Month: October 2010

foodista…

You all know me primarily as an eater. But I also cook. And I bake too. Recently, one of my recipes was chosen by Foodista to be included in their first, social media-based cookbook, “Best Of Food Blogs Cookbook.” It contains 100 recipes from 100 bloggers from around the world.  In the weeks since its […]

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foodista…

You all know me primarily as an eater. But I also cook. And I bake too. Recently, one of my recipes was chosen by Foodista to be included in their first, social media-based cookbook, “Best Of Food Blogs Cookbook.” It contains 100 recipes from 100 bloggers from around the world.  In the weeks since its […]

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review: kb6…

Kasparov, Euwe, Capablanca, and Spassky – none of them have occupied a more magnificent “KB6” than I did recently on the seventh floor of the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago. A 2-inch square of black anywhere else in the world, “KB6” at Avenues is a swivel-top throne, last in a row of six (thus, aptly coded […]

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review: kb6…

Kasparov, Euwe, Capablanca, and Spassky – none of them have occupied a more magnificent “KB6” than I did recently on the seventh floor of the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago. A 2-inch square of black anywhere else in the world, “KB6” at Avenues is a swivel-top throne, last in a row of six (thus, aptly coded […]

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photo of the 18: there’s no place like home…

I was born on the prairie plains of Missouri, just shy of the Kansas border. Though I’ve lived around the world since, Dorothy was right – there’s no place like home. The stream of life flows just a bit slower out here, where a quilt of green stretches beneath an endless canvas of blue and […]

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photo of the 18: there’s no place like home…

I was born on the prairie plains of Missouri, just shy of the Kansas border. Though I’ve lived around the world since, Dorothy was right – there’s no place like home. The stream of life flows just a bit slower out here, where a quilt of green stretches beneath an endless canvas of blue and […]

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travel: a pigsphyxiating bonfire…

Chicago is not only America’s Second City, it’s my second home. Collectively, I’ve lived and worked in Chicago for over four and a half years. And I’ve visited the city countless times – far more than any other city in the United States. My last two trips to Chicago were in 2008, and I’ve been […]

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travel: a pigsphyxiating bonfire…

Chicago is not only America’s Second City, it’s my second home. Collectively, I’ve lived and worked in Chicago for over four and a half years. And I’ve visited the city countless times – far more than any other city in the United States. My last two trips to Chicago were in 2008, and I’ve been […]

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travel: and then there were nine…

Before last week, I had not visited ten of the fifty states: Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming. But a last-minute, two-day trip to Atlanta (finally) took Georgia off that list. Using the local, jalapeno-popping blogger, Blissful Glutton, as a sounding board, I decided to eat at Linton Hopkin’s […]

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travel: and then there were nine…

Before last week, I had not visited ten of the fifty states: Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming. But a last-minute, two-day trip to Atlanta (finally) took Georgia off that list. Using the local, jalapeno-popping blogger, Blissful Glutton, as a sounding board, I decided to eat at Linton Hopkin’s […]

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photo of the week 17: disposable clicks…

How many millions of photos do you think have been taken of Anish Kapoor’s now-iconic sculpture, “Cloud Gate?” My friend’s question made me pause and consider the conveniently clickable and disposable digital age we now call the present.

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photo of the week 17: disposable clicks…

How many millions of photos do you think have been taken of Anish Kapoor’s now-iconic sculpture, “Cloud Gate?” My friend’s question made me pause and consider the conveniently clickable and disposable digital age we now call the present.

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rumination 14: ping…

I’m not Shakespeare. My writing is far from Pulitzer Prize-winning material.  And, though I’ve tried to pare down my blog posts over the last year, they’re not the exactly concise. But I get so many comments and compliments on my photos, and comparatively few on the substance of my blog posts that I often wonder […]

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rumination 14: ping…

I’m not Shakespeare. My writing is far from Pulitzer Prize-winning material.  And, though I’ve tried to pare down my blog posts over the last year, they’re not the exactly concise. But I get so many comments and compliments on my photos, and comparatively few on the substance of my blog posts that I often wonder […]

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photo of the week 16: the urban edition…

A few days ago, I got a call from Serious Eats headquarters.  The missionary of delicious, Ed Levine, was coming to Kansas City – would I be available for a few meals? Surely. Mr. Levine’s eating itinerary was impressive, if not shocking. Before I met up with him in the late afternoon, he had already […]

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photo of the week 16: the urban edition…

A few days ago, I got a call from Serious Eats headquarters.  The missionary of delicious, Ed Levine, was coming to Kansas City – would I be available for a few meals? Surely. Mr. Levine’s eating itinerary was impressive, if not shocking. Before I met up with him in the late afternoon, he had already […]

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review: syzygy…

It bears noting that, of the more than a half dozen times I’ve visited San Francisco, my last three trips to the Bay Area have shared the same primary purpose: Manresa. Sure, there were other noteworthy restaurants scheduled into those trips that might otherwise warrant a trip of their own: The French Laundry, ubuntu, Chez […]

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review: syzygy…

It bears noting that, of the more than a half dozen times I’ve visited San Francisco, my last three trips to the Bay Area have shared the same primary purpose: Manresa. Sure, there were other noteworthy restaurants scheduled into those trips that might otherwise warrant a trip of their own: The French Laundry, ubuntu, Chez […]

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photo of the week 15: once upon a quince…

In the year and a half since I ate at Quince, I’ve recommended the restaurant to over a half dozen friends, urging them to focus on Executive Chef Michael Tusk’s amazing pastas.* They’ve all reported back aglow about their food and their experience there. At my dinner there in May of 2009, I was told […]

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photo of the week 15: once upon a quince…

In the year and a half since I ate at Quince, I’ve recommended the restaurant to over a half dozen friends, urging them to focus on Executive Chef Michael Tusk’s amazing pastas.* They’ve all reported back aglow about their food and their experience there. At my dinner there in May of 2009, I was told […]

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