http://hbomb.totallyrocks.us "it's a full baker's dozen, minus one." --hot pursuit announcer Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:32:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en after a nine hour day at work (without lunch) i was looking forward to sprawling out on the couch with a bowl of food. walking home along prospect park south west i saw a cute little dog moving around by some guys moving big boxes, and assumed the dog ... http://hbomb.totallyrocks.us/?p=43 donny and i have created a new blog: eattoblog.com i plan to continue putting the food related stuff up there, and the continue the other stuff here. what other stuff? not really sure... anyway, check out eattoblog.com. http://hbomb.totallyrocks.us/?p=42 seriously, go vote. http://hbomb.totallyrocks.us/?p=41 when i first saw the commercial for the new ready-to-eat cheesecake filling from kraft and the makers of philadelphia cream cheese, i had an immediate vision of myself, on a couch, eating the filling directly out of the tub with a spoon. am i the only one who had ... http://hbomb.totallyrocks.us/?p=40 eggplant croquettes Originally uploaded by h-bomb after eating at bocca, i wrote that the restaurant needed to embrace the rustic side of italian food and not try so hard to be "cutting edge." mezzogiorno has fully realized this idea, serving simple ... http://hbomb.totallyrocks.us/?p=38 michael pollan throws down a serious gauntlet in his newest book, "in defense of food." he argues, pretty convincingly, that most of the "food" that american eat is not food at all, but rather a convincing imitation. he also rails against the rise of "nutritionism," in which food ... http://hbomb.totallyrocks.us/?p=36 artichoke triplet Originally uploaded by h-bomb as the wave of culinary science known as molecular gastronomy crashes and recedes from the restaurant scene, many restaurants have begun incorporating the techniques into traditional menus. bocca, in the flatiron district, has tried to ... http://hbomb.totallyrocks.us/?p=35 mandoline in action Originally uploaded by h-bomb i finally broke out the mandoline slicer my folks gave me for hannukah. i made a passable sweet potato gratin before, using only my chef's knife, but i wanted to be able to do ... http://hbomb.totallyrocks.us/?p=30 i can't believe the year is almost over. i like these end-of-year list things, so i thought i'd do my own. as the title states, these are my favorites of the year, not necessarily the best. favorite tv "the soup," e! -- no show was more consistently funny. the ... http://hbomb.totallyrocks.us/?p=29 2-man open kitchen Originally uploaded by h-bomb getting reservations at high end restaurants can be hard for those of us not on the a-list. luckily there's bouley upstairs, which accepts no reservations, and even a couple of nobodies can walk in ... http://hbomb.totallyrocks.us/?p=28