Archive for the ‘Food etc.’ Category
The new blog, Eat This and Die, features restaurants that offer prizes for completing their “food conquests.” What are these so-called food conquests? How about you eat 72 oz. steak, shrimp cocktail, beans, salad and a bread roll (with butter) in less than an hour? Well, if you can, it’s free at The Big Texan [...]
This week’s issue of New York magazine, cheap eats in the city, is a fantastic food encyclopedia for anyone who wants to eat out in this city without spending a lot, and I’d like to think that that would be everybody. The whole feature is worth checking out but one of my favorite things they [...]
I love food and like to think of myself as a foodie, but how did I not know about this magical site?? Tastespotting’s approach to food is that we eat with our eyes. After looking at the photos on their site, you can’t agree more. But it doesn’t just end at pretty pictures. Click on [...]
I have this strange fascination with wanting to know what other people eat – my friends, strangers, celebrities. I’m not comparing for any sort of ego boost or health reason, I just love hearing about food and what different people prefer. It’s interesting because I don’t get Twitter and why you’d want to know what [...]
This morning, I trudged through the awful rain to hit up Uncommon Goods‘ summer preview event, where I saw the most unusual earrings: Crazy, right? The fruit and vegetables are cured, pressed, aged and dried into a translucent parchment sheet before being melded onto a copper disc. They’re then turned into earrings by attaching them [...]