Name: John Lindaman
Occupation: Musician/ Librarian
Borough: Brooklyn
Relationship status: Married
What did you eat today?
Dinner: Cabbage, squash and beet greens with rice, peaches with ice cream in white wine. Lunch: Pork chop, broccoli and rice from the staff cafeteria at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Breakfast: a hardboiled egg.
What do you never eat?
I am conceptually averse to savory things that include sweet fruit, such as salads with raisins or pear, or pizza with figs. That crosses the line. Also not a big celery fan. Go figure.
Complete this sentence: In my refrigerator, you can always find:
At least two dozen eggs, due to the unwise purchasing of a weekly share of a dozen eggs from the Prospect Heights CSA, even though one person can only eat so many eggs. Cool Hand Luke notwithstanding.
What is your favorite kitchen item?
I have a large, old, very thick pot for making soup. It’s completely undistinguished, and is probably giving me cancer every time I heat food up in it, but it’s the best.
Where do you eat out most frequently?
Han Bat, on 35th Street. I know it’s not Mr. Right, but it is often Mr. Right Now. I wish I were able to eat more often at Dok Suni and DoSirak. [Not a fan of DoSirak myself, but Mr. Right Now is open 24 hours and you can't beat that with a stick. -Ed.] Why are there no Korean restaurants in Prospect Heights or Park Slope?
World ends tomorrow. What would you like for your last meal?
An entire Korean restaurant, with extra soju.
When not libraritizing, John plays with True Love Always, Annie Hayden and Latin Hustle.
dok suni and dosirak both suck. best way to put it.
A new Korean restaurant just opened on Vanderbilt & Pacific. Haven't tried it yet, so no opinion on the place. It's called Nu Na (big sister).
how do you pick people to be profiled? :)
aside from that... i'm with you on wine. i just like what i can drink, because some stuff, seemingly especially the good stuff, to my palate, is terrible. 'very fine wine...' tastes like dirt. the dirt the grapes grew from, fine, cool, but i don't like dirt regardless! ...anyway. This Asian is no lightweight, either ;)