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Spree Association
January 16, 2006 – 11:05 AM | No Comment

Last week, I had some time to kill before an appointment, so I stopped at a newsstand and bought a paper. I have a special fondness for that particular newsstand, which is set into the …

Hello, Deli
December 12, 2005 – 11:03 AM | No Comment

A year ago, when I moved into this apartment, I thought I’d scored by getting a pad right above a deli, which would allow me to run errands in my pajama pants if necessary. Ran …

Lapses In Taste
October 3, 2005 – 10:51 AM | No Comment

I have heard it said that the sweetest emotion is relief. In fact, I have said it myself, that there’s almost no feeling more delicious than coming out of a bad dream to find yourself …

Good Humor
June 13, 2005 – 10:10 AM | No Comment

I can understand how the recent heat wave might have caught the deli owners of the city unawares in the ice-cream-novelty department. After all, March lasted approximately two months longer than it’s supposed to, and …

The Go-Carb Diet
July 12, 2004 – 9:11 AM | 4 Comments

Okay, the no-carb thing has got to go. Seriously. The weight-loss culture in its toxic and dangerous entirety has got to go, actually, but I’ll get to that in a second; first, I’ve got to …

O Pringle, Where Art Thou?
August 25, 2003 – 2:38 PM | 2 Comments

What is the perfect snack? It is a question I have often asked myself as I lurk, unsatisfied, in the local delis — how to define and discover the ideal snack in its Platonic form, …

Food Shame
December 2, 2002 – 2:17 PM | 3 Comments

Regina: What’s the most pathetic thing you ever did?
Sarah: That question is waaaaaay too broad, dude. I mean, you’ve got pathetic things you do for guys, pathetic things you do WITH guys, pathetic ways you’ve …

Wild Tofurkey
November 18, 2002 – 2:15 PM | One Comment

So, I finally bit the bullet and went vegetarian. I didn’t particularly want to go vegetarian, mind you, in no small part because, as I predicted, almost everyone reacts to my new no-meat policy with …

Bad Food For Thought
May 20, 2001 – 12:27 PM | One Comment

I’ve never understood picky eaters. I’ll eat anything — and I mean anything. I’ve always eaten anything and everything, even as a little kid; I knew from reading the comics pages that kids as a …

King Of Pain
March 20, 2001 – 12:13 PM | No Comment

Last Friday night, midway through the fifth hour of a six-hour drinkfest with Jonesey, I did something stupid. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I ordered a Budweiser. And another. Aaaaand another. I don’t know why I …