I hear you’re going away… far away…

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OMG! One. More. Day. And I leave for Paris, I cannot wait. J’adore Paris, J’Taime Paris!!!! Two years in a row, to be able to go, is just amazing to me, I had always dreamed of going to France, I’ve been fascinated by France for as long as I can remember. [...]

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I am furious with my government. I am disgusted with the lack of oversight, the lack of inspection and livid that the Chinese government thinks they can just send poisonous food into our country.
I came across this article in this morning’s paper, and am livid. Illegal pesticides, banned antibiotics, ‘putrefying bacteria’ are amongst [...]

Filed under: Cooking, Food, General by Charles
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One of the things I love about cooking is learning something new, and sometimes learning just doesn’t come easy, a gap in my skills has always been my inability to make a decent omelette. Now not being good at something and having them consistently fail, over time, I stopped trying.
Last night I was hungry, really [...]

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I hate allergy season, hate it with a passion. This year’s seems even more intense and intent on making me miserable, the tree pollens are floating about and I feel like crap. I’m hoping the pollens in Paris are not as bad as last year when I had to take Zyrtec (Humex), [...]

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It’s the only word to describe my day. The only thing that saved the day was being able to escape for a bit to Bryant Park, pull a chair onto the lawn and read World War Z for a half hour. I love Bryant Park, it’s the [...]

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I spent the day with my Mom, and my sisters (both moms themselves).
Had fun with everyone, and tormented the nieces and nephews. The teenage ones I live to embarrass. The youngest I love to spoil with gifts and teach them naughty things (Alayna, (5) flipped me off today, with some help [...]

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Aside from being what part of this site is about, “Diary of a Foodie” is also a program on PBS produced by Gourmet Magazine. I’ve set the DVR to catch every episode it finds and I have yet to find one I don’t like but this one, if my favorite so far. Full [...]

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The TF Texas BBQ & Beer Bash June 2005. The 3rd annual (and final to be held in San Antonio) will be Father’s Day weekend.
I can’t wait to get there, but Paris first.

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After hearing a number of people rave about Havana NY I decided to give it a try for lunch today.
After looking over the menu, I decided to go with one of the “Specials of the Day” on the premise that when a restaurant has specials, that they are … special. I chose the [...]

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