Author Archives: allison

Germanic.

I want to learn German. I’ve tried. I took a year of it in college. A boyfriend bought me a Get Fluent In German Quick 12-CD set (which solidified the fact I would never get through it all). He always used to remind me that I had it and that he spent a lot of [...]
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For now, au revoir.

I am on a hiatus of sorts. My writings are likely going to travel to other dimensions, not strictly related to food & a life of (un) luxury but more explorations of music, movement, and meanderings to which I will direct you. Please do be well. All my best Allison
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I want fries with that, Crispy Crunchy Taters.

French fried potatoes are by far one of my most favorite foods. The control you have over the shape of the potato, the crispness, the saltiness. Most restaurants do it poorly, some don’t do it enough, some don’t deliver them to me, which makes me sad in my moments of loneliness and stomachachiness. So I [...]
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Big and Beautiful Puffy Fatty Sugary Doughy Bread. At A Diner. Free.

You don’t know Jersey diners until you’ve had cheese & cinnamon bread to begin your meal. Mastoris Diner is the diner to beat all diners. While it was the scene of my second to last serious boyfriend breakup, it will always have a place in my heart as the place to go when I need [...]
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Homemade Dinners For Past-Due Holidays and Compromised Circumstances

Last week I conjured up a four course meal for my brother and his wife as a delayed Christmas present. They’d already drank their special red wine I bought especially for the meal (from Italian Wine Merchants), but had only used half the bottle of exquisite extra virgin olive oil. The can of oil packed [...]
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