Well the first two podcasts that we recorded turned out like shit. Any who, the next one gets underway tomorrow morning at 10am at Birdhouse in the Eagles Nest. Topics? You’ll have to tune in. Cast of characters? I’ll be interviewing Food & Wine People’s Choice nominee Thomas Boemer of Corner Table-go and vote for him here. [...]
I have arrived at a conclusion regarding Yelp, the online “review” site. It’s not the worst thing in creation. Sure in its current form it’s beyond childish, and lazy. This has been well documented by me and others. It’s probably also evil since it allows for anonymous people to write disgusting things about other people [...]
First off, Heidi does not have cancer. That has been a rumor circulating in our community, some have even acted on that and reached out in support, which is very nice, because unlike many other rumors this one is actually based on an element of truth. Heidi, my dear sweet wife, has tested positive for a genetic mutation that [...]
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I have a serious crush on Ruth Reichl. A man sized crush. Are you allowed to have crushes on other folks you’re not married to? I don’t know. But I could picture myself sitting across a dining room table hanging on her every word, maybe even drawing “Ruth” onto my eyelids like [...]
Excerpts from a very recent conversation, Her: “Are you just a total asshole? That’s what I’ve heard. You don’t mind me asking, do you?” Me: “Um, mind? I think you just did, but it’s a very rude thing to say to another person that you do not know, like, at all.” Her: “What do you mean I [...]
Last weekend Chicago. Gotta say I love that town. Great walking city, great eating city, and we ran into very nice folks in our travels. I think it’s official: I’m smitten. We ate at Big Star for lunch one day, the place is a standout. The decor is very simple, the concept is also very [...]
Hold up a sec… To those concerned that I would quit the blog over some Beard snub have no fear. Truthfully I wasn’t sure how I would feel after the local folks overlooked us, I knew it was coming-that was my best guess anyways–but until I read it I thought I might be upset. Strangely a calm came over me. [...]
Interestingly Adam Platt the other day described my writing on the subject of critics this way, “In my opinion, much of what Stewart has to say about the local food-writing/critic community is founded on a misunderstanding of the standards of opinion writing vs journalism.” A fascinating analysis to be sure, but Platt all together misses the point [...]
A recent study by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and reported on by Reuters shows that when folks are exposed to traffic light like menu indicators they ate less. “One group of diners received standard menus without calorie information, another group got menus showing each item’s calorie count and the last group got a menu featuring traffic [...]
I’m assuming you heard about the 500 McDonald’s employees stuck on a cruise ship. Speaking of nightmare cruises-V-day is done. No, just kidding. I love Valentine’s Day, it’s one of my favorite celebrations, for reals. I don’t care if it’s a “Hallmark holiday”, it’s a Hallmark holiday about love and chocolate, that’s fine by me. Folks dressed [...]
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