what "they" say:
(in not particular order)

New York Times
Technology
Circuits
Online Diary By Pamela LiCalzi O'Connell
28 November 2002

Cranberry Relished

Many online old-timers favor one Thanksgiving recipe site in particular: the one for cranberry relish at "Hi! Monkey" (www.himonkey.net). The recipe itself is an odd - some say addictive - amalgam of sweet (cranberries, sugar and onion) and sour (horseradish and sour cream) that is attributed to Susan Stamberg, a National Public Radio correspondent. But the site is as well loved for its charming host, a terry cloth primate known only as Monkey, as for its cuisine.

Monkey walks you through the recipe preparation and also offers a photo montage of "the relish in action." There is even a page of poetic tributes to the creamy concoction. Monkey's alter ego, Marzi Pecen of Dallas, said that the site attracts thousands of visitors daily during the holiday season.

"It's somewhere between an online tradition and a cult," Ms. Pecen said by e-mail, adding, "I do get a fair number of messages from cranberry-deprived countries wondering just what I am talking about."

Cooking With Monkey
www.himonkey.net

In this whimsical recipe collection you will find a terrycloth monkey guiding you through the step-by-step instructions on how to make sunshine jello salad, key lime pie, tomato soup, meringue kisses, and more. Monkey's main page also offer Valentine's Day crafts and tales of his latest adventures.

USA Today
Hot Sites
25 November 2002

Hi Monkey

Stuffed animals and other toys enjoy an exciting life online. The irrepressible Monkey of HiMonkey.net is no exception, hobnobbing with Tibetan monks, penning haikus, and even making 'Mama Stamberg's cranberry relish' — the toothsome treat popularized by National Public Radio's Susan Stamberg.

The Sunday Post (UK)
23 November 2003

website of the week

Everyone loves a monkey, so what could be better than a monkey bearing scrumptious, delectable goodies, or at least recipes for said snacks? This cuddly primate, appropriately named “Monkey”, is a dab hand in the kitchen and you’re sure to leave his site with a rumbling tum. Some of the snacks have an American err, flavour (jello anyone?). But each recipe has step-by-step instructions and pictures of Mr Monkey monkeying around the kitchen. “Crunchy Rice Krispie treats” won’t have Delia crying into her mixing bowl, but they'll tickle your tastebuds.

Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minnesota Star Tribune
Lifestyle
Randy Salas
15 May 2006

Web search: Monkeying around

Before last week's news broke about the newly discovered kipunji monkey, there already was a website set up to raise funds to save the rare primate. Then I got an e-mail from a friend that linked to a chimp speaking with her voice. And, in case you forgot to mark your calendar, today is International Sea-Monkey Day. There's lots of monkey business on the Web these days.

www.himonkey.net

The stuffed terrycloth star of Hi! Monkey takes its visitors on adventures to places such as the Art Institute of Chicago for a game of Find the Picasso and to a Mexican-food store to buy ingredients to make queso dip (recipe included) for Cinco de Mayo. There are some charming moments, such as when Monkey wonders whether Picasso's Blue Period was influenced "by a bout of ennui or just a great sale on blue paint at the art supply shop." But a little Monkey goes a long way.

Xeni Jordan
xeni.net/trek
Correspondent for NPR and technology mavenette

8.09.2006

Corrected by a monkey: the meaning of "rinpoche."

An NPR staffer wrote promotional copy on npr.org for one of the "Hacking the Himalayas" segments that read,

Rinpoche is an honorary title that translates as "senior lama."

The most famous monkey on the internet wrote in to correct this. Monkey says,

xeni-la, dear,
in your report today on npr you say Rinpoche is an honorary title that translates as "senior lama." well... it's not exactly. it means "precious one" (actually precious-one-great) and is given to a tulku (a reincarnation of a lama), the title can be given to an accomplished teacher or monk that an oracle foresees their reincarnation, but that is rare. while many senior lamas are rinpoches, not all rinpoche's are senior or scholarly. stephen segal, for instance, is referred to as rinpoche since penor rinpoche revealed that he is a tulku. I've even dangled from the mouth of toddler tulku and heard the demand "rinpoche, take the monkey out of your mouth and say thank you." what a strange world we live in!

Monkey is small, terry cloth, and in addition to being something of an expert on Tibetan Buddhism -- has a nice personality: Link.

And I'm told by a knowledgeable but anonymous source that on a saucier side... colloquially, "rinpoche" is also a euphemism for male genitalia.

Chow Magazine
Chow for Now
24 November 2005
Jane Goldman

Monkey makes Mama Stamberg’s relish

If we say stuffed monkey fotonovella, have we done justice to Hi! Monkey? If we say stuffed monkey fotonovella about making Susan Stamberg’s mother’s cranberry relish, does that help?

Monkey makes Susan Stamberg’s mother’s cranberry relish.

Chow Magazine
Food Blog Heaven
19 May 2009
Aïda Mollenkamp

4. Cooking with Monkey. Monkeys make cooking fun. The recipe section here is full of comforting, nostalgic dishes, and while it’d be hard to actually re-create them (as measurements and true instructions are a rarity), it sure is entertaining to watch Monkey work his culinary magic.

hi! monkey

Meet the monkey. An Austin native, the monkey is diminutive (just under six inches tall), affable (he has loads of friends), and itinerant (he's fond of the open road). Our cheerful simian's hobbies include bookmaking, cooking, and Tibetan Buddhism. He's also not really a monkey. He's a stuffed animal -- the kind you might find buried in the back of a six-year-old's closet. But thanks to a little imagination and some creative digital camerawork, this charming little critter is giving Paddington the Bear a run for his money.

St. Petersberg Times
Site Seeing
by Jules Allen
19 February 2001

Primate appeal
www.HiMonkey.net

Bugs Bunny is a tour de force of sarcasm, wit and exceptionally well-presented adult humor. Thankfully, cartoons placate kids, too, and provide one of those rare moments where a father can sit down with his son and not use words such as repayment, disappointed or legal action. HiMonkey isn't quite in the wascally wabbit's league but it shows promise. It's a deadpan presentation of the adventures of a small, stuffed toy. Quite amusing.

This is Wiltshire (UK)
Newsquest Media Group - A Gannett Company
Internet Picks
Pick of the week
10 -17 Jan 02

Runny nose? Sore throat? Tickly cough? You are clearly coming down with something. To help avoid spreading the mystery bugs that seem to be romping around the office at this time of year, do yourself and everyone else a favour, and stay at home. Even if they are being sympathetic, you can be sure that the only thing people are thinking when they look at you is 'keep away from me, I don't want what you've got.' Staying at home will enable you to surf the net and look at some sites that are (in the words of the Fast Show) a little bit 'wooo' and a little bit 'waaaa', and might just make you feel a little bit better.

Let one of your resolutions be to check out Hi Monkey! for a gentle journey through the life and exploits of this strange creature. Monkey, who is a small terry-towelling primate from across the Atlantic, bears a striking resemblance to a certain monkey used to advertise digital television channel. Perhaps he is a distant cousin cut from the same genetic towelling, separated at birth and left to evolve on opposite sides of the pond. Monkey takes his audience on outings to museums and bookstores, to temples and concerts, and often to his own kitchen to expand the readers' horizons, bake cakes and amuse us along the way. Or even experience Monkey's adventures with cheese - if you dare. Although kids will enjoy this site, adults will get more out of its subtle humour. But the more you find out about Monkey and his life as a piece of tatty old terry cloth, you get to realise that its creator, whoever it is, really loves their toy monkey. Did you ever love your soft toys this much? Shame on you.

NPR
2000 (in feature on Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish)

If you'd like to see this being prepared by an actual stuffed animal, check it out at www.himonkey.net.

NPR
2002 (in feature on Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish)
Other Resources

At the HiMonkey.net Web site, see a stuffed toy "making" the cranberry relish. (link)

NPR
2003 (in feature on Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish)
Web Resources

Hi Monkey Makes Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish (link)

Houston Chronicle
What's On Line 15 February 2001
By Cay Dickson

Barrel of monkey -- Pretend that you're having a stressful day. One more yank on your chain, and you're going to come undone. As you hold that thought, go to www.himonkey.net/ and visit a site called Hi Monkey. Each link takes you on a different tour of Monkey's world, and what a world it is. Join him as he goes to the dentist, or visits his new neighbors, or attends Mr. Peppermint's party. His enjoyment of popular holidays, especially Halloween, is depicted in great detail in the "Holidays With Monkey" section. You'll also find sections on tips on good manners, some tasty recipes (mainly sweet stuff) and his second novel, On The Road. The creative simplicity of this site is bound to endear Monkey to you, and maybe lighten the load of your imaginary stressed-out day.

Rainbownetwork
Funzone

Hi Monkey!
It warms your cockles to find that the internet isn’t just full of naked housewives! We all need some fluffy fun in our lives, and to this end, let us introduce you to ‘Hi Monkey’.

Monkey is a bit of an internet star and likes nothing better than to document his travels, and his guide to life, on his very own site.

Monkey is never one to let a photo opportunity slip by and is currently touting his Valentine’s Day cookies, heart candies and poetry.

(Image)

Monkey loves a party and has been known to get down and dirty for St. Patrick’s Day and lets his monkey hair down with his Chinese friends for a fortune cookie session.

Monkey is also queen of the royal walk-a-bout, whether it’s a trip round to his neighbour’s house or a thrilling visit round the local cheese factory.

Monkey rocks!

Boing Boing
11 August 2002
Guest Bar
By Xeni Jardin, Guest Editor

Funkadelic Sorbet: Chillin' and Cookin' With Monkey. (Image)

Talk to the hand, Emeril. Bite it, Nigella. Naked Chef, put your shirt on. The number one funky monkey cook shares his recipe for sorbet-in-a-sack. "...then, i flip through my music collection for some suitable dance music. usually, i like techno with sorbet, but, you can never go wrong with some george clinton and the p-funk all stars, can you? i set my trusty timer for 5 minutes and crank up the music."

Thanks, Frank.

Ink19
June 2002
Betty Lou Vegas

Hi Monkey!.Net
I may never recover.

Just when I was beginning to feel jaded about the caliber of content available on the Net, I found Hi Monkey!.Net. Wonderfully charming, Monkey is a five-inch terrycloth primate who chronicles his many adventures (both in and outside his home) through digital photography and whimsical narrative text.

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Hi Monkey dressed as Frida Kahlo

The Holidays With Monkey section spotlights some of Monkey's favorite holidays -- Cinco de Mayo, Rosh Hashanah, Easter, and Bastille Day. My favorite section is Monkey's Costume Gallery (under Halloween). Monkey has a wonderful array of custom-made costumes, from author Daniel Pinkwater to a jellyfish and the Dali Lama to a marshmallow. Quite clever for a little monkey!

There is also the Cooking With Monkey section, featuring such yummy recipes (with step-by-step photos) as Crunchy Rice Crispie Treats, Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish, Sunshine Jello Salad (duly noted as not actually using real sunshine,) brie on a baguette (not just for Bastille Day anymore!) and guacamole and basic nachos. Mmmm, sounds tasty! And all prepared by the host himself!

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Hi Monkey dressed as His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet

Monkey goes on several expeditions, his photo-journals include his exploits at the Dallas Film Festival, visiting with Tibetan monks, his jaunt to New Orleans and meeting his new neighbors. For a five-inch terrycloth primate, Monkey has quite an impressive resume of adventures.

Not for cynical grouches, Hi Monkey!.Net is a delightfully cool drink of water in the desert wasteland of the Web.

Joy of Soup
1 February 2004

Where does the time go? Here we are turning over the calendar page to February and not a thing has been done around here to prepare for Groundhog's Day. Luckily for the Soup Lady, others have not been hibernating and are all set to celebrate the holiday.

Groundhog Cookies (Image of monkey with cookies)
Try some Groundhog's Day cookies from our favorite terrycloth primate. These tasty little delights tell the whole story: "The cookies look just like burrows with the proud and majestic groundhog emerging into the sun to display his meteorological prowess." Who could resist? (I'm beginning to think that the monkey is the Martha Stewart of the terrycloth world. There's something there for every holiday - I can hardly wait until Valentine's Day rolls around to see what goes on over there.

What's the Fuss
16 March 2004

Since half my neighborhood knows better than to answer the door when I'm standing on the other side waving a Ziploc bag full of something I made too much of, I've now taken to poisoning everyone on the Internet, one by one. Though I once labored to appear to be the type of person who'd sooner choke on her own greased fist than consider spending $20 on Aztec cocoa, I must now reveal that I am indeed the type of person has considered spending $20 on Aztec cocoa, and that my heart paliptates when a link to a new fudge recipe shows up in my inbox. I have no photo documentation of me scampering off to the kitchen to boil up a pot of wholesome homemade candy, and then boxing up a hunk of it and mailing it off to the fudge recipe link sender, who appears to be made of terrycloth, only half expecting that a terrycloth person would actually eat something that came from someone who's basically a total fucking stranger. However, I now have evidence that said fudge was graciously received and cleverly rehabilitated without the use of marshmallow paste. Please to enjoy: MONKEYFUDGE!

Grrrl.com
Phreaky Phriday Phun Links
9 February 2001

How many stuffed animals do you know who can hang with Tibetan monks? And how many stuffed monkeys do you know that can cook delicious shortbread cookies? Take a photographic journey with a curious little monkey who has the best manners around.

WiseCat
Best of the Web
2 August 2001

Hi Monkey ! - Very funny site about the adventures of a cute stuffed monkey. The Cooking with Monkey section is my favourite bit.

Wednsday Morning
Sabine Laguionie-Gimeno
30 November 2007

Cuisinons tous avec Monkey

Il est plus sexy que Cyril Lignac. Il est plus rock n' roll que Jamie Oliver. Il est bien plus sympa que Joël Robuchon. Il est plus exotique que Maïté et encore plus mignon que Rémy Ratatouille, c'est dire... Il s'appelle Monkey et du haut de ses 20 cm de tissu éponge, il cuisine comme un grand chef. Si vous n'avez pas encore fait la connaissance de ce drôle de doudou cuisinier (et bricoleur), allez vite visiter son site !
Je fonds à le voir couper, mixer, touiller et faire cuire tout en images. Les recettes sont parfaitement réalisables et les textes (en anglais) sont irrésistibles ! Alors apple crumble ou origami avec Monkey ?

 

Emmanuell.net
Nauty Bytes -
by emmanuelle richard
3 August 2002

Hi monkey!
"monkey's genuine web site" is the funniest site I've seen in a long time. Very cute too. Thanks to the folks at Metafilter

Philadephia Inquirer
Web Winners
By Reid Kanaley - Inquirer Columnist
28 November 2002

Hi monkey.

There are hundreds of thousands of recipe sites, but one of the best has to be this one, in which a stuffed monkey tells how to make a famous holiday cranberry relish.

k10k
FAQ

Theodore Hansen, man of the people, asks:
Man, i really like your art work.. see there is this girl.. Narcossa.. me and her are like {you know)... and i was wondering if you could. mm, make a pictuRe of a monkey saying i love you Narcossa.. cause she really likes monkeys.. so do i.

The Kaliber crew answers:
Nope. Didn't sign up for this gig to draw monkeys. And, besides, monkeys are evil (apart from this one - <links to www.himonkey.net>).

Girl Hacker's Random Log
Lilly Tao
Thursday, November 23, 2000

Every year, NPR's Susan Stamberg presents her mother-in-law's cranberry relish recipe. Pavel Curtis was kind enough to introduce me to hi! monkey.net's visual step-by-step for this recipe. If you've never seen a stuffed animal operating a Cuisinart before, click on through and see how one little monkey makes it happen. It puts my Stairmaster skills to shame. This very same monkey also demonstrates how to make cheese & crackers, cocoa, and rice krispie treats.

Girl Hacker's Randon Log
Lilly Tao
Monday, August 26, 2002

If you haven't been by to visit monkey in a while (and why not?), well he's developed a new exercise program to supplement his Cuisinart stairmaster routine. Observe the freestyle aerobic and wrestling movements developed expressedly for creating a yummy sorbet in a zippy sack. No doubt monkey wanted to look svelte for his photo exhibit at Artists For Tibet.

Yahooligans
Coolpages - This Week's Five Coolest Sites
8 March 2001

HiMonkey.net

Enter into the funny little world of this cuddly friend! Read his stories, enjoy holidays together, meet his guests, try his recipes, and lots more.

The Editor (The Guardian, UK)
Search Engine: Links Worth a Look
by Bibi Van der Zee
18 August 2001

A reader recommends the lovely Hi! Monkey site (www.himonkey.net) - it's almost as good as Christmas day. At this very odd site and increadibly sweet stuffed monkey guides you, via photos taken by his kind owner, through his adventures - attending a book reading, stirring the Christmas fruit cake, helping Mama Stanberg make her famous cranberry sauce. It's all at a kids' level, with the odd poem thrown in: "Fruit cake golden brown and warm/ Tasty fruit cake with such charm/ I bet that you would taste so yummy/ And feel real good inside my tummy." If your having a particularly adult and taxing day, it may be worth spending a little time where to chill out.

Current
Elsewhere on the Web

12.12.2003
Monkey reminds you that Joan Kroc's gift to NPR doesn't excuse you from supporting your local station. "now, what i want to know is, what did mrs. kroc's estate get as a member incentive? millions of npr coffee mugs? carl kassel recording me [a] message on their answering machine? a tub of mama stamberg's cranberry relish?" Monkey's site also features some pics of KERA p.d. Abby Goldstein.

Current
Elsewhere on the Web

Monkey, a devoted public radio supporter, recently went on a tour of NPR's headquarters (and sent this Current editor a postcard while in town).

Internet Weekly
Animation & Best of the Year Animation
19 August 2002

This week we have one funny low tech entry, monkey makes fabulous sorbet in a sack.

Iranian Times
Beyond Iran (on side bar)
Thursday February 8, 2001 / Bahman 20, 1379, No. 1162

hi! monkey

Meet the monkey. An Austin native, the monkey is diminutive (just under six inches tall), affable (he has loads of friends), and itinerant (he's fond of the open road). Our cheerful simian's hobbies include bookmaking, cooking, and Tibetan Buddhism.

Pueblo Cheiftain
Web Winners
6 December 2002

HI MONKEY

There are hundreds of thousands of recipe sites, but one of the best has to be this one, in which a stuffed monkey tells how to make a famous holiday cranberry relish.

NTV MSNBC (Turkey)
Technoloji
Güncelleme: 14:21 TS 8 May., 2002

NTV
Himonkey.net

www.himonkey.net ilginç bir kisisel site, çünkü bu sitenin sahibi oyuncak bir maymun. Sitenin yaraticilari bu oyuncak maymunun basrolde yeraldigi hikayeler yaziyor, fotografliyor ve bunlari sanal aleme tasiyor.
Hikayenin kahramani maymun son derece sevimli oldugu için hikayeler de ilgi çekici oluyor. Kahramanimiz gündemi yakindan takip ederek, güncel olaylarla ilgili öykülerde yeraliyor.

Yilbasinin ardindan subat ayinda kutlanacak sevgililer günü simdiden himonkey sayfalarina tasinmis bile. Maymunumuz 11 Eylül saldirilarini kinayan bir bölüm yaratmayi da unutmamis. Siteye yeni eklenen bölümlerden biri; Tibetli budist rahiplerin de yeraldigi macera.

www.himonkey.com bir oyuncak maymunun internet macerasini anlatan komik bir site.

MAXsms
Vanvittig! Oppdatert: 01.02.2001

Da er kanskje siden "Cooking with monkey" litt mer spennende. Nope! Siden inneholder oppskrifter og fremgangsmåte og ved grytene står en tøyape og rører: Cooking With Monkey: Now we add 2 cups of plastic pellets from the inside of a . . . hey, wait a minute. . .

Link Dana

hi! monkey

Ocjena:
URL: www.himonkey.net
Kategorija: Zabava
Datum: 14.02.2001

"Impresivno, zar ne?", pitaju nas na siteu. Jest impresivno je, ali ne sam site koliko njegova neka èudna i bolesna privlaènost. Majmunèiæ kojeg æete upoznati je vrlo nizak, zatim komunikativan i prièljiv, a uz sve to vrlo voli putovati pa upravo zato ima mnoštvo prièa za podijeliti. Hobiji su mu izraðivanje knjiga, kuhanje i budizam. Zapravo, on i nije pravi majmun. Veæ preparirana životinja koja je zahvaljujuæi velikoj kreativnosti i digitalnoj kameri - oživjela. Zašto ne biste i vi upoznali tog malenog majmuna?

Netties

Truc met de aap

Neen, niet weglopen - dit gaat niet over het serveren van die handige en
grijpgrage beestjes zoals het in sommige landen gebeurt (en op welke
details wij niet in willen gaan). De website vertelt de avonturen van een
pluchen aapje, dat eigenlijk als rode draad gebruikt wordt doorheen de
site. Je leert er te koken, vooral handige, kleine dingen.
http://www.himonkey.net/

NPR
Aired March 2004 (from November 2003 interview)
Corey Flintoff interviews monkey's non-terrycloth alter ego during the pledge drive.

The Rancid Little Butter Pat
Concived as a fund raiser for the Tibetan Children's Village
Bilingual book in English and Tibetan but never published
monkey's first book! coming to a big chief tablet near you!

Net Magazine
October 2005
The Brains Behind : Hi! Monkey

Himonkey.net is a wee peek at the life and adventures of the only terry cloth primate we know of who runs his own web site. Reason enough for us to hunt him down and make him talk

An in depth expose about me and my website.

Net Magazine
December 2005 - July 2006
monkey
my monthly opinions column

Wikipedia

I'm mentioned in the "redesign" section of the Wikipedia entry for .net magazine and i'm footnote number 2!