Ou Sonts Les Habitants?
OK, my French is horrendous, my high school French teacher wants to rescind the award that she gave me upon graduation for “excellence in studies” and L’Academie Francaise is going to put a contract out on my tongue. Quelle frommage. I don’t get the hockey writer’s negative sentiment about the Canadiens this season. Sure, goaltending [...]
The Kids Are Alright (I Think…I Hope)
It’s been progressively harder to get ready for Devils hockey each year. Training camp became a mystery to be revealed by proper beat writers, rather than open to the public as it was at South Mountain Arena. While other teams play exhibition games daily, the Devils haven’t played in a week. At least tonight’s game [...]
Weight Watchers Exit Strategy
I was thrown out of Weight Watchers. Seriously – it’s not something they talk about, but occasionally they have to ask people to leave for being disruptive, obviously non-compliant, or otherwise predestined to #fail. Sometime in 1988, my wonderful, svelte wife and I decided to join Weight Watchers to undo some of the good food, [...]
Carrie Fisher Tells It Like It Is
I stumbled on Carrie Fisher’s blog following a pointer from the ever-popular Squeech. She is hilarious. She is the show-business equivalent of Howard Cosell for her ability to tell it like it is. And her blog is WordPress-powered, so nerds have yet another reason to like her. [ad#Google Adsense]
Elbonian Pasta Salad
I promised part travelogue, part food blog, part humor here, and I’ve been saving the story of the Elbonian Pasta Salad for just such an occasion. It involves Soviet-era airplanes, time warping, and pineapples showing up where they most definitely do not belong. As the woover-groover would say, this one has a little introduction to [...]
Pork Is A Vegetable
Bacon has as many forms as forums for discussion. It’s not heart healthy, but it inspires heart-felt loyalty. Richard Stevens, creator of the insanely funny and thoroughly retro 8-bit comic Diesel Sweeties, has had veins of bacon running through his strips for years (sample right). You can tout your own belief in the vegetarian qualities [...]
Ponzio’s Diner: Help For A World of Hurt
Ever have those days when you need comfort food? I’m not talking about a handful of M&Ms because your boss yelled at you, or maybe a spoonful of ice cream in between dinner and Grey’s Anatomy because it’s only Tuesday and you’ve already worked half a normal wage earner’s week. I’m talking about needing to [...]
The Good French
[Another updated repost, this time with demographic changes, from my Sun blog.] I spend approximately 70 nights a year away from home. Part of my travel koan is to eat a good breakfast, because lunch often reduces to Altoids mints and a Starbucks coffee. I have become a self-proclaimed connoisseur of french toast, a veritable [...]
@ The Generation Gap
[Note: Another edited for time and context repost from my work ramblings, this one originally appearing April 11, 2008]. We hosted two Israeli teenagers as part of the Diller Teen Fellow program between our North Jersey federation and our sister program in Rish L’Zion, Israel. They were articulate, funny, techno-savvy and they didn’t laugh at [...]
Jewish Zodiac T-Shirts
I’ve loved Pop Judaica since they bought out the t-shirt assets of Jewish Fashion Conspiracy, mostly to get the prized “Jews for Jeter” design. They’ve done one better: an interpretation of the Chinese zodiac in the food mythology of my people. Where else can you find a “Year of the Black & White Cookie” t-shirt, [...]