I really like government publications. As soon as I was old enough to write, I used to send self addressed stamped envelopes to the Federal Citizen Information Center to get cheaply-printed booklets on home canning and requesting your credit report. They were nearly free and often unintentionally hilarious, especially the food information.
I [...]
Generally speaking, when one is searching for some sort of sustainability-related activity or service in the Bay Area, the problem is never finding said activity or service, but choosing which of fifty, say, purveyors of hand-raised organic cricket-fed cruelty-free cockscombs is the one for you.
So it is with choosing a Bay Area CSA, that being [...]
When I first started looking into converting to Judaism — well, I was fifteen. I lived on Skor Bars and Dr. Pepper. (This is not a joke; you can ask my dentist.) I did not look into it very long; the rabbi I consulted suggested I wait a few years. I always assumed, however, that [...]
Once upon a time, two people got married and had a baby (in approximately that order) and settled in the Cole Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. They were very greedy. They ate things like Wendy’s bacon cheeseburgers and Domino’s Pizza and one of them insisted on frequenting Red Lobster for her birthday. They thought The [...]
Passover is almost over.
For the first time since 2001 or thereabouts, I did not host a Passover Seder. (I attended two seders, both of which were lovely.) I did not cook an unforgivably unpalatable kosher-for-passover dessert, nor did I set a glass of water beside Elijah’s cup for Miriam, nor did [...]
This is how to make collard greens. First, my grandfather drives his truck to the Alemany Farmer’s Market. My grandfather chooses a bunch of taut, bitter leaves, and he puts money in the dirt-caked, stubby-fingered hand of the farmer who planted the seeds, and he brings home the collards to my grandmother to cook.
But where [...]
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Best Thing happened.
I could watch this forever. DTMFA, Joan.
Last Week:
Last week, Betty found The Secret (Don’s) and read The Group (which I’ll blog about later). Don tried to make up for the past with his mistress’ brother and was feted for his general excellence. Peggy owned Kinsey and Kinsey accepted his ownedness. Everybody drank [...]
Don Draper, life as you know it is about to end, and you have no idea.
Last Week:
Henry made Betty sad. Conrad Hilton made Don sad. Lee Garner, Jr. made Sal sad. Don made Sal really sad. That episode was very sad.
Luckily, during his evisceration of Don’s perfectly fine ad campaign, Conrad Hilton expressed a desire [...]
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
It was fun watching people take out their frustrations on each other this week. Just kidding, it was harrowing and depressing.
Last Week:
Don and Betty were a hot, sexytime couple for basically the first time ever, jet-setting in a vision of Rome that was very like the backdrop of a James Bond flick. Pete was the [...]
I am a traitor. I have betrayed the bread I love.
In my universe, Acme challah is impossible to acquire. Methods of obtaining it include 1) finding my husband during the day and convincing him to walk ten blocks to the Ferry Building on his lunch hour or 2) going to the Ferry Building myself. Note [...]