Last Bender

We were in the city this weekend packing up the last of my mother’s stuff to bring to Ithaca. While in the city I had meant to go to Xi’an Famous Foods on 8th Street and 2nd Avenue. They have amazing hand-pulled noodles: http://xianfoods.com/ which are served with stewed meats, especially lamb spiced with cumin, [...]

I love to cook and Sunday is the one day of the week I can devote the time and energy to make a good meal without stress. Often on Monday I want to post a recipe for the Sunday meal, since cooking and food are one of my passions, and that’s what this blog is [...]

Last weekend I was in New York, winding things up with my mother’s apartment, so I thought I’d take a walk down to Wall Street and check out the occupation. I didn’t have any expectations, really, though I thought of it as a protest, and as such assumed I would be participating in a protest. [...]

News coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to be sporadic, but it’s there if you look for it. Business Week has run articles each day. Last night on WYNN, the show Capital Tonight, with the fabulous Liz Benjamin, devoted it’s evening call-in show to the movement. Many callers were middle aged middle income [...]

  This morning I awoke from my news-free weekend to hear that the Occupy Wall Street action has inspired others and that small groups are gathering across the country. The Wall Street Journal has an article that actually describes what is going on. The New York Times has confined itself to sarcasm, although on Friday [...]