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“Make ya holler for a dollar, that’s the way I pimp…”

by Katie Pizzuto July 20, 2010

Go ahead and file these under strange, idiotic and/or insulting PR emails that I get as a food/wine blogger. While I certainly want readers to stay on top of trends, learn about new products and be turned on to things they’ve never tried, sometimes the press releases are laughable, making me wonder if any bloggers [...]

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“Surrender to the waiting worlds that lap against our side…”

by Katie Pizzuto July 14, 2010

Being asked to bring the beer or wine that will be paired with a meal is usually a double-edged sword. On the one hand, you’re confident you can find a beverage that will either complement, accent or contrast with the food, but pleasing several palates with one wine or beer is about as easy as [...]

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“Wake up sunshine, ooh it’s good to have you here with me…”

by Katie Pizzuto July 12, 2010

I woke up yesterday morning to the sound of what seemed to be someone in the kitchen trying to kill a running spider with a wooden rolling pin. My quick headcount told me it was the kid, and judging by the pounding, I felt bad for the spider…and the walls…and the counters…and the general stability [...]

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“All I gotta do is act naturally…”

by Katie Pizzuto July 7, 2010

The EU never fails to amuse. Usually, for me, the shot of amusement comes with a chaser of sanctimonious pride at the fact that there’s someone out there even more fucked up than the US when it comes to food/wine regulation, but it’s amusement nonetheless. And besides, pointing the finger at someone else’s incompetence is [...]

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“We got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries…”

by Katie Pizzuto June 30, 2010

Generally, what I ask of someone teaching me how to do something, is to speak to me under the general assumption that I actually have an evolved, functioning brain…and that I have long outgrown my pre-pubescent tendencies. I’d also like to think that by simplifying a process for me it wouldn’t, by default, mean dumbing [...]

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“If I didn’t love you, I’d hate you…”

by Katie Pizzuto June 27, 2010

Nothing excites me more that being pleasantly surprised by a product, and it continues to prove my point that when possible, we should taste things blind, having no idea who made it, what’s in it, or where it’s from. Well, maybe a few things excite me more than that, but this blog is about gastronomy, [...]

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: “Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign…”

by Katie Pizzuto June 23, 2010

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“Would you forgive me love?…”

by Katie Pizzuto June 22, 2010

It’s 7:30 Tuesday evening, and I’ve just finished what is easily…hands down…without question, the best sandwich I’ve ever had in my life. Surprisingly enough it contained no traces of bacon or rendered duck fat, no fancy-schmancy dressed up spreads, no cheese whatsoever, and no semblance of cold cut or other meat product, either. None of [...]

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“A friend of the devil is a friend of mine…”

by Katie Pizzuto June 17, 2010

Fear and Loathing in the Garden State – Part 2 It had become evident that the festival was not at all what I expected when I found myself standing at its core, feeling fairly certain I could throw a rock and not hit someone. Thank Bacchus we had gotten comped tickets because I was covering [...]

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