Meet & Eat: Lizy Yagoda, Serious Eats Intern
Editor's Note: We have another awesome intern in our midst—please welcome Lizy Yagoda to the Serious Eats team! She first appeared on our site in January with her Prague burger review on AHT, at the same time revealing her love for burgers. During her month at SE HQ she'll help us blog up a storm and hopefully eat burgers. Say hello to Lizy!
Name: Lizy Yagoda
Location: New York/Philadelphia
Occupation: Student
Favorite comfort food? Fried over-easy eggs, bacon, potatoes, and white toast.
Guilty pleasures? Chocolate pudding with peanut butter mixed in. Sometimes I add crushed Oreos, but only if I'm feeling wild. I also indulge in peanut butter and fluff sandwiches with juice boxes.
Describe your perfect meal. A burger cooked rare with yellow American cheese (none of this white cheese nonsense) on a soft potato bun. I wouldn't be opposed to lettuce, onions, bacon, or fries, just as long as the essentials are
there.
What food won't you eat? I have longstanding aversions to sausage, tomatoes, bananas, sourdough, and pickles.
What would you like to try but haven't yet? I have a perverse desire to try sheep brain. However, I'm sure I'll never muster up the courage.
Favorite food person? Whoever invented Cheez Whiz.
When did you first realize you were a serious eater? When I tried to cure my own bacon in Prague.
What do your family and friends think of your food obsessions? I'm pretty sure that all of my friends think I would rather date a pulled pork sandwich than any human male. And they're probably right.
Favorite food sites or blogs? Other than Serious Eats, I really love Reviews of New Food on McSweeney's. It's not often updated, but is always funny and insightful.
Everyone has a go-to person they call for restaurant recommendations. Who's yours? My younger sister, Maria.
And what's the best recommendation she's ever given you? DiNics Roast Pork in the Reading Terminal Market. And about a thousand Vietnamese places in Philadelphia.
What is your favorite meal of the day and where do you get it? Lunch. I say lunch because I can include my favorite breakfast foods without judgment or early-morning wake ups. Any diner or small restaurant will do, provided they have turkey club sandwiches.
Do you ever cook? What's the best dish you make? I think the best thing I've ever made was the peanut brittle I made in high school.
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13 Comments:
Welcome, Lizy! glad to have you here.
I was so totally with you on the faves, but you lost me on foods you won't eat. But judging by your photo, I'm sure you'll make up for it with enthusiasm:)
Looking forward to reading more!
Kerosena at 6:55PM on 05/21/09
DiNic's roast pork rules! You've got to order it with sharp provolone and broccoli rabe.
carlssenior at 8:15PM on 05/21/09
I think I'd rather date a pulled pork sandwich than a guy too...looking forward to reading more.
Sweet E at 10:15PM on 05/21/09
I thought I was reading MY profile! With such similar tastes (literally), I'm looking forward to your posts.
i_like_food at 11:58PM on 05/21/09
I don't know if I can trust a foodie who has aversions to sausage and tomatoes.
daysleeprx at 12:57AM on 05/22/09
I was guessing SE got new interns when I saw your posts. Wonder who else is interning this summer.
wunami at 1:01AM on 05/22/09
"sausage" is a pretty wide category of food. all sausage? breakfast sausage? italian sausage? dried sausage? i'm curious.
carriebwc at 9:49AM on 05/22/09
wow, not that everyone has to like ramps, prosciutto, morels and other fancy foodie foods but... no veggies? i mean, i guess lizy looks like a kid so it follows that she would have kid tastes, but i hope that as an intern you try and find some new things you like.
anysuchname at 10:44AM on 05/22/09
I almost stopped reading when dislikes included pickles but you got me back with the Cheez Wiz.
ron525i at 10:54AM on 05/22/09
@carriebwc. My sausage thing comes from some really bad experiences with breakfast sausages and then carried over into other types. I do like dried sausage and italian sausage, but in general it kindof grosses me out.
@anysuchname. I guess I didn't see a place to describe the "foodie foods" I like, but be assured, I like veggies. True, I like some kid foods (Peanut butter and fluff and juice boxes in particular), but they're often the safest things to eat in a college cafeteria! :)
Lizy Yagoda at 11:35AM on 05/22/09
I'm with you on the bananas and tomatoes (except exceptionally good jersey beefsteak tomatoes in the month of august, no one can dislike those) but SAUSAGE?!?!?! SE Crew, your job is to cure poor Lizy of this affliction. You are missing out on a world of good. Start with the veal sausage at minetta tavern served with morels and spring asparagus ...mmmmmmmmm
mookie at 11:39AM on 05/22/09
Hi Lizzy!
DAH! NO PICKLES??!! I suggest you retract. hahaha
Someday I hope you find a pickle you like!
hungrychristel at 2:32PM on 05/22/09
My new task: HLLSTBSP (Help Lizy Like Sausage, Tomatoes, Bananas, Sourdough, and Pickles). I will try very hard not to pile them on one sandwich. We will start the effort next week; potentially there will be bumper stickers.
Before I judge you for not liking these foods, I have to say, we have a pretty special solidarity I didn't know about. Curing meats in Prague! Well, mine was gravlax, but close enough.
Erin Zimmer at 10:10AM on 05/23/09