Angel hair pasta with olives, spinach, and shrimp in garlic-infused olive oil. And, crab stuffed salmon in lemon butter, garlic mashed potato/asparagus, @Figs

Dinner: a Junior Maoz falafel sandwich with avocado, cooked cauliflower, beets and tahini, drizzled w olive oil. Maoz, on Walnut below 12th

Chicken pork beef shrimp squid bacon and short ribs, and more, Intl Smokeless Bbq, 6th and Washington Ave, south philly. Excess, with trimmings, for cheap

Avocado lettuce tomato and mozz sandwich, lemon aioli on multigrain toast, Jones. Pumpkin spice bread starter

Shrimp lo mein, Asia on the Parkway. Unimpressive canned mushrooms, excellent juicy shrimp that redeemed the dish.

Dinner: Tobiko sashimi, and an "Eternal Sunshine" roll (avocado and sea bass topped with salmon, a blueberry sauce and little crunchies), Umai

Green curry over rice (microwavable), Trader Joe's, plus scallion I sliced and added myself

Potato gnocchi with Tuscan meat sauce, Italian Bistro @ Broad and Walnut in Philadelphia. Hearty, filling comfort food, very much a can't-eat-just-1 item

Dinner: Lettuce and tomato salad, and turkey sausage sauteed with scallion over pasta, both topped with fresh cilantro

Dinner: toasted Tuscan pane sandwich with roasted red pepper hummus, tofu cream cheese and Boston lettuce

Thought: as 40y.o.virgin was my fave potty mouth movie with heart of its year, I Love You, Man is now mine for its. Rudd, Jones et al,
great. And Segal rocks

Dinner: leafy Boston lettuce with chunks of vine tomato, frozen corn and fresh cilantro, and slivered almonds, vinegar and oil (Italian) Good Seasons dressing

Lunch: lamb shwarma on a pita with tomato and onion, @Jerusalem on Snyder. Dessert: vanilla soft frozen yogurt w strawberries and choc sauce, @Sweet Endings

Dinner: Chinese feast

Oyster sauce meatballs; shrimp in fish-sauce with basil; chicken and black mushrooms; ban-ban chicken (cold shredded chicken and thin sliced cucumber over rice noodles with a peanutty sauce); ma po tofu; string beans with pork; broccoli with cashew nuts; and more. 10 entrees total, not counting appetizers, with brownies for dessert.

Side: steamed frozen sweet peas and golden corn, butter.

Lunch: raw beef and raw egg bi bim bop at So Moon Nan Jip in Palisades, NJ

Lunch: shrimp and sweet corn salad with mache and tomatoes and mozzarella, Bouchon Bakery at Time Warner building.

Lunch: fresh turkey with basil pesto, lettuce tomato cucumber and a squeeze of guac on a farmer's roll, @Au Bon Pain. Not cheap but they make a *good* sandwich.

Early dinner: lobster salad sandwich on multigrain with sliced tomato and lettuce from Cosi. Worth the price premium. Yum!

Thought: the converse of Trust is Control. As in, because I have no ___, I must use ___ instead.

Snack: Snyder of Hanover's pretzels (snaps, these cute little square waffle-like variety) mixed with like quantity of roasted unsalted peanuts.

Shrimp and mango salad with lime dressing, and porcini lasagna. @JEC's place. Seared tuna taco with avocado at Jones. Repeat, and an emerging theme.

Lunch: bourbon chicken and white rice. 3 pm snack: Jelly doughnut from DD- no, gave that away and had a double chocolate one instead.

Breakfast: bowl of vanilla rice dream poured over Maple pecan cluster cereal, Trader Joe's, topped with big frozen blueberries, Whole Foods.

dinner: Sesame seared rare tuna with coconut rice, snow pea salad with a wasabi sweet soy sauce. @Jones

A Food, a Joke, a Thought

Knowing about a restaurant, a taste, a product or combination without sharing it with others is like only half-enjoying it.

This blog is intended to be a place for me to spread the word about tasty, tasty things I have eaten, bought, found or cooked.

Also, because I abhor singularity of purpose when a multiplicity is possible, I'm going to use this blog to post jokes I like, have written, or am working on for stand-up.

Finally, I like the freedom to write about anything else that I want, so I reserve the right to write about politics or Philly or culture or books or martial arts or other topics, without limitation. Because if you only post what you're s'posed to post, it's as dull as a post.