Category Archives: noodles
Is it sloppy, or is it rustic?
Note: Apologies to my 1.5 readers for the long hiatus. Though I escaped Berkeley nearly a year ago, it sent assassins after me. I detected them with my supernatural lung-fu skills (not a typo) and disposed of them before they … Continue reading
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Ugly food
This blog has been dead for a long time. Lying in a grave is not generally recommended as a beauty regimen, except at certain Californian spas; even the most aesthetically pleasing among us will look a little worse for the … Continue reading
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Not a Victory Garden
Many years ago, after spotting one dangling modifier too many in my local paper, I picked up the habit of reading the New York Times. Because I am a goddamn liberal, I have continued to read the New York Times … Continue reading
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Introducing The Exploited
As you probably noticed, the title of this blog is a play on “conspicuous consumption,” Thorstein Veblen’s theory of the birth of the yuppie. I mean, his theory of the middle and upper classes’ gratuitous displays of wealth. My (significant) … Continue reading
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Selling Sel
When I go grocery shopping, I tend to buy whatever’s cheapest. However, once in a while the difference in quality is great enough that it’s worth splurging on the second-cheapest variety. This raises a difficult question. How do you know … Continue reading
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