by David | Aug 30, 2009 | culture, eating, urbanism
Looking for a place to get away from it all yesterday morning, I trudged a few blocks in the rain to the Atomic Bean Cafe, which had opened in the shell of Mojo Records a few months ago. I knew I could go a few more blocks to Dado Tea for a nice savory scone, but...
by David | Aug 29, 2009 | culture, eating, urbanism
What’s better than rice? Risotto. What’s better than risotto? Fried risotto, that’s what. Fried balls of rice with cheese, meat and sometimes other stuffings are called arancini (“little oranges”) in Italy, and I was lucky enough to...
by David | Aug 23, 2009 | culture, eating, reading & writing, urbanism
I ventured to South Boston today to meet up with Fashion Blogger A. I was waiting in a cafe near the Broadway T and noticed a tragic typeo writeo error: Here’s the deal: Arugula is lettuce. Italians call it rucola. Rugelach are delicious pastry of Ashkenazic...
by David | Aug 19, 2009 | culture, economics, reading & writing
I’m a big proponent of the rights of authors to profit from the sale of their work, but I’m also a fan of the first-sale doctrine that lets me give away, lend or sell my copy of that work once I legally acquire it. So, while I am mindful that when I buy a...
by David | Aug 18, 2009 | eating
When the weather gets into the 90s I try to stay inside during daylight hours, as much for the shade as the humidity-cutting air conditioning. So it’s important to have lunch material on hand to avoid having to go out. What I thought was scraping the bottom of...
