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Knish Just Got Real
Last November, I declared the oncoming season “The Winter of the Knish.” Little did I comprehend at that time how seriously this knish-worthy winter would kick my tuchis: the coldest February on record and ungodly amounts of snow have rendered … Continue reading
Posted in Elvis Costello, Food, Music
Tagged book club, Dr. Who, Elvis Costello, food, Funny Girl, furmint, knish, Nick Hornby, wine, winter
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Playlist: 11-14
I had the distinct pleasure to sub a couple of hard core spin classes this week. My athletes rode hard, sweated buckets, and finished the workouts with fist bumps and smiles. The music was fun, too! The playlist is a bit … Continue reading
Knish-ish
Full disclosure: I grew up in a big Irish/Welsh/Catholic/Protestant family, emphasis on Irish and Catholic. These four descriptors—and ensuing emphasis—mean that, growing up, I (almost) never received a nutritionally-sound, much less delicious, meal. I include the parentheses because sometimes a … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged knish, lamb, Mike Doughty, pastrami
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Chasing Pear-fection
I’m subtitling this post: I’m Not Pear-fect. So sue me. In a recent, not-regular-enough review of the contents of my freezer, I discovered six white-wine-poached pears, with some poaching liquid included. I think I remember making these as a back-up … Continue reading
Eating Out of the Box: The Penultimate Edition
The Farmer’s Almanac predicts an early fall and a cold winter for us in New England. Already, chilly mornings mean that I pull out the long sleeves for running. Apples have arrived at the farmer’s markets. Darkness falls earlier and earlier. … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Music
Tagged beets, Brill Bruisers, CSA, food, green beans, kale, kimchi, plums, The New Pornographers, Ugly but Delicious
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Playlist: July 2014
I cringe a bit when I think of how long I have gone without a music update. No time like the present to remedy that, right? Here’s this morning’s playlist; my legs were still a little weary from yesterday’s red-eye … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Spinning
Tagged Bleachers, cycling, cycling music, Foster the People, indoor cycling, Lindsay Buckingham, music, spinning, spinning music
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Flesh and Bone
I’ve gone through life white-knuckled in the moments that left me behind. I would love to take credit for this phrase, but praise goes to Brandon Flowers, lead singer of The Killers, who wrote it as the opening line of … Continue reading
Posted in Drivel, Food, Music
Tagged butchery, Charcutepalooza, David Chang. Momofuku, pig head facial, pork, The Killers, torchon
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New Playlists!
Lo and behold: I taught a couple of spin classes this weekend, and verily did I create new playlists. It’s been too damn long! I was humbled by the challenge of crafting a good riding mix: this thing which previously … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Spinning
Tagged cycling, cycling music, David Bowie, indoor cycling, music, Phosphorescent, Queen, spinning, spinning music
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I Lamb What I Lamb
A few years ago I took at class on beef butchery at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. It was very cool. And by cool, I mean downright cold because the class took place in what (I … Continue reading
Beyond Belief: Love and 26.2 Miles
For two weeks leading up to the Portland (Maine) Marathon, I tried to diminish every well-wisher’s expectations. Conversations went something like this: Well-wisher 1: Oh, wow! You’re running a marathon? That’s great! Me: If it rains, I’m only doing the … Continue reading
Posted in Drivel, Elvis Costello, Music
Tagged Elvis Costello, marathon, music, running, Team in Training
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