http://stuartspivack.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:15:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en making egg roll skins Originally uploaded by yi http://stuartspivack.com/blog/2008/08/20/making-egg-roll-skins/ I signed up for a trial at Pixily. They did an excellent job scanning in my Great uncles memoirs. Now I have remote copies and a searchable, sharable document. I uploaded it to Scribd so that I could embed it here. There must be other Scribd-esque services, no? Kudos to ... http://stuartspivack.com/blog/2008/08/12/memoirs-partial/ I want to see how a photo is presented in different themes. [caption id="attachment_110" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="All together now... Awwww"][/caption] http://stuartspivack.com/blog/2008/07/18/test-3/ Or: Why won't Chicago stop picking on Cleveland? New York is sui generis. The New York metro area has more than 100% higher population than the Chicago Metro and  Nearly 50% higher than the Los Angeles Metro. New York also has nearly 500% higher foreign tourist visits than Chicago and nearly ... http://stuartspivack.com/blog/2008/06/10/should-chicago-be-its-own-category-for-the-beard-awards/ Just like last year, I've added all the Beard award nominees to my restaurant map. I added 14 categories which includes 71 nominations. The map you see includes 68 restaurants. I think the discrepancy is a result of individual restaurants earning multiple nominations. I didn't double check. Categories I omitted ... http://stuartspivack.com/blog/2008/03/24/beard-awards-2008/ Didn't Esquire already cheer some restaurant from Cleveland recently? Anyway, they've done it again. There's no better place than Esquire for hard hitting sandwich journalism. Esquire's recent rundown of the best sandwiches in America includes many of the usual suspects - po' boys, jibaritos, cubanos, banh mis and such recognizable ... http://stuartspivack.com/blog/2008/02/13/more-food-press-love-for-cleveland/ I was involved in a discussion of the somewhat desolate appearance of the neighborhoods along my route to Pho Que Huong on Detroit Ave. Afterwards I collected and emailed some related tidbits that were still fresh in my mind. I hope the promise reflected in these plans is realized. After ... http://stuartspivack.com/blog/2008/02/10/some-developments-in-lakewood/ These lamb chops were one of the day's specials. The round object is potatoes rosti. This butternut squash soup had chunks of squash and shrimp. This is a banana cream pie with a pizelle crust. http://stuartspivack.com/blog/2007/11/02/dinner-last-night-not-mine/ Noodlepie posted a compilation of his fascinating Vietnamese street food videos. It's not very convenient to view however because they're all linked individually. You have to click, watch, go back and then click again. I wanted to make a playlist on youtube and this seemed like a natural choice for ... http://stuartspivack.com/blog/2007/04/24/vietnamese-street-food/ I eat out almost every night. When I'm not eating out, I'm eating take out. That's been my lifestyle for as long as I can remember with only a couple minor disruptions. And yet, I'm not sure that very many of the restaurant staff that I'm so familiar with actually ... http://stuartspivack.com/blog/2007/03/19/where-everybody-knows-my-name/