http://www.blork.org/blorkblog A Blog about Food, Montreal, and Me Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:00:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Forgive me while I carve a rather meandering path to my point, but it begins last spring when I received in the mail a flyer from the Humber School for Writers. It indicated that Martin Amis would be the headliner, the star instructor, at Humber's summer workshops for 2009. Martine ... http://www.blork.org/blorkblog/2010/03/16/martin-amis-decline-print-media/ In an unusual turn of events, we had nothing specific planned for dinner tonight. There were a few things in the fridge, but nothing in particular, and nothing that seemed like it could have a meal built around it. And then I thought: tapas! In about 45 minutes I banged out the ... http://www.blork.org/blorkblog/2010/03/11/nothing-for-dinner/ My American (Express) journey (nightmare) continues. Remember the famous one-cent credit that existed on my AMEX Gold card after I canceled the account? How AMEX kept sending me statements every month, listing the credit, until I finally phoned them and said they could keep the goddam cent? That was quite the ... http://www.blork.org/blorkblog/2010/03/05/my-american-express-journey-nightmare/ This morning, Martine found the following sentence in a recent Vanity Fair magazine article: "The couple still fly separately." There are two problems with that sentence; first, "the couple" is a singular object, so the verb should be "flies" not "fly" (Bob flies, Bob and Fred fly). So the immediate reaction ... http://www.blork.org/blorkblog/2010/02/28/fly-vs-flies/ A quick update to my "New Classic" pizza post from last week: I've added the video showing me flipping the dough. Go there now! http://www.blork.org/blorkblog/2010/02/16/new-classic-pizza-redux/ A week ago Tuesday, I popped over to CTVmontreal.ca and happened upon a story about the Montreal Metro. Blah blah blah, whatever, and then I noticed the thumbnail image at the top of the story. Not a huge picture, just a stock image that they use for Metro stories when ... http://www.blork.org/blorkblog/2010/02/11/ripped-off/ Yes, I hate the term "new classic" too, but what the heck. This pizza is destined to become a classic, chez nous. It is composed of (in order, from bottom to top): Standard Blork San Marzano pizza sauce A dusting of dried oregano A respectable portion of conventional grated full-fat mozzarella cheese Baby spinach sautéed ... http://www.blork.org/blorkblog/2010/02/07/a-new-pizza-classic-chez-blork/