this is the best example of the stuff in this thread i've seen yet:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/magazine/14food-t-000.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=chicken%20meatball&st=cse
unbelievable. dude moaning about having to shop at trader joe's and not being able to afford $14 bottles of milk anymore. god "cooking with dexter" is the most insufferable column in the paper.
― some dudes are bigger than others (s1ocki), Sunday, June 21, 2009 12:04 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
i dont understand how this even gets printed - ive never read this column before so idk what it's like but if this guys editor i get this column and go "yeah so what's the point" - this shit is why newspapers are dying - not only was this column printed on millions of papers but they paid two people to do a photo illustration which was also printed on millions of papers! to let us know that some jerk off can't afford organic cow milk or what the fuck ever anymore! - you have to be so wrapped up in yourself and yet so out of touch to write that column and then think that it's an acceptable piece of work
― whiney g. gordon liddy (J0rdan S.), Monday, 22 June 2009 11:13 (fifteen years ago) link
that smart phones article... they should honestly just blow up the new york times. just the whole building. did they ever write a "kids are texting during class! what do we do?" article or is that also coming?
― whiney g. gordon liddy (J0rdan S.), Monday, 22 June 2009 11:17 (fifteen years ago) link
i can't even mindlessly highlight text when im reading articles on the web site cuz then a window pops up giving me the dictionary definition of "the"
― whiney g. gordon liddy (J0rdan S.), Monday, 22 June 2009 11:19 (fifteen years ago) link
hahahaha ^ - i am so busted - have this exact problem
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 22 June 2009 11:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Your search for to invite peril. In Hollywood, both the Creative Artists Agency and United Talent Agency ban BlackBerry use at meetings. Tom Golisano, a billionaire and power broker in New York St returned 0 results. Find more information about this topic at Answers.com.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 22 June 2009 11:32 (fifteen years ago) link
If you're that concerned about freshness, you can skip the Starbucks and bottled juices. I'm not knocking either, but both can easily be replaced by something fresher and cheaper.
― I DIED (u s steel), Monday, 22 June 2009 11:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, how can you run four miles a day without weight training? I can't run two miles several times a week without working on my quads, otherwise my knees will tear up.
― I DIED (u s steel), Monday, 22 June 2009 11:38 (fifteen years ago) link
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/07/23/business/23wells-190.jpg
"We might have made $35 chicken soup, but we couldn’t quite face the prospect of a long-simmering stockpot on a Tuesday night. We get tired early these days."
― The 400 LOLs (dyao), Monday, 22 June 2009 12:10 (fifteen years ago) link
― whiney g. gordon liddy (J0rdan S.), Monday, June 22, 2009 7:19 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Tracer Hand, Monday, June 22, 2009 7:21 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
me too :/
― some dudes are bigger than others (s1ocki), Monday, 22 June 2009 13:48 (fifteen years ago) link
This was horrible. He made it sound like Trader Joes was the absolute worst option available to him and the food was cheap and nasty -- he should write another column when his pay gets cut to the point when he has to shop at Aldi.
― Sir William of Joel (Nicole), Monday, June 22, 2009 6:41 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
seriously. what i wouldn't give for a trader joe's!
trader joes has pretty shitty produce
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Monday, 22 June 2009 14:04 (fifteen years ago) link
ya but cheap wine
― some dudes are bigger than others (s1ocki), Monday, 22 June 2009 14:05 (fifteen years ago) link
so
"hey guys, i made some chicken meatballs! take that, recession!"
also, "supermarket spices" oh heavens no god forbid
― giovanni & ribsy (elmo argonaut), Monday, 22 June 2009 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
There's a Trader Joe's right across from where I work and up the road from where I live, along with a Mitsuwa and when absolutely necessary a 7-11 = covered for all eventualities.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 June 2009 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i have a wicked green market a 10 min bike ride away and a really good grocery store around the corner so im not sweating it but i always dig going to tj's and checking out all their wild and woolly products
― some dudes are bigger than others (s1ocki), Monday, 22 June 2009 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
i got mad at him when he said "rich, life-affirming stock" because i hate when people talk about food like that
― harbl, Monday, 22 June 2009 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
I hate reading about it from some douchebag, but then someone cooks for me on a cold night and because they love me and want to share fellowship & use up some shellfish, and I'm handed a bowl of amazing somethingorother made for me by hand and I feel like if I were dead, that food would bring me back from beyond the grave, and then words like "life-affirming", though still treading a fine line, do seem to apply.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Monday, 22 June 2009 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
ya i think life-affirming is a fine thing to say about food. i mean it's not really an exaggeration.
― some dudes are bigger than others (s1ocki), Monday, 22 June 2009 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
i kinda wanted to spit when dude lamented that he needed to use more spices because it was not flavorful enough when cooked simply, alice waters RIP
― giovanni & ribsy (elmo argonaut), Monday, 22 June 2009 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
i would still get mad at you xp
― harbl, Monday, 22 June 2009 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Pretty sure I can live with that.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Monday, 22 June 2009 14:59 (fifteen years ago) link
haha well food is certainly nourishing but to say that it affirms life is laying it on a bit thick -- it's not like he's acknowledging his place in the food chain, "this $35 chicken died so that we may live" sorta sentiment
― giovanni & ribsy (elmo argonaut), Monday, 22 June 2009 15:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i dunno man it affirms life 4 me
― some dudes are bigger than others (s1ocki), Monday, 22 June 2009 15:00 (fifteen years ago) link
it's one of the things that makes life worth living + added bonus of actually keeping me alive
― some dudes are bigger than others (s1ocki), Monday, 22 June 2009 15:01 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean if it isn't, what is?
i agree, but i understand that not everyone loves food as much as me
― just sayin, Monday, 22 June 2009 15:02 (fifteen years ago) link
some ppl just eat because they have to
― just sayin, Monday, 22 June 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
those people are kind of lame fwiw
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Monday, 22 June 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
eh i'm just being fussy over applying personality & agency to foodstuffs, if anything then "lifestyle-affirming" would be most appropriate here
― giovanni & ribsy (elmo argonaut), Monday, 22 June 2009 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Thinking baout spices, was just reading a critique of CS Lewis's characterization of the Calormenes, and I never realized but he makes a huge point of them smelling like garlic and onions to show their evil foreign-ness, and I guess Lewis was infamous for only approving of extremely bland English home-cooking!! The inherent evillity of the Oriental, the Muslim, the foreigner who eats funny. "I had to add lots of spices" guy can STFU for so many reasons.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Monday, 22 June 2009 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm more disturbed at the idea of someone keeping stock in their fridge for weeks and diligently re-boiling it every three days TBH. Maybe doing this affirms something deep inside.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 22 June 2009 15:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Yah, that's what your freezer is for I mean cmon dude.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Monday, 22 June 2009 15:08 (fifteen years ago) link
haha i know
― some dudes are bigger than others (s1ocki), Monday, 22 June 2009 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. " -Bertrand Russell
Stop trying to prove a need for yr existence, guy, whoah srsly.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Monday, 22 June 2009 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
His son Dexter:http://www.pastdeadline.com/images/2008/01/07/dexter1.jpg
― joygoat, Monday, 22 June 2009 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey perfect, an LA equivalent also published in the Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/fashion/21rockkids.html
Thanks to unperson for pointing this out on Twitter -- a favorite bit:
Indie music has a long and storied history in Southern California, dating back to the punk scene that flourished in Orange County in the late 1970s...
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 June 2009 16:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Hudson Franzoni, 17, started drumming five years ago. To encourage his development, his parents built him a studio at their home in the Malibu hills.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 22 June 2009 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
is that kid playing a bassoon in that picture
― goole, Monday, 22 June 2009 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't know but they're at a fucking playground
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 22 June 2009 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
i always thought this band - http://www.discogs.com/artist/Home
would do great in this fuzzy-sweater, regressive, feeb rock age we live in - and i like them! - but they were ahead of their time
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 22 June 2009 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
can i just say that--at least before the ridiculous $35 chicken piece--I really like the Cooking with Dexter series! It's been interesting, especially compared to what passes for food writing in the NYT magazine these days.
― still counting on porcupine racetrack (G00blar), Monday, 22 June 2009 17:04 (fifteen years ago) link
no, sorry, you can't say that
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 22 June 2009 17:05 (fifteen years ago) link
mods, please delete
i like the old recipe / new recipe column
― gabb 'bag (s1ocki), Monday, 22 June 2009 17:05 (fifteen years ago) link
pretty sure thats someones backyard
― combination pizza hut and shanty town (Lamp), Monday, 22 June 2009 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
xp come on, really?
I think I judge food writing these days strictly if it makes me want to cook, and those never do
― still counting on porcupine racetrack (G00blar), Monday, 22 June 2009 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
and i'm usually a hesser stan
ya it's more interesting to me thanr eading about some guy's brat making string beans
― gabb 'bag (s1ocki), Monday, 22 June 2009 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
i usually ignore the article and read the recipe--the articles almost ALWAYS suck
― Mr. Que, Monday, 22 June 2009 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link