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My Bruegel Quest, I

My effort to see all 46 extant paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder begins.

Mar 26

My Bruegel Quest, I

Mar 26

Bel-Gem Waffle as Madeleine

Who would have guessed that sixty years later, I’d be able to recreate one of my favorite taste experiences?

Mar 21

Bel-Gem Waffle as Madeleine

Mar 21

“Like,” Wow

So much depends on, like, one four-letter word

Feb 16

“Like,” Wow

Feb 16

… of Strangers, at the Australian Open

The New York Times recently asked readers to send in accounts of “acts of kindness” they had experienced while traveling. I was inspired to…

Feb 13

… of Strangers, at the Australian Open

Feb 13

“Tortured Poets Department” or “Tortured Poets’ Department” or Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off?

I suppose it’s nice that numerous people should ask my opinion about something. I just wish the something were more momentous than the…

Feb 8

“Tortured Poets Department” or “Tortured Poets’ Department” or Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off?

Feb 8

The Most Italy Restaurant Ever

In November of this year. my wife, Gigi, and I took a short vacation to Italy which we dubbed The Visiting Three Northern Cities That Were…

Dec 16, 2023

The Most Italy Restaurant Ever

Dec 16, 2023

Looks like “looks like me…” has arrived

The shirts were the tipping point. After the 2020 election was finally called, they started trickling, then flooding, onto Etsy and other…

Jan 21, 2021

Looks like “looks like me…” has arrived

Jan 21, 2021

The Vile and the Fluffy

Churchill would wander the halls wearing a red dressing gown, a helmet, and slippers with pom-poms. He was also given to wearing his…

Aug 21, 2020

The Vile and the Fluffy

Aug 21, 2020

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Interspecies-friendship photos and videos don’t hurt anybody. But they perpetuate a mistake made by the Nature Fakers a century ago.

Dec 28, 2016

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Dec 28, 2016

Ben Yagoda

Ben Yagoda

Author, "The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song. " www.benyagoda.com. Linktree https://linktr.ee/benyagoda

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