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My friends Ian and Rae asked Emily and me to brunch tomorrow in Burlington, and since they live in Bristol, they asked for us to make some brunch recommendations. I’m somewhat opinionated about this particular subject, so I listed my favorite brunch places thusly (quoting my email to them)… Emily and I like different things [...]

I’d forgotten that I’d signed up for the mailing list for this awesome salt and chocolate shop in Portland, Oregon that Spine took me to this past summer — The Meadow. Well they just sent me an email with a link to lots of good turkey-brining info and advice… A brine is a salt solution [...]

We take Thanksgiving fairly seriously at the Stoneking/Simmon household. We take it so seriously in fact, that when I just tweeted about how I’d gotten a 13 lb. pre-turkey for making stock that I’m going to brine and roast on Saturday, I got a direct message from a friend who said, “You really don’t mess [...]

The NYTimes’ Mark Bittman at TED, December 2007…

My friends have all heard this from me on multiple occasions. I am not shy about my pizza opinions. In fact, I’m the biggest pizza snob I know excluding friends who have actually lived in NYC. Residing in NYC automatically makes you a bigger pizza snob than me — it’s the law. I was inspired [...]