Author Archives: Michael Procopio

Lost in Translation: A Love Cake

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Michael Procopio

It looked like a Dutch Baby abandoned on the doorstep of a French woman with no maternal instinct.
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Turner & Hooch

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Michael Procopio

If I had to think about Turner and Hooch, it was going to be on my terms. And my terms generally involve cocktails. Continue reading →

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Goodbye Twelve, Hello Thirteen…

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Michael Procopio

What mattered, I suppose, was that a throng of teenaged girls loved it. Well, they loved the cake pops certainly. They ate what was underneath when there were no more of them to devour. What (seemingly) took forever to produce was gone in no time.

Just like my goddaughter’s little girlhood. Continue reading →

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(Not) My Grandmother’s Panna Cotta

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Michael Procopio

the only desserts my grandmother ever made herself were the uninspired, quivering kind: raspberry Jell-O, Royal brand chocolate pudding, and the most boring of all, panna cotta. Or panna cot’ as she liked to call it. Continue reading →

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Happy New Year, Happy Old Year.

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Michael Procopio

My first act of the New Year– make that my third act of the New Year after flushing the Old Year down the toilet and washing my hands with soap and hot water–  was to bake a loaf of bread. … Continue reading →

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Practically Imperfect in Every Way.

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Michael Procopio

I’ve had a difficult relationship with “perfect” ever since I witnessed a measuring tape belonging to Mary Poppins refer to her as practically so in every way. We have the same initials, Mary and I, so the self-imposed pressure to emulate her … Continue reading →

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Giving Proper Thanks

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Michael Procopio

I’m not much of a holiday person. While the essence of Christmas is a lovely thought, I can’t bear suffering through six to eight weeks of blinking lights and enforced good cheer. New Year’s Eve is nearly always disappointing, filled … Continue reading →

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Rosemary’s Baby Food

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Michael Procopio

The great 20th century poet/philosopher Pat Benatar once remarked that “hell is for children.” Jean-Paul Sartre, a lesser-known thinker from the same century, wrote that “hell is other people.” I would like to take these ideas to the next, logical … Continue reading →

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Not Dead, But Resting

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Michael Procopio

Dear kind readers and gentlepeople, This is just a little note let you know that Food for The Thoughtless is not dead, but merely taking a much-needed rest. The author (pictured above) needed lots of sleep during the month of … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Michael Procopio

Delicate matters such as venereal disease, marriage problems, interfamily issues, and the consistency of one’s stool are just a few examples of things that are best not discussed on Twitter. Unless, of course, you are Direct Messaging your doctor or marriage counselor. Continue reading →

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