Mmmm, potato kugel
After reading about this “potato, egg, salt, grease” concoction, I obviously needed to make some. I used the recipe at the end of this piece, and it worked quite well. Grating all those potatos took forever, mind you.[…]

The perfect cheese sandwich, proven by science
And it’s 0.225b+0.196f+0.181e + 0.136p +0.134c + 0.127s.
But margarine on a cheese sandwich? Ew.[…]

Scientists discover what the rest of the world has known for ages: rejection HURTS[…]

Check out the recent issue of Stay Free!, subtitled the Psychology Issue. There are interviews with Edward Valenstein on the history of lobotomies (why does my library not carry his books? I want to read more!), Laurence Kirmayer on mental illness ac[…]

I can’t stop thinking about my dinner at Lomzynianka. My meal was cheap, tasty, satisfying Polish food. After rejecting two restaurants in Williamsburg (Brunch only? Four dollars for borscht? Screw that!), my dining companion and I finally made[…]

This time it’s challah! (But on a Thursday?) I have three different recipes but which one to use? Not the one requiring six eggs, thanks. (I only have four in the house.) I combine the Mark Bittman (How to Cook Everything) and the most recent e[…]