By now I’m sure you’ve seen the ads for Domino’s new and improved pizza. I’m not normally a fan of chain-store pizza but I decided to give it a try. Yes, they use real toppings and their new pie is different. But is it improved?
Entries from January 2010
January 30, 2010
At Least I Have Something In Common with Daryl Palumbo
One of the recent criticisms of this site is that there’s not enough food-related content, whether it be reviews, recipes or general articles. I admit, the site has diversified over the past year, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing. I’ve always seen Chef Diesel more as an all you-can-eat cultural buffet, rather than [...]
January 28, 2010
I Only Roast The Ones I Love
I’ve decided for my 30th birthday that I would like to be roasted. You know, some big party where I sit in on a dais in front of a crowd of people and my friends all take turns making fun of me. Everyone gets drunks while eating good food and laughing about how I use [...]
January 27, 2010
Summer Loving at the Jersey Shore
Like a whirlwind summer romance, Jersey Shore has come in and out of our lives, leaving our collective unconscious changed forever. It’s hard to think of a pop-cultural phenomenon quite like Jersey Shore, a television show that perpetuates stereotypes and glorifies pretty much everything that is wrong with the mid-twenties generation today. But for all [...]
January 25, 2010
HaHa Brett Favre, I Relish Your Pain
By all accounts, the Vikings should be on their way to the Super Bowl, not the Saints. The Vikings had five turnovers and still found themselves in position to win the game with a field goal with under twenty seconds left. Brett Favre, the gunslinger, was having a great game despite being absolutely crushed on [...]
January 22, 2010
Julie & Julia
I never watched Julia Child on TV but word is that she was pretty diesel. She drank, was loose on screen and is credited for popularizing authentic French cuisine in America during the sixties with her book Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Julie Powell was just some directionless woman who decided to cook every [...]
January 21, 2010
Y Stereo – What’s Real Anyway
The debut album from perennial pop-punk posers Y Stereo is a huge chode. The band is the latest act to jump on the free music bandwagon, offering What’s Real Anyway on their website in exchange for an email and zip code (Thanks Mike!). It is unclear whether Y Stereo embraced the new music business model [...]
