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Archive for November, 2004

Herring Sushi Roll

I saw this recipe on Home Matters and I’m dying to try it.
Aquavit’s Herring Sushi Roll.
Ingredients:
2 cups of boiled potatoes (fingerling)

1 tbsp. mustard oil

1/2 tsp. wasabi

1 tsp. rice-wine vinegar

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. mustard

2 filets of pickled herring, sliced in thin strips

Directions:
1. Mash the potatoes with a fork. Add the salt, wasabi, rice-wine vinegar, mustard and [...]

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Always with Wings

I finally got the video for Lenny Kravitz, the Robert Palmer meets Sarah Jessica Parker GAP commercial one. Yet further proof that the man’s only original thoughts are reflected in his wardrobe. And he can model that wardrobe (or lack of it) for me anytime. Talk about a guy whose lucky he’s [...]

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Well, It’s not like they were married anyway

Goldie & Kurt Split?

Dubious news to be sure, considering the source and Russell needs publicity,
Hollywood power couple Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have reportedly split after a 21-year romance. Friends have revealed the couple’s relationship has “lost its zip” in recent years and Hawn has moved on to realize her dream of traveling the world. [...]

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Oh hell, no!

I had a yooge crush on this man and now he has barnacles on his chin

It looks like I got a shiny new keyboard just in time, because some of my favorite divas are making the stupid rounds. (Personal aside, handwriting recognition, while a nice technological advance, is the posting equivalent of losing a [...]

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Visual Palate: Served

I found the work of Chris Klugman through the Thursday Challenge meme when I entered a photograph from The Otherside. I enjoyed the image he submitted very much and as I explored his other work I discovered that he not only takes lovely pictures, but he takes some terrific food-related photographs as well. [...]

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Girl, please. Enough already!

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So much has been made of Zellweger’s weight in hollywood that it annoys me just to type this out . The woman is an actress . She gained weight for a role. It’s her job and they paid her a shitload of cash to do it. Let it die already. She claims to be sick [...]

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Greedy much?

In light of news that actually matters, I almost let this little nugget slide.
Jessica Simpson Snubs 7UP

Pop star Jessica Simpson has turned down a lucrative deal to advertise soft drink 7-Up because she’s holding out for a commission from Pepsi or Coca-Cola.
The singer-turned-reality TV star currently endorses Pizza Hut food, Liquid Ice mints and has [...]

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Catching up with The Daily Show election blog. For…

Catching up with The Daily Show election blog. For those of us who were actually, you know busy voting and stuff and missed it last night.

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This is why we call it Middle America

Earlier this year I saw a comment by a midwest woman who was offended when newsmakers and media referred to the people in “middle america”. She felt that it made them sound like provincial, homogeneous hicks.
Well, I don’t think all “middle americans” are provincial, homogeneous hicks, but there’s obviously a reason we urban coastal [...]

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Halloween extra

Jlo enjoys the NY Halloween parade

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