Fast Food Flowchart
I can't clearly articulate just how happy it makes me when data and food come together in a creative presentation. So thank you, Eating the Road, for this fast food flow chart:Thank you, esp

Entertaining Friday: Back Later
Entertaining Friday is on hold for right now...because I am really having an "entertaining Friday." I've already been to Cross Street and Belvedere Markets today and right now I am simultaneously making a brine for two turkeys and making the top layer of vanilla and cider panna cotta.Tomorrow is our annual Mock Thanksgiving, which means I'll be in the kitchen for the rest of today...and all day tomorrow. Which is exactly where I want to be.

Old School Thursday: Oh, Just Drink Your Diet Coke
Wow. There is literally nothing interesting, history-wise, about today. However, it is National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day, which is about as hilarious as last week’s big “Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies” celebration.The difference between the two weeks is that I will be celebrating today’s holiday. Not on purpose, but because I pretty much mainline Diet Coke. And I’m not soing to stop just because some silly lobby got a day named for non-specific CSDs.

Artsy + Want: Alexander Girard Nativity
As I've mentioned before, I'm an enormous fan of Herman Miller in general and Alexander Girard in particular, so I was

Ideabook Tuesday: Table-Setting
Our annual Mock Thanksgiving is this coming Saturday and I've finally given up and realized that we're not going to be able to sit around a table. It'll have to be a buffet and free-for-all - there's just no other logistical option.Which is too bad, really, because I like a nice set table. Like this one:Or this o