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OK, I just checked my pigs (they came in a two-pack: plate size and tiny bowl size) and there's a Marna stamp on them.

Here's a picture of them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/myszka/2472991296/

They're cute but too shallow to use in the microwave for most of my purposes.

I wonder when this came out because I bought one that has the same idea/look and same pigginess, but it's made of a transluscent pink plastic and I bought it at a Target-like store in Seoul, Korea last August. It was marketed as a lid to cover food before microwaving.

Anyway, I wouldn't recommend this because the area under the pig is pretty shallow, so unless you're covering a bowl and the food is nowhere near the top, the covering is going to touch the food.

Self-confidence produces fine results.

I just learned that Zabar's does not sell any raw seafood. That is weird.

In a pan, though.

OK, I just checked my pigs (they came in a two-pack: plate size and tiny bowl size) and there's a Marna stamp on them.

Here's a picture of them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/myszka/2472991296/

They're cute but too shallow to use in the microwave for most of my purposes.

I once went to Starbucks and found one of those cardboard sleeves without the logo!!! Stupid me, I forgot to save it. :( I should have taken a picture of it and me in the store.

I suppose I'll have to try this new coffee to see if it's really improved. The logo does not make the coffee, though.

"Fresh Roasted Coffee" as in fresh (brewed) coffee that's been roasted (since who knows when). Fresh is not describing the word roast.

I hope they don't really use the phrase "Fresh Roasted Coffee" on their new logo. It's "fresh brewed" but it would only be fresh roasted if you were at their roasting plant. If I recall correctly they use a "sell by" data (the actual roast date it is coded but it is on the label of their bagged coffee) that is six months after roast date. Anything beyond 10 - 14 days past roast date is not fresh roasted.

my old neighborhood! i second the recommendations for silver moon bakery (lovely pastries), hungarian pastry shop (skip the pastries, as they tend to be pretty stale and uninspired. also, the adjacent p&w sandwich shop is owned by the same people, so you can bring their food into hungarian - good, basic sandwiches and really friendly service!), community food and juice (same owners as clinton st. baking co.), and flor de mayo.

for grocery shopping, i liked fairway (i'd really recommend the harlem location instead of the one in the 70s - it's not nearly as insane/crowded. plus it has the cold room!); the newly-reopened westside market (broadway at 110th) is also excellent. in addition, i like the shawarma/falafel sandwiches at jerusalem (bway at 104th), the tortas at taqueria y fonda la mexicana (amsterdam at 108th), and the frankies at roti roll (amsterdam at 110th). i also really like pisticci (la salle and bway). i haven't personally been to malecon (amsterdam at 97th), but my catalan prof recommends their bacalao. i've also heard good things about metisse (105th and broadway).

in terms of bars, i used to love ding dong (columbus at 106th) because there was never anyone there (or at least no hordes of college students), but the last time i went by it was superrr packed and just a really weird, loud scene. a lot of my friends like la negrita (columbus at 109th).