Epinions Recent Reviews for azumpano

Oxo Is Not Infallible.

Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:20:10 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - Even if the only thing you make for dinner is reservations, even if your culinary skills result in burnt salad, you are capable of boiling water. Here's the recipe: 1. Pour water into a heatproof, preferably heat-conducive vessel. 2. Place said...

Be Your Own Prince

Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:05:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - You say you hate office politics. You don't play those games. You're a standup guy/gal. A straight shooter. People admire you for your tell-it-like-it-ism.

Let me tell you something, pal: someone is going to take you down.

But...

Historical and Hysterical

Tue, 25 Apr 2000 11:44:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - Lenny Bruce is often held up as a standard by which "blue" comedians -- that is, comedians who use dirty words or tackle touchy taboos -- are compared, but of course it's impossible to compare any of today's entertainers to him. Lenny Bruce (it...

Don't split hairs! Split infinitives!

Thu, 6 Apr 2000 16:02:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - As a professional editor and not-so-professional writer, I'm always looking for the right resources to complement my reference desk. The good ol' Elements of Style is a must-have, of course, but while the pithy nature of Strunk and White's...

Spring Break in Bougainville?

Sat, 1 Apr 2000 02:30:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - Say you're on a game show and won a trip to...oh, say...Sierra Leone. You go to the bookstore and try to find a travel guide for Sierra Leone, but Fodor's doesn't make one. Don't despair -- Fielding's published one.

Fielding has published a...

I'll bet on Buckley beating Vidal by TKO in the 5th...

Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:27:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - The flap between dressed-like-a-dandy-fop blowhard Tom Wolfe and shove-my-politics-down-your-throat blowhard John Irving is one of the more recent battles between literary heavyweights (160-year-old John Updike is also involved in that scrum).

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Or, how to impress people at parties

Sun, 26 Mar 2000 01:51:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - There are several ways to read this book, an introduction to more than 100 written works (they're not all novels, or even books, for that matter) that are considered classics for one reason or another.

1. To see how well-read you currently...

The secret of a successful life: salt, lemon, and vinegar

Thu, 23 Mar 2000 12:56:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - I'm a sucker for shortcuts and hints. Got ideas on the best way to unclog a sink? I'm all ears. You say that one simple technique will remove burned-on food from a metal pan? Tell me more.

Home Wisdom: A Commonsense Guide to Solving...

Eat This Book!

Sat, 11 Mar 2000 13:10:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - Why does fruit last so long at the supermarket but deteriorates the day after I bring some home? If I’m making a salad, what’s the best kind of lettuce I should get? What the hell is a rhubarb?

The University of California at Berkeley produced...

No more overtime for your rhyming pastime

Tue, 7 Mar 2000 11:32:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - If you need a quick rhyme

And just don’t have the time

To pull one right out of your head,

Don’t sit there and pout

And pull all your hair out:

Use The Complete Rhyming Dictionary instead.

You might not...

The Currency of Currency

Sun, 5 Mar 2000 18:49:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - J.S.G. Boggs draws uncannily accurate reproductions of currency and exchanges them for goods and services at the value of the denomination he's copied, but he's not trying to trick anyone. For starters, the bills are left blank on one side, and during...

Goodfella Fiction

Sun, 5 Mar 2000 18:41:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - The disappearance of America's most notorious Teamster is actually just a plot device on the periphery of William Wolf's novel, which may disappoint conspiracy theorists seeking Jimmy Hoffa's final whereabouts. (I should note that Giants Stadium is not...

Climb into Auster's web

Sun, 5 Mar 2000 03:13:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - This is a set of three short novels. Or perhaps one novel with three sections. The three novels may be related. The three novels may not be related.

This is what you're getting into when you read Paul Auster. Many of his stories deal with...

A well-woven tale of a most complex American success

Sun, 5 Mar 2000 01:41:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - It's no easy task to write a biography that has a reader rooting for one of the most reviled, if respected, men in modern history, but award-winning author Ron Chernow has done just that.

Rockefeller led a life of contradictions, which is...

Still Cornering the NYC Burger Scene

Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:27:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - Lately I've been reading reviews of Corner Bistro (331 West 4th Street) in various NYC guides that not only say that the burgers there are not even close to being the best in the city, but which make you appear to be an idiot for even going to Corner...

Rush to the Whitney for a great mix of modern American art

Thu, 2 Mar 2000 14:52:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - U-S-A! U-S-A!

OK, what you'll find at the Whitney Museum of American Art may not draw that kind of response from everybody, but you'll certainly be thrilled, shocked, or inspired by what you see.

It seems that every time I go to a...

Krispy Kreme: Under-a-Buck Bliss

Sun, 27 Feb 2000 16:49:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - Sometimes you get what you pay for; sometimes the best things in life are free. Krispy Kreme donuts prove the latter, if you feel that 75 cents is almost free.

I live a relatively healthy lifestyle. I work out, don't smoke, and eat mostly...

Eisenberg's: Stuck in a Time Warp

Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:19:57 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - Although the Flatiron district is becoming better known as Silicon Alley, Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop (174 Fifth Avenue, between 22nd and 23rd Streets) has remained unashamedly unchanged. Resembling a railroad apartment in size, Eisenberg's can accommodate...

Impossible to find something you won't like

Tue, 22 Feb 2000 11:31:26 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - I went to America with a large group (10 people) of co-workers during my first week at a new job. More than half of us were new to the group, so a group lunch could be uncomfortable. America was a perfect place to go, however, because it was fancy enough...

A mixed bag of general interest articles

Sat, 5 Feb 2000 17:17:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - Music, politics, technology, health, books, comics. All in the same publication, updated daily, and all for free. Can't argue with that formula.

For a long time, Salon was the first site I fired up each morning when I arrived at work. It's not...

Great for couples

Sat, 5 Feb 2000 03:10:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - Disney calls this ship "Magic," and it's not because there are any card tricks. It's no revelation that you don't have to be 8 years old to enjoy a trip to a Disney park, and the same can be said about the cruises.

My wife and I were...

Intentions rate higher than execution

Fri, 4 Feb 2000 15:14:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - Consumer Reports is by no means perfect, but until a better consumer information publication comes out, it's probably the best at what it does, at least in a general way.

The magazine has what must be the highest integrity of any publication...

Newsday: As if LIers have any choice...

Thu, 3 Feb 2000 18:32:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - My feelings for Newsday are similar to how many people feel about their parents: you sometimes love them, you sometimes hate them, but they're the only ones you've got.

In the early 1990s Newsday launched New York Newsday and jumped into the...

New York Press: More than just the anti-Village Voice

Wed, 2 Feb 2000 17:38:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - The New York Press is the most under-appreciated paper in Manhattan. In fact, if I were writing in the 1980s and were prone to using pop culture cliches, I'd say that it's the Rodney Dangerfield of newspapers.

Most people who have heard of the...

Digestible liberal opinion without any fluff

Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:57:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author azumpano - If you want to go beyond the watered-down political discourse you'll find in Time or Newsweek, then the New Republic is a good place to start. The writing is concise and thorough (at the risk of sounding like a contradiction), and you don't need to be...