Eggs in a Spoon

Do me a favor and watch the video, then weigh in the comments section with your thoughts. What are your initial impressions and do you agree with Alice’s views?

Squid Stuff

Linguine with squid and anchovies

linguine
2 anchovies
1/2 lb. squid, thinly sliced crosswise
2 garlic cloves, crushed
pinch of red pepper flakes
1/4 cup white wine
handful of Italian parsley, chopped

Cook linguine in large pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain. Reserve 1 ladleful pasta cooking water.

Heat two tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown garlic in oil until lightly colored. Add anchovies and red pepper flakes; mash until anchovies disintegrate, about 30 seconds. Add calamari and toss just until opaque, about 1 minute. Add white wine; boil until sauce is slightly reduced, about 3 minutes. Mix in parsley.

Add linguine to mixture in skillet. Toss until heated through and sauce coats pasta, adding reserved cooking liquid by tablespoonfuls if pasta seems dry, about 2 minutes. Serve immediately.

Gotham Taint

The Spreading Taint is the largest LGBT-friendly guild in World of Warcraft with over 2,691 unique guild members as of this writing. That comes out to about 6,897 characters of which the vast majority belong to nine sub-guilds under the Taint umbrella. Game parameters restrict the number of characters that a guild can hold to 500 characters. As you can see, we’re on track to become the largest guild in-game worldwide.

I joined in Sept. 2006 and haven’t looked back. It’s been a wild ride for the past two years and there’s more to come.

This morning, a bunch of us met — some for the first time, at a get-together at Jing Fong in Chinatown. This being a foodblog, there’s lots of pix of food and if you’re lucky, maybe a bear or two.

By the way, because I feel strongly about privacy rights, I’ve only posted my guildies’ character names rather than their real first names. Better for all concerned in my opinion.

Kaimetsu

Quorniya

Left: Devetaki
Right: Quorniya

Other

Left: Whitley
Right: Quorniya

Cressida

Finlandia

Steamed pork buns

Shrimp dumplings

Chicken and Chinese mushrooms in rice wine, with ginger and scallions

Left: Conpoy and baby corn with vermicelli noodles
Right: shiu mai

Steamed egg custard tarts

I went food shopping at Union Square Greenmarket afterwards while the others went sightseeing.

Made for Dunkin’

Plain doughnuts, sprinkled with powdered sugar

Best get them when they’re fresh. Krispy Kreme makes me ill.