Babka!

Is there anything finer than a good chocolate babka?  Probably not, but after bringing back no fewer than three such treats from New York City this weekend, I got to wondering, just what is babka, anyway? Like so many of my favorite baked things, babka comes from...

Note from New York

I spotted this on West End Avenue between 70th and 71st street. I have to wonder if the people who installed the plywood illustrated it, or if it was some passing artist.  Either way, I love New York.

49 networks and not much more on

I’m on the verge of being halfway through Tangyslice’s insane quest for social media greatness. I scraped together a few more sites that I was already signed up for and added a few here and there, and my total appears to stand at 49. I’m getting into...