January 2007

So crazy it just might work: Banh Mi at home

by zora on January 31, 2007

I feel like I’ve cheated–but I did it with my husband, so how can that be? A banh mi is meant to be gulped down while standing on a sidewalk, hunkered against the wind on a park bench, or crouched on a rickety seat in front of a jewelry display counter (if you’re at Banh [...]

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Nice Chops! Nice Texans!

by zora on January 30, 2007

Peter was searching for banh mi recipes, and found this: The Porkchop Express That list in the sidebar of all the banh mi joints in NYC, with reviews, somehow releases some inner anxiety I didn’t know I had. I keep a mental list, but I always have a creeping fear that I’ll forget a crucial [...]

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This looks promising…

by zora on January 30, 2007

Yes, I’m a public-radio dork. Leonard Lopate says jump, and I say, How high? When he announced some craft contest involving googly eyes, food and Amy Sedaris, of course I went straight to the website. This is the photo pool for the contest. Only a few entries so far, but very nice use of black [...]

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Michael Pollan in the NY Times

by zora on January 28, 2007

It must be That’s What I’ve Been Saying All Along Week at the New York Times! In addition to telling the world how great Queens is, now the newspaper of record has published another fine and sensible essay by Michael Pollan, who has been one of my favorite writers ever since I read Botany of [...]

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