August 2006

I knew crabs were a big part of Baltimore, but apparently, they are so important that you get an automatic pardon for taking the Lord’s name in vain in a church basement. See, there’d been a lull in crab delivery in Hour Three of the S.F.A. Crab Feast 2006, and one of our party had [...]

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Alex Witchel–the human face

by zora on August 29, 2006

During July, I slacked on the Witchel Watch, and had pretty much forgotten all about her and her annoying tendency to write about shallow socialite eating (or not-eating) habits. So it was a pleasant surprise to open the NY Times food section last week and start reading an essay, then realize it was hers, then [...]

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Sea Urchins in Greece–finally

by zora on August 26, 2006

My days in Greece went something like this: wake up, put on bathing suit, make some random plan for going somewhere, walk down to the hotel lobby, and encounter someone else who will change my plans completely. Sometimes that was good, and sometimes it was very, very good. The sea urchins were one of the [...]

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Summer pics

by zora on August 18, 2006

Still haven’t dealt with sea urchins, but in the meantime, Fotaq has our photos from Lyon and Mytilene. The Lyon series unfortunately does not show the three-foot-tall gag pepper mill we endured for one dinner, nor the pounds and pounds of pain au chocolat consumed (nor, for that matter, Estela’s catchy song entitled “Pain au [...]

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