Our Passover
The blogosphere is on fire with Passover stories and new spins on the seder. Chow posted a Southern Seder menu, the Daily Green did a Sustainable Passover story with help from the folks at The Jew and The Carro...
Crapaccino
With staple dishes like blood pudding and jellied eels it's no wonder that our chums across the pond have long been struggling with their ‘worst cuisine in the world' PR crisis. Now, one London- based coffee...
Say Privyet to My Bitter Friend!
Sure, being in the American military has its advantages - namely, access to big, noisy killing machines - but it also has its drawbacks. Like street fighting in an Iraqi city whose name you can't pronounce. Oh,...
Performance Art
Anyone who's a regular listener of The Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satelitte Radio is aware of sidekick Artie Lange's short fuse, but the comedian's combustions in past (like the one last Halloween when he thre...
Something Smells Fishy
When we first saw Media Bistro/Fish Bowl NY's blog post on the trials and tribulations of America's Favorite MagazineTM, we were thrilled that we had achieved that Britney-esque level of fame in which all of ou...
Stuff Unoriginal People Like
A little while ago we posted our interview with Stuff White People Like's brilliant Christian Lander. Since then, his blog has spawned numerous inept imitators including: Stuff Asian People Like Stuff Brown Peo...
Chuck Norris a Hit
I can sort of sympathize as I've been getting douchechills over those cornball Mike Huckabee endorsements from Chuck Norris, lately. But the two New Jersey kiddos arrested this week for keeping a hit list that ...
Film Dub
Josh Brolin is set to star as The Idiot. James Cromwell will play his dad. Meanwhile, some historians are miffed at that the script portrays the president as a "foul-mouthed, reformed drunk obsessed with b...
Reach Out and Torch Someone
I don't protest much. At least not in the active, paint a sign and march with it sort of way. But every once in awhile when people take to the streets and shut down traffic in San Francisco I am immensely proud...
Gayle Pirie and John Clark: The _Heeb_ Interview
Chefs Gayle Pirie and John Clark are Slow Food legends, with long stints at Chez Panisse and Zuni Cafe and two cookbooks (Country Egg, City Egg and Williams Sonoma Bride & Groom Cookbook) to their names. No...
The Loneliest Iranian
In response to a tidal wave of protest against an anti-Muslim film made by a Dutch politician, an Iranian Jewish lawmaker (somehow still possible) called for the followers of all religions to protest sacrilege ...
