Category Archives: prandium

Internet access is cut off tonight. This is being filed from handheld. A brief response to what’s on the television. There’s a panelist (author of The Conservative Soul) on Bill Maher tonight who just said, “Get five of your friends … Continue reading →

More truth. I am out of habit of tapping here, faithfully everyday. But thirty or sixty days will make a habit for me yet again. And at present, I’m focused on making a Monday through Friday classwork schedule. This is … Continue reading →

I’d like to blame my roommate for working the power of suggestion over me. He does not cook. He orders takeout or goes out for every meal. Supposedly, he has a coffee maker. The kind that uses coffee pods or … Continue reading →

Watcha gonna do about it. It seems the more I eat, the more they grow back. Suppose I’ll keep snacking until someone catches me and does something about it. Bon nuit..

What is this box of candy fruit slices, one half grape flavor, the other half red flavor, that I did receive? A present? A symbol? An acknowledgment? Of what? Will peace come between the gifter and the gifted? What shall … Continue reading →

Ok. Last one.. The rules are simple. Don’t Google it. Just post a comment and tell me whether or not you know what it is, and if you do, what does it mean. The word is.. Salade Niçoise Bon appétit..

Here’s another one.. The rules are simple. Don’t Google it. Just post a comment and tell me whether or not you know what it is, and if you do, what does it mean. The word is.. moules Bon appétit..

Don’t Google it. Just post a comment and tell me whether or not you know what it is, and if you do, what does it mean. The word is.. omakase Itadakemasu..

‘A scholar is always made alone, and sober. Studies can be pursued to good purpose only by yourself.’ My searches haven’t turned up a proper citation for this quote. So, whether John Adams really said it or not, I have … Continue reading →

This was tapped at a bar somewhere in Brooklyn. I decided to leave it unedited. It seems appropriate to the event. So keep your red pens and pencils in their holsters.. its pretty damn typical of me. tonight I drove … Continue reading →

Betty Fussell is teaching Food Sociology this fall. I registered for her class as one of the two I’ll be taking. A friend tells me her reading list won’t overlap with Marion’s Food Sociology class we both took last fall. … Continue reading →

The Onion’s skewering food shows. This is a funny video that they posted here. Buen provecho..

I made an occasionally-weekly stop at the Morningside Greenmarket this morning and picked up baby yellow and green squashes. What else is this omelette girl to make but one of her tortillas. Actually, I think this would be considered a … Continue reading →

Buen provecho..

From an informal media research perspective, it’s interesting to be aware of the current art and message in the medium of television commercials. Some years ago, a Columbia University journal article discussed experiential advertising. The article was a coup for … Continue reading →

..trying to glean some inspiration to cook, to write, to do something. I’m home again today. The world of freelance food writing and editing is brutal. (An understatement, to me.) Even with a schedule for the summer set back in … Continue reading →

Salut..

In honor of Bastille Day.. Vive la revolution..

When my lips were touched, again I was struck by love in an instant. Then I swallowed. The first was like a mash of grass blades cutting at my throat. I choked. The next time wasn’t nearly as brutal. Then … Continue reading →