Food Writer My first letter home from summer camp in 1970 wherein I started my career as a food writer. The meals were “horrible” so I felt compelled to write about it.     Some things never change — like my spelling. I have to run now. My Food Writer Destiny

Via The New Yorker.

Fig. and Sis. Boom. Then and Now… Ms. Fig and I attended homecoming together as high school seniors so when she suggested several months ago that we leave our spouses behind and go to our 30th reunion together it sounded like a good idea… I did do some considerable rethinking as the event drew nearer […]

This blog is one year old today. I have seen many food blogs feature a cake for this occasion but I’m not going to do that today. Cakes, as you have seen, just aren’t my thing. To be honest — I’m still a bit surprised that this blog thing has lasted as long as it […]

Google doesn’t update its home page very much. In fact, hardly ever. But this week it updated its page to include background images. Fierce Google-ites went nuts and demanded that Google reverse this particular course that made its page look an awful lot like its competitor, Bing by Microsoft. I’m not much for World Cup […]

(photo courtesy: Paul Stamatiou) I took a time-out from the kitchen last night to get in touch once again with my inner geek. This time geeking out involved crawling behind the TV cabinet and wrestling with the jumble of power, USB, A/V, and Ethernet cables as well as my modem, router, and home automation controllers. […]

The floral and cake theme for our dinner party on Saturday… …started with a $5 potted mum from Albertson’s and a pair of scissors:

We had an impromptu Lost Finale Party on Sunday and I was too lazy to cook anything last minute so we ordered Persian take out. One look and you’ll see why I’d hardly call it a consolation meal — even though it did lack a certain creativity called for for such an event. My friend […]

I don’t think there is a person alive who hasn’t scheduled a family get together and then wished they hadn’t. I’m sure this happens for all sorts of reasons. But just to be clear here, (and because my family reads this blog!), I never regret the occasions –I just regret it when I invite everyone […]

If you came here today looking for a fancy cupcake or a stylish appetizer you should probably just move along. And if my”social agenda” isn’t on your diet today then my entre isn’t going to sit well with you. Its an “everyday explosion” for sure. Just something I have to say and get off my […]

Tomorrow I travel on business for a week. I thought I would post showing you how easy it was to pack in a carry-on for my week long business trip. It certainly helps to have a helper as engaging as our Margarita. I think she is anxious for me to leave so she can have […]

Every now and then I have to get my geek on with this blog as its not supposed to always be about food. So, if you happen to have a Series 2 or higher Tivo connected to your home network via a router you should try this trick. Go into your menu and set it […]