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Comfort food.
My cousin emailed me with a simple question, What's your favorite comfort food that you fix for yourself? Per usual, I responded in overly wrought long form, that was too amusing not to share more widely.
When it comes to comfort food, it seems to revolve around cheese. I've had more grilled cheeses in my life than I can count, but there are ( Read more... ) -
Always reading...
I was reading through some Carson McCullers today and came across this gem:
"First of all, love is a joint experience between two persons-but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved. There are the lover and the beloved, but these two come from different countries. Often the ( Read more... ) -
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When I think of all the worries people seem to find ( Read more... ) -
Daydreams
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Moving to Provence and running a farm with friends while enjoying the fresh produce and foods. Cooking a lot, living off the land, and letting this inspiration drive my writing.
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Operating an awesome restaurant where ingredients would be purchased from farmers' markets and such.
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While we're on the food topic...
I want to try these:
Tamarillo
Forbidden rice
Bhutanese red rice
Persimmon
Cherimoya
Miracle fruit
Heirloom veggies, like tomatoes
Of course, I got to thinking about this after reading about the fruit detective.
I really want/need to go to a farmers' market soon.
Great, semi-related book: The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan.
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Picky eater
Sometime freshman year, I was in Brian Kekich's room, and the topic of food/eating came up. I let it be known that I was a picky eater and proceeded to make a list in order to prove my point. I added to it later and came up with a grand list of 124 items. Since then, and especially during my stay in France, foods dropped off the list. Does this ( Read more... ) -
Saxophonist
One of the best parts of a night at the Hollywood Bowl happens before you even enter that space as you walk from the paid parking on Highland/Franklin through the pedestrian tunnel toward the hallowed Bowl. As soon as you get underground, you can hear it, the soft strains of a familiar song, played with care by a saxophonist at the tunnel's end. He ( Read more... ) -
Austin is Awesome,Three Cheers for the Third Coast, or any equally corny title
Things that rock in Austin: Céleste, Céleste's sister and friends, Spider House, Texas Chili Parlor, Blue Velvet vintage clothing store, Kings N Things, The Austin Chronicle, walkable swimming holes, Lone Star Beer and other fine Texas brews, la tortuga, Hacienda de Chihuahua, Céleste's cooking (migas are yummy), Céleste's mom's cooking, Chantal's ( Read more... ) -
World's most expensive cities 2007
(Read the article from CNN here.)
World's most expensive cities 2007
1. Moscow
2. London
3. Seoul
4. Tokyo
5. Hong Kong
6. Copenhagen
7. Geneva
8. Osaka
9. Zurich
10. Oslo
11. Milan
12. St. Petersburg (Russia)
13. Paris
14. Singapore
15. New York City
16. Dublin
17. Tel Aviv
18. Rome
19. Vienna
20. Beijing
