I’ve got the blues and that ain’t bad

This afternoon I was innocently    perusing through Zagat for a new place to stick gfork in when I came across a sight to behold.  Could it possibly be true?  Were my eyes deceiving me?  Goodness gracious great balls of fire!  The BBQ gods were looking after me after all.  Baby Blues BBQ, my favorite [...]

trifecta

Katz’s pastrami, fries, and pickles.
How long can I go without eating a Katz’s pastrami sandwich?  Not fur-long!
The minute I step into Katz’s, the scents, the sights, the people envelope me and the food swallows me whole.  Whenever I step away for a few months, I come back and it happens to me all over again.  [...]

a gray’s papaya virgin no more

I’ve been saving myself for the past three years for that one auspicious moment, that one moment in time when I just know it’s time. When I know it’s Gray’s Papaya time and no other. And that time came last night.
Jim and I were on the upper Westside to catch a showing of [...]

an inconvenient love

I am addicted.  Totally.  And it’s not something I’m completely happy about. It’s gonna cost me.  Oh, it’s gonna cost me.
A few weeks ago when Jim was in town, we walked the streets of Chinatown, peeking and ducking into all the little souvenir shops that line the alley wide streets.    My feet were beginning to [...]

fancy feast

My dad’s been trying to get me back into the food biz, my mom is pushing me to write more so I decided to kill two birds in attending the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade convention at the Moscone yesterday and write about it. It has probably been at least 30 [...]

most vile tea…ever

You might like it (if you like sucking on twigs).