The Art of Pizza Cinema
Mmmm… Richard Serra Cookie Plate
Not for the faint of heart.
For those interested in actually watching the reanimation of “Frankenstein Frogs,” although I was slightly disappointed none of them made it off the plate.
from The Nasty Bits:
“I think the muscles twitched because the sodium activated the sodium channels of the muscle nerves,” he said. “In a live animal, signals between and within the brain and muscle cells are maintained with ion channels. One of the ions that our bodies use is sodium.” Then he paused. “You know, sodium chloride, as in…..salt.
It’s similar to the famous experiments by Galvani, when he got dead frogs to move by electrocution,” he added.
As per usual, I felt increasingly dumber as our conversation continued. “What famous experiments?”
“You know, the famous Italian scientist Luigi Galvani, who inspired Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein and prompted the creation of the word ‘galvanized’—literally, shocked into action.”
Salt brings back the dead ie. frogs.
Salt is amazing
Hungry FDA Offical Orders Pot Pie Recall.
Amateur Trader Joe’s commercial.
So cute and catchy, too.
(This photo is not mine, I borrowed it from nymag.com, who borrowed it from momofuku.)
Ate at Momofuku Ssäm Bar last night. It was elemental, savory, and stimulating. The pork buns reminded me of the delicately steamed buns I enjoyed two years ago when I made my way around China. In each province I visited, in every city or town, I always found a stall that could deliver the chewy, doughy goods. How do they taste so fresh? I demand their secret! I could eat them every single day of my life forever and ever.
I also realized how little hosin there is in my life, and how I must learn myself some about using it at home.
We ordered an off menu hamachi, which came served on the shoulder bone, with a dipping sauce, fresh daikon (soaked in a light sauce), and some kind of salty pickled red… tomato maybe? Now, I am looking forward to getting a heap of daikon from my CSA. I will finally know what to do with it.
We also ordered the sausage with rice cakes and chinese broccoli. I think I will forever remember the chewy, crunchy texture of the fried, perfect tater-tot shapes of rice cake mixing with super spicy sausage. It was something else entirely.
Well, I’m off to the store, to stock up on sugar cubes, bitters, and Wild Turkey. That old fashioned was fucking delicious.
