by David | Apr 25, 2008 | culture, eating
Chickens and many other birds have an organ called a gizzard. They use it to help grind up food since they don’t have teeth. This is why some birds swallow sand or small rocks. It’s a fact. Here’s another fact: sometimes you can get gizzards at...
by David | Apr 22, 2008 | culture, design, media, urbanism
Usually, I don’t write about stuff until after it happens. That’s the main way that I know what to write, but I still haven’t written up last Thursday or Friday’s art outings. So, when this item crossed my inbox, I figured I would post it in...
by David | Apr 20, 2008 | culture, eating
Chianti that’s kosher for passover. It’s down with both DOCG and OUP. Too bad ashkenazim can’t have fava beans at passover. I think we’ll leave the Manischewitz to Elijah. In other news, the New York Times finds kosher wines from Israel...
by David | Apr 15, 2008 | culture, eating
You know how sometimes it seems you can’t do anything without causing some kind of fuss? First it was the Lake Champlain Chocolate Kerfuffle, and now this: Last week I went to lunch with A at a Diva, an Indian restaurant near my office and was pleasantly...
by David | Apr 14, 2008 | culture, eating
A while ago, I blogged about a comment I heard at a Photographic Resource Center lecture. Either Max Becher or Andrea Robbins said, “In order not to go blind, you have to travel.” Oddly enough, that post got picked up by Radio Barachois, which might or...
by David | Apr 12, 2008 | culture, travel
On my last day in London, I dropped in at the Tate Modern. Like many London museums, the Tate does not charge an admission fee, so it’s perfectly reasonable to just pop in to check out one exhibition or even just to get out of the rain. I stumbled upon Doris...
