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April 2, 2007 | Filed under: videoblogging Week, NYC, good eatin'

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Videoblogging Week marches on! Day two of my “cheap eats NYC” series brings us to beautiful Western Queens — Astoria to be exact. There are foods of all nations represented here in this diverse neighborhood: Greek, Italian, Croatian, Georgian, Japanese, Brazilian, Tibetan (!) and one Mexican restaurant whose tacos defy the imagination.

Seriously, they do. Go try a couple, but just because they are $2 apiece don’t get greedy and order three or four! You’d never be able to finish them. Two is plenty. I suggest the chicken and the roast pork. Mmmm…pork.

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April 1, 2007 | Filed under: videoblogging Week, NYC, good eatin'

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Happy Videoblogging Week, 2007! That whacky time of year when vloggers all over the world are encouraged to shoot and post every day for a week*, and encourage others to get join the Great Vloggy Family (some folks already post daily and should be specially recognized for their Herculean vlog efforts: Go Bev!). So why aren’t YOU vlogging? You text bloggers, you?! You know who you are! It’s sooooooo easy! You can learn to vlog in just one easy step:

Step 1. Visit Freevlog. There you will learn from the videoblog jedi masters. There are instructions for both Macs and PCs, so no excuses!

There were several ideas bandied about for this year’s theme, my favorite being The Seven Deadly Sins. But having no clear idea of how to capture “Avarice” in video form I decided to focus entirely on “Gluttony”, a sin I know a lot about (insert “Lust” joke here). My very favorite thing about New York city is the abundance of good, cheap food so follow me all week long as I profile my top seven “cheap eats” hot spots. Make sure you write them all down for your next NYC visit!

One of the fun things about videoblogging is that for me it’s a never-ending learning process; not just about technical things like tagging and codecs and compression, but real-life stuff, too. The biggest lesson I learned while prepping for VBW07? Most restaurants and food vendors are quite wary of video cameras. Hence, no falafel or Sicilian pizza video. Maybe next year.

*and in my case, experimenting with compression and viewing sizes…please play along.

Music:
“South China Sea”
Steve Doctor
Courtesy of Podsafe Music Network!

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February 13, 2007 | Filed under: country mouse, good eatin'

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Firmly ensconced upstate, now with working internet, awaiting a big snowstorm and enjoying a city-style snack.I like this little town more and more each day.

December 5, 2006 | Filed under: good eatin'

Spaghetti with pan-fried garlic and pancetta.

- Slice six peeled cloves of garlic uniformly. Sautee in a pan in either unsalted butter or olive oil over a low flame until golden about 6 minutes (don’t burn or overcook or else they’ll get bitter and burnty). Halfway through, add some chopped pancetta. Or don’t, if you’re a vegetarian. Remove with slotted spoon to a towel to drain.

- meanwhile, cook spaghetti (I like “thin spaghetti” #9…angel hair isn’t strong enough for this).

- drain pasta, toss with butter (not the one you cooked with) or olive oil if you’re one of those healthy-types. Add garlic, pancetta and as much freshly grated parmesean cheese as your heart can stand (3-ish tablespoons should do it) and crushed red pepper. I actually use Shichimi Togarashi red pepper mix because it’s more finely ground and gives off more flavor than heat.

- top with a sprinkle of parm and chopped fresh parsley. Serves one.

Eat!

(and don’t let me catch you with that powdery stuff in the green can…that’s not cheese, people)

November 25, 2006 | Filed under: good eatin'

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Thanksgiving usually lasts about two weeks in my house.

Music:
“Without You”
CCA
Courtesy of podsafe music network

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