Of course I’m nosy! Invite me over, please. I’d like to look in your fridge. I’d like to know what you feed your cat. I’d like to know how you take your coffee and what kind of cold cereal you have in your cupboard. I won’t go snooping in your medicine cabinet, because that’s just rude, but I may take a peek inside your linen closet. I’m sorry. I’m curious about your thread count.
One of my favorite ways to be nosy (without being such a creep) is with Grub Street Diet, NY Mag‘s weekly column about who is eating what. Fred Armisen eats a lot of Grape Nuts. Diablo Cody knows her way around a Taco Bell. Molly Ringwald is a wine girl. These are important things to know about strangers! Important and totally useless and I’m absolutely positive I’ll bring them up in conversation and get strange looks in return.
This week, well… I’m featured on Grub Street Diet. If you have ever wondered what my diet looks like for five days (and wwwhhyyy on Earth would you wonder that?), all of your questions have been answered. Spoiler alert: I drink a lot of coffee, impulse buy Good & Plentys, and eat cake sitting on the floor. It’s really glamorous, all of it.
Joy the Baker: Grub Street Diet
Clockwise from left to right above:
I ate all the grapefruits in Louisiana // Donuts from District // Ate this cheese plate as Jon made it // Jon also made cocktails (nailed it!) // I made waffles and burnt my hand // Bought all the Girl Scout Cookies
Clockwise from left to right below:
Grilled oysters at Cochon (reason enough to visit New Orleans) // Perfect daiquiri from Cane and Table // Coffee, cranberry water, vitamins, repeat // KING CAKE! // In n Out at Dockweiler Beach // Making brunch with onions, eggs, and asparagus
Happy Friday! I love you, bye-bye!
Ciao Florentina
So much fun Joy ! I’m with you on the linen closet and thread count. That says a lot about a person and the fabric of their lives haha Xo’s
Julie
Wow, I cannot wait to go to New Orleans and eat all the food!
alittlebarefoot
yay dockweiler beach! that is right up the street from me. we miss you in LA!
Janice @Kitchen Heals Soul
Yes! The oysters at Cochon are amazing! Had them a few years ago when I visited New Orleans. I wanted to eat the whole platter of them, but there were other people at the table so I had no choice but to share.
savuryandsweet
Dear Joy: I love your voice, I so enjoy your writing. I fell out of my chair at “ugly sleep”. Happy Friday!!
Erin
Didn’t know this was a thing, but I’ve always liked seeing who eats what and what’s in people’s fridges. If you like this, I feel like you’d enjoy this article (if you haven’t already seen it that is): http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/30/magazine/mag30-fridges.html?_r=0b
-E
Liz
Where did you get that gorg black and red scarf????
Carolyn Selheim-Miller
I still haven’t been to NoLa (high on my list) but my parents just went to the first time and came back raving about the grilled oysters. I feel like that’s going to have to be the first thing I do whenever I get there!
Audrey
LOVED your Grub Street post!
Kimiko
I am SUPER nosey too — I feel like people’s everyday lives are so fascinating! ALSO – In N Out is DELICIOUS.
Rebecca @ Bring Back Delicious
Ah we were just at Dockweiler Beach at a late night bonfire. It’s less crowded than the other beaches so it’s definitely one of our favorite places to go. Even better with In N Out…
Sheila @Eat2gather
I ALWAYS want to know what people are eating, and when I’m at other peoples homes I always attempt to sneak a peak in their fridge. “Oh can I help you in the kitchen….you need me to get anything out of the fridge for you?” so smooth then I stand there forever gawking and they are like had me a bottle of water wouldja! LOL Now the linen closet I’m not so tempted!
BeccaV
I just read your Grub Street diet – pure awesomeness!
lazyw
Way too much fun, haha! That omelette sounds great. I miss New Orleans, we are headed there for a week in April. Thanks for the King Cake recipe earlier this week, can’t wait to try it! Love that you eat on the floor. Hugs from Oklahoma. xoxo
cheyenne
i always love these little sneak peeks into people’s lives, especially when it comes to what they eat! loved reading the interview. :D
xo, cheyenne