If you need a break from politics, head over to TheFoodventure.com, born out of popular food posts from this blog, written by my boyfriend and I. Though it sat fairly dormant for awhile, it’s back and better than ever with daily updates, more pictures, more interaction, more reviews, more wine and, most importantly, more delicious [...]

A few weeks ago, my boyfriend and I started a food blog called The Foodventure. You may remember that I posted about a grilled tuna Foodventure a few months ago–and to my surprise, that was one of the most popular posts that I’ve written to date. Frank and I love to eat, cook, talk about [...]

As you have probably observed, my blog needed a facelift. Badly. I switched to a theme that was too over my head to manage and because I didn’t like the look of my blog–and the time it took to make the most of its features–I stopped posting with much frequency. I wanted this to change, [...]

If you’re looking for a few simple ways to become a better cook, check out this list from the New York Times that details simple replacements you can make to your routine. Some of the steps are more cost effective than others–buying dry beans, for one, is economical, but buying fresh parsley each week is not–but all in all, these are pretty basic concepts and good for anyone who wants to tip-toe into the deep end of cooking.

A documentary about New York’s premiere fine dining establishment, Le Cirque, aired Monday evening.
The 78-minute documentary Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven follows the restaurant’s father Sirio Maccioni, his wife, and three sons from the 2004 closing in the Palace hotel, to the grand re-opening in the Bloomberg building two years later.

“Sirio Maccioni pioneered a [...]

Here’s a few of the things I read this morning. Feel free to post a comment below with your thoughts or shoot me an email at katie@katiefavazza[nospam].com (remove [nospam] when you send a message).

This WaPo Endorsement of Barack Obama Has Been Brought To You By Barack Obama: In their own words, “Maybe time to take [...]

Hold onto your cups, Starbucks. Toronto is considering an all-out ban on disposable coffee cups. More on this ridiculous idea here.

Go figure.

Sarah Palin says that Tina Fey was “spot-on” in her impersonation of the Alaskan governor.

In other news, a Denver professor singled out Republican students and allowed them to be mocked. He also assigned the [...]

What are the 100 foods you should try before you die? And how many of them have you already eaten?
Here are the rules, according to the blog Very Good Taste:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never [...]