Wikipedia and Cilantro, a Close Reading (Part I)

As recent events would have it, namely that I’ve had the death cough all week (thanks roommate) I’ve had time to sit back (in truth lie nearly comatose, lest I aggravate the death cough) and contemplate things. Of course that’s basically what I do all the time anyway, (contemplate, not lie near comatose (I’m trying [...]

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White People and Cilantro

I would like to take this opportunity, that my public forum I Hate Cilantro blog has so provided me, to stand on a soap box of a different sort today. I might make some of you white hipsters out there uncomfortable in doing so, but, alas, this is a price I’m willing to pay — [...]

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Funny Thing: When I Say Cilantro, I Actually Mean Cilantro

Went to dinner with a few former foodie work colleagues Friday. We went to New York’s (consciously) coolest new restaurant, The Smith (owned and operated by the folks at Jane, where I worked for a period of time, and the Neptune Room, where I didn’t). First let me be clear about something: the food at [...]

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Shiva: More than Sitting

Jewish Friend whose mother has just died: Erin, don’t you run out of ideas for your i hate cilantro blog? Erin: No, check this out — shiva: cilantro-free. JFWMHJD: Got it. Here’s one thing the world’s great religions (by great religions I mean the ones I like, not the ones that are big; see, as [...]

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Red, White and Green

As the primaries are in full swing and the fates of many, indeed the whole nation as some of these pundits keep insisting, are on the line, this Super Tuesday’s got me thinking: if cilantro were a presidential candidate, which one would it be. To review, some things I think about cilantro, and why I [...]

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