Monthly Archives: February 2008

Do you know this man?

Posted on February 29, 02008 by dailyprandium

A dozen meyer lemons to the first person who guesses who this is? A big hero of mine who is free of omnivorous dilemmas..

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A bite for SKINdrop

Posted on February 28, 02008 by dailyprandium

Some years ago a dear friend of mine left Gotham and headed west. After visiting her sister in Breckenridge, Colorado she decided to stay and set up shop there. She worked at a spa in town for a while establishing … Continue reading →

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Fat replacer in baked goods

Posted on February 27, 02008 by dailyprandium

Dovetailing from yesterdays guilty pleasure confessional and in keeping with a baked goods theme, here is an abstract from the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. An experiment I partnered on in food studies lab in fall 0’06 was submitted … Continue reading →

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Cookie monster would be proud

Posted on February 26, 02008 by dailyprandium

More on the guilty pleasure trail.. A larder full of cookies and nothing to snack. Isn’t that always the way. Since returning from tree dodging and wind chasing in California I’ve wound up with seven packages of cookies. I recall … Continue reading →

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Busted

Posted on February 25, 02008 by dailyprandium

I swear I did not eat the fuzzy pink loaf in the upper right corner. Just couldn’t bring myself to take so much as a nibble. But I admit to an occasional weakness for those Swedish meatballs of unknown bovine … Continue reading →

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Millet cakes

Posted on February 24, 02008 by dailyprandium

Cafe Orline is a place I’ve been going to for brunch for years now. It’s a popular spot in the East Village. Artists, actors, and generally cute and interesting folks eat there. So it makes for great people watching if … Continue reading →

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Biohazard beware

Posted on February 23, 02008 by dailyprandium

A recently published conclusive and irrefutable study shows females in their mid-to-late thirties with a last name beginning with the letter Q who eat Liberté yogourt are subject to severe and potentially life questioning reactions. All Liberté yogourts, especially those … Continue reading →

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Green dreams

Posted on February 22, 02008 by dailyprandium

Sneak attack snow day in Gotham today. So have a little green from past summer to synaesthete warm breeze over chilly skin. Salut to warm, light, and bright days someday again in Gotham’s future..

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Phone book of the dead

Posted on February 21, 02008 by dailyprandium

Gust Vasiliades April 10, 01965 – February 21, 02004 Today a candle is burning in my makeshift window shrine for Gust. It’s been four years since he passed. I woke at dawn that morning and sat straight up. It was … Continue reading →

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City chickens and urban bees..

Posted on February 20, 02008 by dailyprandium

..or is it urban chickens and city bees. I suppose it’s no matter. You and you and you were not there. It’s been a long time coming, but this evening I finally popped my Slow Food cherry and attended a … Continue reading →

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How apropos of the lunar eclipse

Posted on February 19, 02008 by dailyprandium

There will be a full lunar eclipse Wednesday night. Beginning around nine pm my time the earth and sun will come into alignment and cast its umbra across the moon which will also be in lockstep. By ten pm and … Continue reading →

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When it rains in Gotham..

Posted on February 18, 02008 by dailyprandium

..there’s sunshine in here. The infamous honeybells finally arrived. Indeed I’ve already finished one flat of the four. For sure I am in fruitarian mode eating a few or four or five of these and Italian fruilkiwi each day. Though … Continue reading →

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Daily Prandium is closed for the day

Posted on February 17, 02008 by dailyprandium

On the fourteenth day, rest.

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Birthday prandium..

Posted on February 16, 02008 by dailyprandium

..for a little poodle. How does a blind sword wielding enlightened one—Bodhi Zatoichi—who turned two years old and is now a man dog spend a birthday? Begin with getting his pack leader a café con leche before a hike and … Continue reading →

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Watch 20/20 tonight—Bodies exhibition

Posted on February 15, 02008 by dailyprandium

Finally. The mainstream press has finally picked this one up. May it lead to the closing of every exhibition in the US. Tonight at 10 pm, 20/20 is airing a segment about their three month investigation into the source of … Continue reading →

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Honor The Nick

Posted on February 15, 02008 by dailyprandium

Nicholas Louis Caruso February 9, 01916 – February 15, 01995 The Nick—my first kindred love from another place and time—who learned to cook by the Greeks and was their go between with the Jews to order meats because theirs was … Continue reading →

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Chocolat?

Posted on February 14, 02008 by dailyprandium

This car is bitter-sweeter than any box of chocolats. In 01992 it was for sale fifteen minutes from the pond I, hardly bigger than a polliwog, swam around in. Back then I was driving the Friendly Bleu ovloV and simply … Continue reading →

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Warm, roast chicken tuchus..

Posted on February 14, 02008 by dailyprandium

..shared among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness. Not quite a quote by George Sand

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Qu’ils dure toujours

Posted on February 14, 02008 by dailyprandium

I rode the A home another evening after seeing Juno at Gotham Square theater. An old chaika got on and sat next to me. We happened to be traveling to the same stop. She started chatting and told me she’d … Continue reading →

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Saving miles

Posted on February 13, 02008 by dailyprandium

Despite membership within the movements of food—ecological, sustainable, local, and what eat you—where my contributions to date boils down to the foods I think, the foods I procure, prepare, and eat, the writing, discoursing, and work I’ve done, and the … Continue reading →

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Citrus sisters

Posted on February 12, 02008 by dailyprandium

OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong … Continue reading →

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Wild side of Fairway

Posted on February 11, 02008 by dailyprandium

On the week’s sojourn this evening I was delighted to discover Fairway is finally offering not one, but three varieties of long grain wild rice. I bought the least expensive of the three. At $5.99 for sixteen ounces would not … Continue reading →

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Hazardous Greenpoint

Posted on February 11, 02008 by dailyprandium

Over the weekend I ate out twice. I’ll write about Friday night later today—all goodness to come.. For now, strong words to caution you and you and you.. DO NOT EAT AT Sapporo Haru in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. If you make … Continue reading →

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Clock of the long prandium

Posted on February 10, 02008 by dailyprandium

When left to my own accord and enjoying prandium at home every day,—with weekly sojourns to green market and dearly Fairway ensuring the matter—regulates itself into six or so small dishes. We’ll calculate the beans of it someday. From this … Continue reading →

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Pomegranate?

Posted on February 9, 02008 by dailyprandium
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Not Miro

Posted on February 8, 02008 by dailyprandium
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Lyrical poulet

Posted on February 7, 02008 by dailyprandium

Recently my writing was compared to song lyrics. So in honor of this fine insult and its holy source, here’s a little diddy for you and you and you.. My Poulet By Fifi Collective, dedicated to the Temptations and Sin … Continue reading →

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Mala suerte para el huevo

Posted on February 7, 02008 by dailyprandium

Mala provecho..

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How much would you pay..

Posted on February 6, 02008 by dailyprandium

..for peppers like these? They’re free! On a night trash touring with freegans somewhere in Upstate Manhattan these peppers were gleaned along with fresh pineapple, cantaloupe, oranges, lemons, apples, lettuce, cabbage, bread,.. As a ‘member of the media’ I agreed … Continue reading →

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Gandules verdes

Posted on February 5, 02008 by dailyprandium

This afternoon two special guests shared with me how to prepare Dominican style beans. The approach was the classic and holistic style to teach and learn cooking—my guests cooked and I watched. There is much to write. Soon I’ll share … Continue reading →

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Prandium exposed

Posted on February 4, 02008 by dailyprandium

UPDATE: The photo has been changed as of September 02008. If you’re wondering, and since folks have asked, perhaps you are.. What is that a picture of at the top of my site? When I first read about prandium* early … Continue reading →

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Fancy little stars shooting on Chow.com

Posted on February 4, 02008 by dailyprandium

Hi folks. Sorry for the technical blip. Fancy little stars has finally been successfully posted on Chow.com’s Food Fight. Please take a minute to check it out and submit your vote—for me please! Click here to vote in Chow’s Food … Continue reading →

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When life gives you meyers..

Posted on February 4, 02008 by dailyprandium

..the honey still drizzles..

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