Wed, June16th of 2010
10:37 am
Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain: A Book Review
Ten years has done a lot to Anthony Bourdain. His trip-ride following Kitchen Confidential has made him more mellow, more thankful, and seared him from gritty-raw to medium-raw.


Based in Manila, Philippines, Dessert Comes First is a chronicle of the food-obsessed food writer, Lori Baltazar. This website is all about desserts, restaurants, coffee, and the pleasures of homebaking. Read more about me 
Psst, you! I’m sure you’ve got a food that you just ache to eat when no one’s around.
When I was four, my mom lost patience trying to teach me how to read.
Look around. See something different? Okay, A LOT different.
In his book, “A Man of My Words†(St. Martin’s Griffin, 2003), professional linguist Richard Lederer, writes, “An old dictionary is … nice to have around but of little practical use. Unless you’re a collector, replace old dictionaries with ones published within the past 10 years at least.†Alarmed, I run to my library…
When Starbucks’ Global Responsibility Head, Zarah Perez, asks me to be a Dialogues speaker, I hold off on giving an answer. Having attended a few Dialogues at Starbucks, I’m intimidated by the “loftiness†of the discussions: Environment, Volunteerism, Filipino heritage and pride, Social Entrepreneurship. Compared to those, food writing seems so flighty a topic.

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