It’s been a couple of months since I reviewed something I crammed in my maw, and I guess I should explain what’s going on with me. Because I think we both know that I didn’t stop eating and taking pictures of it. You know my boyfriend, sometimes known as The Boyfriend, once known as Dr. Boyfriend until someone called me pretentious for it? Well, he broke up with me after six years of dating to move back to his homeland and be with his family. I wrote about it on my personal blog here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. So far. And then, just a couple of weeks…

It’s no secret that I kind of like taking pictures and actually even like a few of my food photographs. I’m no Daniel Krieger nor Ex-Flexitarian nor Donny Tsang, but I’m also no [insert name of any of the numbers of inexplicably popular food blogs with dark, undetailed, totally-non-helpful photos]. So recently, my boyfriend gifted me with a new Nikon D5100 to support me in my longing to learn manual functions like a big girl. I’ve messed around with it on manual at home a little and used it on automatic on a vacation to Cape Cod, but our dinner at Asiate this weekend was the first time I used…

After an excellent lunch at goodburger last weekend (review forthcoming!), my boyfriend and I left talking about the rating I’d give it, and we ran into a problem. Up to this point, I’ve been using the same ratings scale for everything from super-fine dining to interesting supermarket finds, which is of course this: When we started talking about goodburger’s rating, though, we realized that comparing a burger to a nine-course tasting menu with wine pairings is a little ridiculous. So I made up a lovely little donut hole graphic to be used in rating cheaper restaurants. I thought it was sooooooo clever. But most of my friends agreed it looked…

This Sunday, February 21st, food bloggers in several cities will be coming together to raise money for Yéle and Share Our Strength to provide help in Haiti. Here are the details for NYC: What: door prizes, drinks, music, giveaways, and most importantly, a meal cooked by some of NYC’s up-and-coming chefs Where: NYU’s Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health 35 W. 4th Street, 10th floor New York, NY, 10012 When: Sunday, February 21st 4 – 7 p.m. Cost: a $30 donation ($20 for students) Check out Food GPS and The Duo Dishes for more information and to buy tickets.

In case you’re dying to know the results of my 21 Club survey, here’s a handy little pie chart: Thanks to those of you who responded, and shame on the 187 of you who looked at the survey but didn’t answer. I’ll assume you were concerned about what I’d do to you if you went for the negative choice.