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Pete Cherches blogs about food, travel, literary and music pursuits, the occasional dream and fugitive thoughts of all sorts.
2016-03-19 18:53
Madeleine schmadeleine; I've got garbage trucks.Passing a garbage truck on the way to the subway this morning, I was reminded of my childhood aversion to that familiar garbage truck smell. A… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I love looking at catalogs, all sorts of catalogs, but my favorite ones are from the novelty and "gift" houses. When I was a kid my stepfather used to order from places like Hanover House an… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Lois Gilbert, the indefatigable webmistress of the online jazz portal Jazz Corner, announced last night that the Speakeasy bulletin board would be shutting down as of July 1. It was inevitab… Read More
2014-09-08 02:22
My new jazz vocal project features my lyrics to jazz compositions and solos as well as additional lyrics to standards of the Great American Songbook. It's my return to jazz performance after… Read More
2013-04-21 09:51
2013-03-28 20:40
As I still have a number of mint condition copies of the long out of print Condensed Book, I decided to become an Amazon seller to offer copies at a fairer price than other sellers. Previous… Read More
2013-02-15 17:15
I started Word of Mouth in 2006 as a food and travel blog, and I updated it regularly for about six years. Then I took a break, partly due to food writing burnout, and partly to finish up th… Read More
2013-02-12 23:08
For me, one of the great recipes for bliss is to just wander around a beautiful, unfamiliar place, with no fixed agenda, all cares and woes on the back burner. I'm doing just that in C… Read More
2013-01-30 23:29
Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris, who passed away this week, was a true American original, a musical artist of singular genius and originality whom I’m confident posterity will s… Read More
2012-12-13 21:01
When I was a kid growing up in Brooklyn the only ketchup we'd consider using on our fries was Heinz. Any other brand, especially if it was called "catsup," was something that, we smug… Read More
2012-12-09 18:24
After six years of fairly faithful food and travel blogging, I felt it was time for a break. Meanwhile, I've been working on getting my latest collection of short fiction ready for pub… Read More
2011-12-19 16:32
"Chac Mool" at Merida Anthropology MuseumWell, at the risk of sounding egocentric, as if that ever bothered me, this was my year of the Maya. Earlier this year I went to Guatemala and Hondu… Read More
2011-12-12 20:51
Tulum lies on the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan peninsula, in the state of Quintana Roo, about two hours south of Cancun. This stretch of coast has been dubbed "The Mayan Riviera" by the M… Read More
2011-12-10 21:48
No, I'm not trying to write one of those pieces for the New York Times travel section, but I did spend literally 24 hours in Valladolid. Valladolid is Yucatan state's second city, but it's… Read More
2011-11-27 02:18
Seafood, of course, except for breakfast.On Thursday I had lunch at one of the beachfront palapas on the rather shabby beach next to the aquarium. (I'm not a beach person, so I didn't seek o… Read More
2011-11-25 23:38
The MaleconI spent Thanksgiving and the day after in Veracruz, before heading off to the Yucatan, and I'll tell you what I ate next time, but now it's time to share some photos of the city… Read More
2011-10-03 14:30
The "Costumes" issue of Mung Being is now online. It includes my story "Love With the Proper Stevedore." Also included are works by my good friends Don Skiles, Holly Anderson, and Peter Wo… Read More
2011-06-13 15:01
"A Red Flag and a Horn" appears in the latest online issue of Mung Being: Time and Age.Don's original piece was a straightforward telling of a tale from his mother's childhood. I reworked i… Read More
2011-05-04 18:58
A Portuguese-language poetry blog has published translations of two of my pieces, "My Husband Forced Me to Have Sex with Our Parakeet" and "Lift Your Right Arm." If you read Portuguese, or… Read More
2011-04-19 18:11
The latest installment of the continuing saga of Mr. Deadman appears in the current edition of the online literary journal Eclectica.Click for Excerpts from "Mr. Deadman" Read More
2011-04-18 22:02
I just heard about Cleverbot the other day. It's an Artificial Intelligence program you can chat with online. I decided to give it a try. Here's a portion of my first transcript.User: Do… Read More
2011-04-04 19:19
Actually, I'd give the food a seven, maybe an eight, but the restaurant is called Dieci, which is Italian for ten, and it's on East Tenth Street, and the owner-chef is Japanese, and the menu… Read More
2011-04-03 13:51
What better way to pass the time and promote family togetherness than a game of Geography? Mung Being has just published my take on the game."Geography" in Mung Being Read More
2011-03-31 20:40
The Translation Issue of qarrtsiluni features my piece "A Do-It Yourself Kit." You can read it, you can listen to me reading it, or you can read it while I simultaneously read it to you.Do… Read More
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