Oats and Iron

Nice, Dad!

My father and his business partner have a big announcement later this week about their in-flight satellite TV antenna. The company has been waiting for this for three or four years… now it’s show time!! The next few months will be really exciting.

UPDATE — To celebrate, they called me from a local Dairy Queen.

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Randy Travis - If I Didn’t Have You

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Manhattan Reader Mail - Questions on Diet

I was wondering if you had any ideas for the kinds of things I should be buying for a higher-protein diet. I am insulin resistant and can’t have a lot of sugar or carbs in any form, even fruits and vegetables. I saw what you wrote about steel-cut oats and was wondering where you buy them? Would Whole Foods have them? Any other foods like that that you would recommend?
Casey C from Manhattan

Oats- Oats are low on the glycemic index which helps you maintain healthy glucose levels. I buy my steel-cut oats in bulk from an organic health food store in Hoboken (Basic Food, 201-610-1100, 204 Washington St). Whole Foods in Manhattan definitely sells pre-packaged steel-cut oats. Try Bob’s Red Mill Steel Cut Oats, or McCann’s Irish Oatmeal.

Tuna- You should research the mercury content in tuna and determine an acceptable level that you are comfortable with. (For reference… I eat a can of tuna per day. I think 3 cans/week is perfectly safe for anyone.) Whole Foods sells the best canned tuna called Tongol Tuna. It is only $.99 per can. This is also a very low mercury tuna. I mix my tuna with pineapple cottage cheese.

Salmon- A delicious alternative to tuna. I try to eat a can of salmon every day. Canned salmon and canned tuna are are nice because they take zero preparation. The best canned pink salmon is the Wild Alaskan from Bear & Wolf. Available only at Costco, 6 cans for $9. Check Whole Foods for other brands (MUST be skinless and boneless).

Turkey or Beef- Get a George Foreman grill so you can make burgers. Five and a half minutes cooking from frozen.

For more protein-based diet tips, research the anabolic diet. Here is an article for women who want hard bodies - The Anabolic Diet: It’s a Lifestyle. If you are vegetarian I suggest you read the book Skinny Bitch.

Email me if you have feedback.

February 25

Last night I went to the New York Hare Krishna temple in Brooklyn with Zoya and Sahadeva. Highlights include great tabla playing, energetic old people dancing and chanting, and dinner afterwards.

February 24

Weekend Friend Gossip Roundup

Who is getting all of his new furniture handmade in Italy?
Who just had a hot Columbia senior give her phone number after 45 seconds of soccer conversation?
Which of my friends has the best natural six-pack?
Who had never played SET before Saturday night, and then TOTALLY owned the two ambassadors he was playing against? (hint: I was one of them)
Who is going to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic in a few weeks?
Who wasn’t wearing panties at the Whisk and Ladle afterparty on Saturday night?

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Saturday Night's Whisk and Ladle Tea Menu

Tonight I had the pleasure of serving tea to a very large audience (thanks Mark). This menu is listed in approximate order of delivery.

Seated Diners

Darjeeling - a black tea, Green Label brand, from the country of India
Kashmiri - a green tea, loose leaf, from the country of India

Afterparty Tasting

Darjeeling - a black tea, Green Label brand, from the country of India
Keemun - a black tea, loose leaf, from the country of China (crew pot)
Assam - a black tea, CTC style, from the country of India
Kashmiri - a green tea, loose leaf sold on 28th and Lexington, from the country of India
Peppermint decaf - a white herbal tea, decaf
ENCORE round of Green Tea, Kombucha, and pomegranate herbal decaf mix

February 22

“ Honesty is not having to remember what you’ve said. Mark Twain

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Dear Jake, I would like to thank you for coming to my college reunion dinner party last night. But I do not appreciate you ruining this otherwise great photograph!!

Update- Jake was nice enough to offer to fix it in Photoshop.

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Unopened Tea Stash - February 2008

I had this girlfriend who was obsessed with knitting - she had like a knitting problem. She used to buy an INSANE amount of yarn. I would say, “What are you going to do with all that? No human can possibly manufacture that much needlework.”

But now I understand. Now I know because I have a tea problem. I have aquired so much loose leaf tea that no human could possibly consume this much liquid.

Here is my list of unopened retail package tea. All of these are nicely packaged bags of loose leaves.

Golden Tips, Pure Assam Tea - India - 200g
Kashmiri Green Tea - India - 225g
Flowery Orange Pekoe Darjeeling Tea - India - 250g
Devans Nilgiri Tea - India - 50g
Devans Assam Tea - India - 50g
Devans Darjeeling Tea - India - 50g
Lipton Darjeeling Green Label - India - 500g
Chamong Darjeeling White - India - 100g
Chamong Organic Assam Golden Brew - India - 50g

Thanks to Kaushal, Megha, Akshay, and Zach for 1.475 kilograms of loose leaf tea that I haven’t even opened yet. Like I said, no human could possibly consume this much liquid by themselves. But that’s what friends are for :) To help me drink it all!

Previously tea related… Introduction to Tea for a Reformed Coffee Drinker, White Tea Diary, Jugglers Tea Party, Menu for my First Tea Party/Birthday Party

February 21

Madewell has an amazing site. “The product pages in particular are amazing. Great use of flash to make things awesome instead of lame.” —via Amit Gupta