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August 1, 2010

Mad Classics…and Tips for Feeding Trashy, Homesick Interlopers.

In honor of last week’s Mad Men premiere and the much anticipated launch of Jersey Shore’s second season, I thought I’d take a moment to ponder which particular foodstuffs would go best with each show. I’ll start with the much-lauded … Continue reading →

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Filed under Brooklyn, eggs, entrees, fish, Food Network, hot dogs, Martha, pickles, pork, Uncategorized

Tagged as 60s favorites, amNewYork, baking, BLT deviled eggs, boeuf bourguignon, bouquet garni, chipotle deviled eggs, clams, cognac, crab-stuffed deviled eggs, deviled eggs, deviled eggs with capers and tarragon, diners, disco fries, egg yolks, eggs, Emeril, Epicurious, family dinner nights, Food Network, four-pepper deviled eggs, fried pickles, garam masala deviled eggs, Georgia, Gourmet, gravy fries, Italian Pigs in a Blanket, Jersey Shore, Julia Child, Kicked Up Pigs in a Blanket, Lobster Thermidor, Mad Men, Martha, Mediterranean Tuna Casserole, Miami, New York, Oprah, pickles, pigs in a blanket, Pigs in a Blanket with Curried Ketchup, Pigs in a Blanket with Emeril's Chicken and Apple Sausage, Pigs in a Haystack, pineapple, pineapple upside-down cake, Rachael Ray, recipes, Retro-Metro Fancy Tuna Casserole, Rhode Island, Ron-Ron Juice, Salmon Pigs in a Blanket, Savannah, southwestern deviled eggs, taylor ham, The Next Food Network Star, Tuna Casserole, Tuna Noodle Casserole

May 22, 2010

Julie & “Damian” & “D” & Julia

In the past several weeks, I have encouraged not one but TWO friends to start blogs…and these friends eventually created Making Miami Mine and The Tombudsman. Both have clear objectives and I’m really excited for them. I, meanwhile, feel like … Continue reading →

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Filed under blogs, books, Brooklyn, cupcake

Tagged as Anchorman, April, baking, blog, brilliant hippie, cannelloni, Cleaving, Cliff's Notes, Columbia, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, cupcakes, David Sedaris, dramz, Duncan Hines, Ellen, fake gambling, February, George Costanza, graduation, grocery store, it's not you it's me routine, J-school, Julia Child, Julie & Julia, Julie Powell, kind of a big deal, Lean Times, Lifetime, Lisa moment, Making Miami Mine, March, March 17, mix, Neiman Fellow, Oprah, pub grub, publishing, Sandra Bullock, Sassy Gay Friend, Seinfeld, sprinkles, St. Patrick's Day, take it to the mat, The Tombudsman, Turks and Caicos, Upper West Side, Valentine's day, verbal exercise, Will Ferrell, writing rut

January 11, 2010

This City Will Eat You Alive…

I was watching the Woody Allen flick, “Whatever Works,” last night…and sort of laughed to myself in the beginning when Larry David’s Boris Yellnikoff tells the ingenue transplant Melodie St. Ann Celestine that she should go back to Mississippi because … Continue reading →

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Filed under Brooklyn, Modernism, Red Hook

Tagged as baking, beating a dead horse, Brooklyn, career, Darwin, Dwight Yoakam, Elton John, Evan Rachel Wood, fulfillment, glass is half full, I'm Still Standing, ingenue, Julie Powell, Larry David, Marilyn Manson, Melodie St. Ann Celestine, Mississippi, Modernism, New York, New Yorker, On the Origin of Lisa Lacy, On the Origin of Species, one of the gang, Owen Wilson, pride, Rebecca De Mornay, relationships, social awkwardness, stream of consciousness, the city, this city will eat you alive, Vince Vaughn, Virginia Woolf, Wedding Crashers, Whatever Works, Woody Allen

October 5, 2009

Bad Boyfriends and The Lone Wolf: Or, What I’ve Learned from Amy Adams, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Whitney Houston, Theodore Roosevelt and the Wizard of Oz.

I’ve already more or less shared my Bad Boyfriend Theory of Freelancing…but since some time has passed, it may be worth revisiting (…at least briefly)… Let’s say for the sake of argument that I got a call a few weeks … Continue reading →

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Filed under Alaska, birthdays, books, Brooklyn

Tagged as Act Like a Lady Think Like a Man, Alaska, Amy Adams, Augusten Burroughs, Bad Boyfriend Theory of Freelancing, Bad Boyfriends, bad juju, baking, birthdays, Bogota, book proposal, books, Cedarburg, Colombia, Columbia Alumni, commitment, Costa Rica, David Sedaris, Didn't We Almost Have it All?, Drew Barrymore, editors, embarrassing quotes, England, epiphanies, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Good Boyfriend, gravy, haircuts, happiness, Harper Collins, Harry Truman, horse pucky, I Didn't Know My Own Strength, I'm OK You're OK, Jennifer Aniston, juju, London, lone wolf, Lonely Girl Image, Madrid, Mr. Wonderful, neighbors, New Lisa, Oprah, Oprah.com, Pearly Gates, People, protect the heart, relationships, Sandra Bullock, Sandra Bullock Clarity, Saving All My Love For You, Say Anything, sequins, Sloane Crosley, snow machines, snow mobiles, snow shoes, Spain, Steve Harvey, Sunshine Cleaning, tattoos, the buck stops here, The Greatest Love of All, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Harris, tragic spinster, trashy celebrity magazines, travel, Tuff Enuff, Us Weekly, weddings, Whip It, Whitney Houston, Wisconsin, Wizard of Oz, zen

September 20, 2009

My Big Baking Week

Well, wow, after such an overwhelming response to my post about maybe leaving New York, the next is sure to be somewhat of a letdown…but, those of you who have been with me from the very beginning may be comforted … Continue reading →

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Filed under birthdays, chocolate, cookies, cupcake, entrees, gadgets, parties, peanut butter, red velvet

Tagged as Ad Week, baked good transport, baking, baking contest, black and white cookies, black-and-white cupcakes, brownie cupcakes with peanut butter frosting, candied kumquats, carrot cupcakes with orange icing, carrot-coconut cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chip zucchini cupcakes, crystallized ginger, cupcake carrier, cupcakes, epicurious.com, gadgets, Girls in Tech, ground beef, kumquats, meatloaf, National Punctuation Day, New York, official meatloaf of National Punctuation Day, orange-cardamom cupcakes with vanilla frosting, orange-flower water, pink, pink velvet, punctuation, red velvet, Target, white chocolate cupcakes with candied kumquats, zucchini ginger cupcakes

May 21, 2009

Maybe My Master’s Project Wasn’t a Waste of Time?

Broadly speaking, my master’s project was on nutrition education programs in New York City. At however many thousand words, it obviously touched on a lot of issues, but one was access…and so I was really interested to see news yesterday … Continue reading →

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Tagged as baking, cake, nutrition, nutrition education, pie, produce

April 27, 2009

Misty Water-Colored Memories of the Baked Goods That Were…

The National Pie Championships were this weekend! (Aww…hard to believe it’s been two years!) I don’t see anything yet on who won what, but apparently parking was scarce: http://blogs.theledger.com/default.asp?item=2368900. And…Dionna Hurt, who I am pretty sure gave a crust-making demo … Continue reading →

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Tagged as American Pie Council, apple, baking, contest, pie, shortening

April 21, 2009

Other — Gasp — Blogs.

So…I’ve maybe been a little bit unfaithful and have been blogging for other sites… Namely, The Luxury Spot, where we have my most recent post on soup mix and squatty rolls. (With Australian snacks and vegan hair products to come!) … Continue reading →

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Filed under Alaska, blogs, entrees

Tagged as Alaska, Arizona, baking, condiments, Meata America, pastrami, The Luxury Spot, Web site

April 20, 2009

Cupcakes, Cakes, Cookies & Some Combination Thereof.

No news this time. Just a little catching up. So…there was an auction earlier this month for Social Media for Social Change and my baking lesson was won by a woman who had a birthday around the same time, so…long … Continue reading →

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Filed under brownies, chocolate, cookies, peanut butter

Tagged as baking, brownies, cheesecake, chocolate, cookies, peanut butter, peanut butter pie, pie, Pillsbury Bake-Off, raspberry cheesecake brownies, Social Media for Social Change

April 8, 2009

Pie News: #4, Sniffing Around, Scary Crocs, BS Down Under, REALLY Fresh Breath, Sex on Skates, & Flying In for Some Crab Cakes

Hi! I’m back! More Pie News! *Slightly* dated, but still totally worth it. First up: Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage. So…surely some wedding pies are in order! Taste of Home — which the aunt-who-taught-me-everything-I-know-about-pie-baking says … Continue reading →

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Filed under Alaska, baseball, feminism, Food Network, Javy, Mississippi, Palin, pie, Sonoma County

Tagged as Alaska, Alaska Salmon Pie, Australia, Australian Meat Pie, baking, Black and Blueberry Pie, Black Bird Pie, Breath Mint Pie, Bride's Peach Pie, Britney Spears, coconut, crocodiles, Epicurious, feminism, Florida, Florida Pie, FoodNetwork.com, gay marriage, Germany, Guy Fieri, Hawaiian Wedding Pie, honeymoon, Javy Lopez, Key Lime Pie, LaGuardia, Levi Johnston, Midwest, Mississippi, Mississippi Mud Cake, New York Magazine, Orioles, Palin, pie, Riverboat Discovery, robberies, sense of smell, single ladies, Southwest Airlines, Southwest Zucchini Pie, Taste of Home, toothpaste, Tyra, University of Connecticut, University of Louisville, Vermont, Wasilla, women, women's basketball, Yankees

Tag Archives: baking

Mad Classics…and Tips for Feeding Trashy, Homesick Interlopers.

Julie & “Damian” & “D” & Julia

Bad Boyfriends and The Lone Wolf: Or, What I’ve Learned from Amy Adams, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Whitney Houston, Theodore Roosevelt and the Wizard of Oz.

My Big Baking Week

Maybe My Master’s Project Wasn’t a Waste of Time?

Misty Water-Colored Memories of the Baked Goods That Were…

Other — Gasp — Blogs.

Pie News: #4, Sniffing Around, Scary Crocs, BS Down Under, REALLY Fresh Breath, Sex on Skates, & Flying In for Some Crab Cakes

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