Jeremy Blachman's Weblog: 2012

Todd Akin, Chief of Police

I've got a silly piece on The Huffington Post pondering Todd Akin as a police chief:

"OK, everyone, no need to worry. I'm sure the missing child will turn up. We all know that in a legitimate kidnapping, a child's feet secrete a powerful adhesive that should enable him to stick to virtually any surface, making it impossible to be dragged anywhere."

Here's the link.

Uncle Changes Diaper

A few months ago, I wrote a piece about babysitting my niece, Lila, for an hour and a half. This time, the stakes were much higher-- eight hours, alone, with a now-15-month-old toddler! Find out whether she survived by clicking the link!

Tastes of New York

My latest piece at the Barnes & Noble Review, timed for Restaurant Week, and building off a recent New York Times article about the restaurant Eleven Madison Park rejiggering its menu to celebrate the "romance and history of New York."

The George Washington Bridge serves as the inspiration for your next course. Tiny fingerling potatoes from a farm just outside Syracuse have been carefully carved into miniature automobiles, and are presented on your plate suspended between two corn-cob towers along a grape-seed roadway. The potato-cars should be dipped into the river of sauce that runs along the west side of the dining room.

Here's the link.