Heh. Eat this, MJ. We have now surpassed that dastardly ‘food site’ with our sumptuous culinary creations. Muahahahahaha!!!

Google seems to only partially understand that this is a food blog, given the proliferation of ‘blog’ blog ads downward and to the right. There is a bread one in there, so it’s clearly reading SOMETHING. Perhaps if I mention food in every few words cuisine it will understand wine what I am all about [...]

Never, in a million years, did I think I would have to compete with Michael Jackson for attention. After much sweat and effort, I had finally achieved a Page 1 Google ranking for the word “gastronomic.” And what happens? Someone decides to create a “Gastronomic Guide to the Michael Jackson Trial” and jockeys with me [...]

I heard a bird singing outside my window yesterday, and had a splendid realization that this hideous winter is almost over. I’m fairly certain said bird was buried in last night’s snowstorm, but I thank him/her/it for that moment of joy. Kelly Cline sent me an array of berry shots yesterday, and they left me [...]

Since discovering the work of Kelly Cline, I have been changing over all the pages of Gastronomic Meditations to incorporate her food shots. Her sense of aesthetics is utterly in tune with my own, and her photos lend a complementary air of ethereal beauty to words full of passion for cuisine. In fact, Kelly’s photo [...]

I’ve tried to behave. Really, I have. I eat much less bread than I used to, and have made it a point to incorporate whole grains. But have you ever tried to resist a loaf fresh from the oven? When I was in high school, my brother would awake me on Saturday mornings by waving [...]