The Amateur Gourmet

Memorial Day at Coney Island featuring the Poignant Cinematic Masterpiece, "Coney Island Days"

Take the F train or the D train downtown to the very end of its run and suddenly you'll smell the sand and surf and... read more

A Modern Meal at The Modern

Danny of A Year In Food contacted me recently and asked if we could go on a joint food-blogging expedition. I said "sure" and we... read more

I Did It! I Finally Did It! (Caramel Corn Success)

Remember my favorite kind of failure? It's caramel corn! I've attempted caramel corn 8 times and each time I failed miserably. Constantly my readers offered... read more

Ordering Outside The Box: Five-Spice Beef and Cucumber Salad from Grand Sezhuan Int'l

I think it's funny how people who tell other people to "think outside the box" are often people who live their lives very much inside... read more

Street Fair Corn

Saturday, 6th Avenue was blocked off from 23rd street down to 14th street and lots of booths and stands were erected to create what was... read more

Sheparded to Shopsin's, Mmmed at Magnolia, and Ignored and Imprisoned at The Spotted Pig

This post is a sensational post in three ways: (1) I will write about a secretive New York foodie sanctum, (2) I will praise a... read more

Coffee Cake, Meet Your Maker

My brother stayed with me a few weeks ago and was shocked to learn that I didn't own a coffee maker. "I am shocked to... read more

This Juice Makes Me Want To Jamba!

Parched on Broadway isn't a new musical comedy starring Treat Williams, it was my state of being yesterday afternoon after marching around from theater to... read more

Oooh Flickr...

So once again I hit my photo limit on my .mac account and I was going to go delete some pics from the archives, then... read more

The Return of "On The Side"

The observent among you will notice that on the left side of the page now, above "Funny Food Films," is a link that was on... read more