Monthly Archives: January 2011

If at first you don’t succeed…try try again

This morning when I woke up, I remembered that I had a score to settle. A crispy cheesy score. I tried to make gougeres, or cheese puffs last year, and they were everything except for the puff. So I looked up David … Continue reading

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Ceiling Art

Let’s play 20 questions: Q1. What happens when you try to blend chickpeas in a blender? A. They get stuck on the sides of the blender. Q2. What do you do to get them down so you can puree them? … Continue reading

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Kazu

Let’s see. Hi Mr. Kazu, I was wondering how you manage such a flaming hot business? How do you get customers lining up outside your door in subzero weather, waiting up to 2 hours to get a table? What inspired … Continue reading

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Sourdough English Muffins

I hate teeth. Why must we have these 32 little “bones” in our mouths? Do we even need that many anyways? Maybe I hate teeth because they ache sometimes. My mom used to say that toothaches are the worst kind … Continue reading

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Chocolate Coma

You know how alcohol is a depressant? Like how if you drink too much you can’t tell right from left and up from down and you might trip and wake up on the floor beside your bed? Not that i … Continue reading

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