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Archive for January, 2008

Potluck Etiquette

Let me begin by saying, I’m a huge fan of potlucks.  Potlucks are the backbone of the pinko revolution, in my opinion.  Potlucks have a spirituality all their own; a syncronicity.  When no one has determined who should bring what, yet everyone arrives and finds the glorious spread, laid out in all it’s splendor:  appetizers, [...]

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When faced with weighty, life-changing decisions: Obama or Clinton, Grad School or Stable Employment, Rent or Buy, I prefer to return to the more immediate, more pleasant choices such as, Chicken or Fish?  Even these decisions do not lack a sense of responsibility, and so I would like to help us all out in making those less [...]

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Inspiration

I’ve just finished The Golden Compass, the first installment of Pullman’s His Dark Materials.  I wonder if this Dust, described with eery malignance, is the tangible stuff of inspiration and passion.  If so, I sure could use some.  What inspires a food writer is food.  Around these parts, I have experienced food made with intention, or enjoyment,  even love.  But rarely [...]

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