Good take

on a pretty magical island -- I keep a photo on my desk of our last lunch there, which was absolute perfection.

Acerbic is

as acerbic was. Long may E David run. 

"Biologically defiant"

coffee.

For once

comments trump column: No kids allowed is a great concept.

Understanding,

I think, why people settle for unripened bananas. 

"Food is the new fur"

Celebrities stepping in now.

Iraq

in flavor fragments.

In praise

of meat drippings. 

Making McGee

look like McGoo.

It's National Celebrate Brits Day

First they ban a frothing lunatic, then they come up with this antidote to the BS. 

(Gleaned from the voracious EatMeDaily)

Time for the Pork Board

to commission a new study. Factory farms are trouble with a capital T. 

Taking stock

as a professional eater and coming up a loser: Have only eaten at eight of the 50.

Coverage

of their wines and other indulgences is almost as annoying. 

Vicarious

kirs.

Not fud, just eloquent

Republican obit. 

(Filched from Tomasky.)

Also not fud, just great

S.I. Hayakawa must be so proud, wherever the fuck he is. 

Polls

you can believe in.

The drawback to power

There's always goddamn lamb on the menu. 

Not fud, just amazing

that NPR continues to trot them out for respectful interviews every fucking morning. 

The Brits really are different

Run here, this would have led with "gluten-free." The pleasure principle rules.