Another day, another weird item from my desk. Although really, the only weird thing about it is that there was anything left in that bottle at all when I took the picture. I don’t like cleaning, you ...

Because of an office construction project, I had to clear off my desk — which meant moving seven years of accumulation. Every morning, I’ll share another uncovered item with you. Yes, folks, that is ...

Yesterday, I talked about my infamous Richard Nixon mask — which hung in a place of honor at my desk for years before being packed away in a box to await our move to more expansive editorial digs.

Yesterday, I posted a picture of the alien head that had maintained a position of honor on top of my monitor for a couple of years before our office remodel relegated him to a cardboard box. In that ...

While cleaning my desk last week, I discovered that one single packing box could hold a couple hundred menus. Mostly take-out menus and dozens of single sheets stolen from fine dining joints, but also ...

It’s funny. I’ve been writing about food for going on ten years now. I’ve won awards. I’ve written a book. And yet, the one piece of mine that’s actually been picked up and given wide (although ...

Because of an office construction project, I had to clear off my desk — which meant moving seven years of accumulation. Every morning, I’ll share another uncovered item with you. Okay, so it’s fairly ...

I have a lot of reasons to hate PETA. They’re pushy, they’re nuts, they’re cultish and, occasionally, they’re terrorists. They’re positively militant in their defense of all god’s fuzziest critters, ...

A relatively new addition to my mountains of junk, these are official Mario Batali-style bright orange Crocs which I got (courtesy of Lori Midson) from the big Food & Wine whatsis up in Aspen this ...