This list has me excited about chilly fall weather: 25 Excuses to Bake in September:...
Aug 31st
RT @nytimesfood (time.com) Julia Child on the cover of TIME, 1966: http://bit.ly/15poBv...
Aug 31st
current literary obsession: Betty MacDonald
Aug 31st
Weird. Ordered books from @Amazon & got “they shipped” notice this morning. 7 hours...
Aug 31st
‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Fever | Reading Copy Book Blog
Aug 31st
Despite my best efforts to teach him better, @unluddite continues to bring home sugary processed...
Aug 30th
making pan de mallorca and baking croissants. both will be stuffed with baked ham and cheese
Aug 30th
i love spelling yogurt with an “h” in it
Aug 30th
pan de mallorca came out beautifully! tucked it with freshly baked ham and aged cheddar cheese plus...
Aug 30th
Just pickled a few little gherkins. They look like tiny watermelons!
Aug 30th
I have a very long list of things I’m going to make and write today. Going to get started!
Aug 30th
Making new england clam chowder
Aug 30th
I removed the captcha from comments on my blog. I hate filling them on sites, so why subject my...
Aug 30th
I’ll be making these blueberry buttermilk pancakes w/ hints of lemon: http://bit.ly/4CV4Fo
Aug 29th
Friends, it is pancake time.
Aug 29th
Looks like we are *not* getting sprung early today. Will have to sit here for next 1.5 hours...
Aug 28th
RT @diannej Bloggers are Journalists http://bit.ly/2LWUmw <—Heck yeah!!!
Aug 28th
Have you signed up for my brand new totally awesome nyooooozletter yet?...
Aug 28th
It is freezing in my office today. Am wrapped up in blanket and shivering.
Aug 28th
Security guard here is named “Officer Bacon”!!! How cool is that?
Aug 28th
Denver - Cafe Society - The 10 worst lunch boxes ever...
Aug 28th
I’m going to start sending out an Always Order Dessert newsletter! Want in? Click here &...
Aug 28th
Fresh Basil Pesto Agnolotti
Aug 27th
Pesto Agnolotti & meditations on dumplings: http://bit.ly/1P8k1S
Aug 27th
Looking at unretouched JLo images. Ladies, she has wrinkles!!
Aug 27th
Any Wordpress users that can recommend a widget that allows you to sort posts by more than one...
Aug 26th
Ugh gross. This more to love show makes me mad. This guy is such a douche and these girls are so...
Aug 26th
RT @unluddite: This More To Love show does a disservice to non-douchey fat guys.
Aug 26th
Just sent Lodge an email complaining about their Dutch oven spitting enamel on me less than one year...
Aug 26th
So upset. My Lodge enamel Dutch oven started sputtering and pieces of enamel popped off while I was...
Aug 26th
RT @NathanBransford A nuts and bolts overview of how a book gets published, from manuscript to...
Aug 26th
RT @SugarMamas: looking 4 competitive pie-eaters for Sat’s b-day party, 3-7. speed, not...
Aug 25th
My friend Carlo’s new West Village wine shop. It’s pretty incredible:...
Aug 25th
RT @foodloves: I love the sounds kitchens make. So much. <—-me too
Aug 25th
Interesting. There aren’t any letters to the editor in this months Gourmet, only recipe...
Aug 25th
RT @WonderToast: Maps of NY street food: http://is.gd/2wPme LA street food: http://short.to/nvyu...
Aug 25th
not sure what to do about dinner. I didn’t plan anything & forgot to pull meat out of the...
Aug 25th
I tweeted this Chardonnay Cake w/ almond crust late last night so RT for those who aren’t...
Aug 24th
Here’s my recipe for Chardonnay Cake! http://bit.ly/4Cq3PU
Aug 24th
Chardonnay Cake with an Almond Sugar Crust
Aug 24th
Watching Pillsbury BakeOff on FN. Should be called Sandra Lee BakeOff. All bottled & packaged...
Aug 24th
Yes!! My recipe index is complete. Was cool to see some of the older recipes (& mediocre photos)...
Aug 24th
Is Rachael Ray a smoker? What’s with her voice? Just saw an ad for her bakeware and was like...
Aug 24th
Yay, Mad Men tonight!!
Aug 24th
Man…I love Mad Men! Betty looked fantastic in that yellow dress and sunglasses in the last...
Aug 24th
RT @simmertilldone: Wouldn’t it be great if #JonasSunday meant Jonas Salk? Just because we owe...
Aug 23rd
can someone tell me when Labor day is? (The dates Friday to Sunday)? Thanks!
Aug 23rd
working on a recipe index for the blog. Really, really overdue…
Aug 23rd
RT @jenny8lee: mark moffett says ants and humans are two of the few societies that have warfare. bc...
Aug 23rd
SOOOOO happy to have been off today
Aug 22nd
I don’t shop @WholeFoods for moral reasons. I shop because it’s nice & sells great...
Aug 21st
But now on to more important issues. It’s been FIVE days since I baked a cake. What should I...
Aug 21st
a little disappointed with the plums i got at the farmer’s market, but excited about the long...
Aug 21st
Now I read an article about it & realized it’s just liberals upset by the CEO’s...
Aug 21st
eating a shaved fennel, parsley root, and plum salad
Aug 21st
I kept hearing buzz about this Whole Foods boycott w/out knowing what it was about. Thought it must...
Aug 21st
Ooooh! Check out this ridiculously cheap Pyrex bakingware! I’m going to have to stock up. lol...
Aug 21st
Roasting broccoli, baking bread, shaving fennel
Aug 21st
why is it so dark? Please tell me it’s going to rain and it’s not that it’s...
Aug 21st
RT @Zacharycohen: i want my fruit misshapen and ugly, my lettuce dirty, my garlic black, my leeks...
Aug 21st
I think the blogs now look like boy and girl twins in pink and blue outfits!
Aug 21st
RT @DoubleXMag: Great Op-Ed about the unfairness of so-called “overdraft protection.”...
Aug 21st
Redid my Sent From My Dell Desktop template. Still in progress, but cool so far. Based it on my food...
Aug 21st
RT @simmertilldone: How does inspiration work? 1st remembered TV: Walter Cronkite & Julia Child....
Aug 21st
New Books I Once Loved Post: From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler...
Aug 21st
A hot bath with Prince William is now just a cup of tea away! http://bit.ly/IZVOA (I want these)
Aug 21st
RoyalTea Tea bags
A hot bath – just you and Prince...
Aug 21st
sent from my dell desktop: Books I Once...
Aug 21st
missworld:
unicornology:
...
Aug 21st
Dinner tonight was leftovers: jalapeño poppers, roasted sweet corn, zucchini pancakes, & roasted...
Aug 21st
Still looking for more bloggers to take part in my “Favorite Cookbooks” feature. DM or @...
Aug 21st
I love the earthy dirt smell of corn roasting in the husk
Aug 21st
Our assistant’s sister had a baby girl. And named her Banjo. True story.
Aug 21st
Boss asked me what my fave magazine is. I said Gourmet. She said “no, women’s...
Aug 20th
The Red Threadless cake by Lauren Babis :: Threadcakes: A...
Aug 20th
“Red sunflower petals and cucumbers are bathed in gin. Syrup...”
— How to Sip a Flower Garden -...
— How to Sip a Flower Garden -...
Aug 20th
I get so nervous when I watch Throwdown. I hate when Bobby Flay wins and crushes people’s...
Aug 20th
Watching Food Network, you’d think that Whole Foods is the only restaurant in the world
Aug 20th
Err…I mean Watching Food Network, you’d think Whole Foods is the only supermarket in the...
Aug 20th
RT @coconutlime: featuring my bbq sauce Esquire’s How Men Eat - http://shar.es/FPTC
Aug 20th
Books I Once Loved: The Dollhouse Murders http://bit.ly/PhNgM
Aug 20th
burned my hands working with a pound of jalapeños yesterday and they still burned. Just rubbed some...
Aug 20th
I would like to start exchanging letters with strangers. Real letters. Am not sure how to go about...
Aug 20th
gratuitous picture of George Clooney laughing: http://bit.ly/rLr1e
Aug 20th
Served it with sweet corn, and zucchini fritters. Fudgecicles for dessert.
Aug 20th
For dinner tonight, I inadvertently made delicious turkey chili. Was going to make meatballs...
Aug 20th
“Paul Auster wrote: “Surely it is an odd way to spend your...”
— Q&A: HarperStudio Editor...
— Q&A: HarperStudio Editor...
Aug 20th
Love the purse on cover of Sept Real Simple mag, but credits say Prada & $4000. Um…how...
Aug 19th
My open letter to @Real_Simple magazine http://bit.ly/a3fuV
Aug 19th
OH! And get this. Coverline next to gorgeous $4000 purse is “Great Style You Can Really...
Aug 19th
An Open Letter to Real Simple Magazine
Dear Editors of Real Simple: I recently subscribed to Real Simple because I was attracted to the...
Aug 19th
Craving crusty loaves of bread. And cheese. And maybe some interesting jam.
Aug 19th
So annoying when people change my recipes or sub key ingredients & complain it doesn’t...
Aug 19th
Me, in a vintage 1940s hat. (via Alejandra of Always Order...
Aug 19th
Soft-Shell Crab Swimming in a Buttermilk Bath (via Alejandra...
Aug 19th
Don’t you love summer corn? (via Alejandra of Always...
Aug 19th
Crispy Sauteed Soft-Shell Crab (via Alejandra of Always...
Aug 19th
Listen
mabelmoments:
hman:
Dusty Springfield - “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”
Dedicated to sad...
Aug 19th
Gratuitous picture of George Clooney Wednesday
Aug 19th
What is corn? When raw, is it a vegetable? A grain? Something else…? I feel like I should know...
Aug 19th
Sautéed soft-shell crabs in white wine sauce: http://bit.ly/if3SW
Aug 19th
RT @thefoodgeek: @nandita Corn is a grain. Specifically, it’s a hybridized grass....
Aug 19th
Sautéed Soft-Shell Crabs in White Wine Lemon...
Aug 19th
This is a crazy storm! I’ve never seen so much lightning
Aug 19th
Wow!! nonstop crazy thunder out there! I’m still a little bit afraid of thunder…
Aug 19th
Sometimes those Captcha verifications are so complicated that they make me doubt my human-ness
Aug 19th
Checking out this more to love show
Aug 19th
Do any of you own a dollhouse?
Aug 18th
Oddly craving Cream of Wheat…
Aug 18th
Oh just read that Bob Novak died. Sad. I used to work with his son, Alex, and see him on GW campus...
Aug 18th
RT @clotildenet: Dan Lepard’s caramel masterclass: http://bit.ly/mOBh4 (via @doriegreenspan)
Aug 18th
Enjoying a little homemade honeydew sorbet w/ local cream over it.
Aug 18th
Can’t wait for Mad Men to start!!!!!!!!!!!! (I missed it yesterday so catching the...
Aug 18th
Watching Sabrina on AMC
Aug 18th
Who is in the mood for a ridiculous Sandra Lee cake? http://bit.ly/1gjfYV I don’t get the...
Aug 17th
I’m in Cosmo Sweden! They interviewed me for an article on life in NY & my name is all...
Aug 17th
The bummer is that I missed Mad Men premiere. Am SO sad… Going to have to avert my ears until...
Aug 17th
The winner was perfectly cooked on homemade buns w/ pancetta, balsamic onions, and an olive...
Aug 17th
The chef won the competition, but I was a big fan of the runner up. He put pepperoni in his burger...
Aug 17th
We judged a burger throwdown tonite. My parent’s neighbor (a chef) vs. two friends. I ate...
Aug 17th
What dickish cops: http://wcbstv.com/local/lemonade.stand.fine.2.1131308.html
Aug 17th
Shhhhhh!!! I’m going to have to stay off of Twitter if people won’t stop revealing bits...
Aug 17th
Baking a cake w/ vanilla beans and leftover chardonnay. Hope it turns out well! Am improvising. Want...
Aug 16th
The thing about honeydew is that I love the look (gorgeous color), but the taste isn’t my...
Aug 16th
RT @unluddite: Anyone else realize that NYC sales tax went up this month to 8.875% from 8.375%? Just...
Aug 16th
Steeping lemon verbena
Aug 16th
I love this short piece about food by Nora Ephron on Gourmet.com: http://bit.ly/3tjmxH
Aug 16th
At @fattycrab. Yes, again…
Aug 16th
Saw District 9 tonight. I did NOT like it.
Aug 16th
Have you read this? The mayor of Kiev sounds awesome:...
Aug 16th
I Can. Not. Wait!
suitep:
Here’s a 4 minute recap of...
Aug 16th
Been putting off writing an email that makes me nervous.
Aug 15th
NY-ers: where do you get your knives sharpened?
Aug 15th
Rewrote the intro to this. I like it better now: http://bit.ly/v5KRW
Aug 15th
Just got our @FreshDirect delivery. Making soft shell crab sandwiches for lunch later. Should keep...
Aug 15th
Any published book writers or publishing people on here willing to give me a bit of quick advice?
Aug 15th
Am so frustrated.There is something wrong with my right eye. It won’t focus properly. I tried...
Aug 15th
RT @cococello: The New York Times is looking for a Flash & Web Standards Expert Web Designer:...
Aug 15th
RT @NewYorkology: List of public pools in NYC from NYC Parks Dept: http://bit.ly/15jVnr
Aug 15th
Sour Cherry Almond Frozen Yogurt: A Story & A...
Aug 15th
Sour Cherry Almond Frozen Yogurt: A Story & A Recipe: http://bit.ly/v5KRW
Aug 15th
What is the past tense of “steep”? Is it “steeped”? It keeps looking wrong...
Aug 15th
Pasta in a bread bowl? Really, Dominos? Is that really necessary?
Aug 15th
Watching “Woodstock: Then & Now” on Vh1
Aug 15th
Foodies I enjoy following #FF @nithyadas @vindee @elleskitchen @districtbelle @geokaren...
Aug 14th
My new glasses! http://bit.ly/15vPFF
Aug 14th
Lunch at Hearst today: pan-seared jumbo scallops over sweet corn grits w/ arugula salad. So good!!
Aug 14th
I got new glasses! My first experience w/ getting glasses online. So far so good…
Aug 14th
After the watermelonfest (via Rubber Slippers In Italy)
Aug 14th
Tasty Tweets: 55+ Foodies to Follow on...
Aug 14th
My mom joined Twitter!! You should follow her. In addition to being my mom, she’s a life coach...
Aug 14th
Awesome baby shower gifts for foodies: http://www.wondertoast.com Cute, right?
Aug 14th
Had a FANTASTIC dinner @rosamexicano w/ the Cosmo Hungary and GH editor tonight. Loved the sugared...
Aug 14th
I’m excited to meet so many new followers. Welcome all! I’d love it if you introduced...
Aug 14th
RT @BonnieGrove: Want to be unforgettable? Be remembered as a soothing touch or a poke in the eye....
Aug 14th
Thank you! @EFSlattery @unluddite @sassyradish @DCVito
Aug 13th
Was wondering about the sudden flood of followers and now I know. Thanks Mashable!...
Aug 13th
RT for the afternoon crowd: I’m working on “Food Blogger’s Favorite...
Aug 13th
Taking my Cosmopolitan Hungary EIC & Art Director for dinner. They wanted @rosamexicano but no...
Aug 13th
LOL from @unluddite on the @mashable list: “I hope they make a list of the top 55...
Aug 13th
I’m working on a “Food Blogger’s Favorite Cookbooks” feature for my blog. DM...
Aug 13th
RT @NathanBransford Disturbing query trend: brief letter before the query letter. Query letter amuse...
Aug 13th
Just want to clarify: don’t have to share faves in your DM or tweet—I’ll be asking...
Aug 13th
OMG I can’t wait for Mad Men. Just saw a preview. So exciting!
Aug 13th
I just made this cake for @unluddite & me. We were craving a little something and this was...
Aug 13th
Want moist & good flourless choc cake in 5 min? Use this recipe + 1tbsp oil, but pour batter...
Aug 13th
RT @assignmentdesk1: Alltock: A computer clock that may or may not give the habitual procrastinator...
Aug 13th
I love those fabulous @Sprint ads
Aug 13th
My NYC garden: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nandita2483/3816074477/
Aug 13th
This is my garden. It only has one plant. MY plant. My...
Aug 13th
Saffron / Azafran (via Alejandra of Always Order Dessert)
Aug 12th
I'm Just Mad About Peach-and-Plum Saffron...
Aug 10th
Julie & Julia: An Edible Movie Review
Aug 5th
I baked you a Buttermilk Cake
Aug 3rd
Picnic Recipes: Roasted Asparagus
Aug 1st