Benjamin meets Alton Brown of FoodTV’s “Good Eats” and “Iron Chef America.”


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Anyone who knows me knows that Alton Brown of the Food Network show “Good Eats” is one of my all-time heroes. He’s the man who helped me to understand that cooking is not magic but applied science. He built in me a foundation of curious inquiry into the nature of food and cooking that lives in me to this day. My best, most used, most loved ( Read more... )

Last Chanukah, my sister tried to arrange a video conference between herself (in Miami), Mom (in Charlottesville, VA) and me (in NYC, of course). She was throwing a big Chanukah party and wanted her family to be a part of it. A noble cause, but in the end it made me feel kind of sad and isolated rather than a part of anything. It was then that I ( Read more... )

In life, I believe, you’re allowed to marry one person, and one foodstuff.  Almost six years ago, I made the wonderfully fateful decision to marry Paula Galloway and I couldn’t be happier.  I have not, however, been able to commit to a foodstuff as completely and unabashedly as I have to a woman.

Until now…

I am hereby announcing my intent to food- ( Read more... )

This weekend is the weekend of mollyx and my 5th wedding anniversary. So, as usual, grandma and grandpa took Benjamin for the weekend, while we had a brief taste of food paradise.

( The most expensive Asian food at a counter we will ever eat... )

( This is my birthday song, and yes it's very long... so I'll cut it. )