mean. That wee sense of dread that sets in, oh, at about 4 or 5 o'clock on a Sunday afternoon, when you realize your weekend is coming to an end ...
:::: tap tap taps on the microphone :::: "Hellllooooo...... anyone out there?" Hi, you guys. Bet you've been wondering where I've been. (Maybe you haven't. That's okay...
This past weekend, I made the Squab, Thai peppercorn, strawberry, oxalis pods dish, when something odd happened. I'd made arrangements to get oxalis pods from a grower I know out in Virginia, an...
Last Monday evening, I ran into these guys: And, really... isn't that how we'd all love to spend every Monday night? In the presence of those who inspire, teach, motivate, (and intimidate)...
Tonight, Monday, May 9, I'll be covering the James Beard Awards for The Washington Post along with Tim Carman, recent 2011 James Beard Award winner (for best food column). You can find our cover...
I've been making a concerted effort to eat more vegetables this year. I'm also trying to eat these vegetables without a whole lot of other stuff covering them up, because that kinds of def...
I used the leftover mushroom purée and mushroom dice from the "Porcini, cherry, toasted garlic, almond" dish in my dinner the other night. I took a handful of Bionaturae gluten-free linguin...
Last week, I had a meltdown. A spectacular, colossal meltdown. Granted, no one saw it (I don't think), but it happened just the same. And it's all because of this dish. Well, not really...
Chef Achatz gets listed in the Time 100. Alinea moves up the Pellegrino 50 Best Restaurants list. They're #6 in the world, #1 in North America. Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of ...
Things I am (irrationally) afraid of: 1) Tripping up cement or stone steps and landing on my face, knocking out my front teeth; 2) Tearing off my hand in the garbage disposal, even if I'm in ano...
Oh, you guys ... I had not one, but TWO April Fool's Day stunts in the works. TWO, I tell ya. They were/are phenomenally hilarious. (but I'm not telling you what they were) For reasons I c...
Because I work from home, I see my mail carrier, Fed Ex dude, and UPS guy in the neighborhood nearly every day. Over the past two weeks, every time the UPS guy would back his big, brown, boxy truck ...
Congrats to Rob and Matt on winning the two copies of Life, on the Line. I used Random.org to choose both winners because your stories were too awesome and too powerful for me to try and choose two ...
I went into reading this book with a bias, as I'm sure you can imagine. But as I nestled into the cushions on the couch, cracked open the book's cover, and turned to the first page I had a...
Before we get started, let's do two three things: 1) The winner of the iTunes giftcard from the previous post (chosen via Random.org) is Beth, who wrote "I've been sick & had mostl...
Oh, you guys... THANK YOU so much for the kind emails, Tweets, and messages of all kinds re: my crappy January and February. Things are starting to turn around and get better, so I'm thankful fo...
A friend's divorce. Another friend's broken engagement. Two colleagues diagnosed with cancer; one of them dying just days after being diagnosed. A third friend's cancer rages back, for...
First things first; the numbers are in: you donated $19,656 to Share Our Strength. THANK YOU! I am humbled by your generosity, and incredibly grateful for your support of this cause. You know, the...
The Alinea at Home Share Our Strength fundraising campaign has officially ended. In the next few hours, I'll have the final total from the team at SOS. Watch your email this week to see if ...
I cooked from the Noma cookbook, and lived to tell about it. You can read all about it here: The Washington Post: "Tales of the Testers: What About 'Noma?"
Technical difficulties on every front. My dancing-along-to-Michael-Jacks on video coming later this week. Noma cookbook blog post coming soon, too. Oh, and an interesting adaptation of a dish from the...
But wait. There's more. I heard from the team at Share Our Strength later last week, and guess what?!?! In just three weeks, you all have donated more than $15,000!!! So, not only have we e...
I'm cooking the Noma dishes this week and will blog about them shortly. In the meantime, here's a video of my little Christmas caroling escapade at The White House. Big props to Cassie and ...
Amaze your friends! Dazzle fellow food lovers! Brag that YOU can make something from the Alinea cookbook. Why? Because YOU CAN. A few of the recipes in the book call for preserved Meyer lemon. Trick...
You guys. In just one week, we've nearly hit the $5,000 mark. When I got the news, I "YEAH"d really loudly in a client's office, and then burst into tears ('cause I'm a...
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