This past weekend we had brunch with my parents at Markt, and lovely (and somewhat trendy) Belgian spot in Chelsea. I had just done a recipe demo at the Union Square Greenmarket on behalf of the Natural Gourmet (where I went to school). Since I had to drop some things off at the school after the demo, [...]
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Markt
Posted in brunch, tagged markt on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pride shot
Posted in biweekly photo on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This afternoon we attended a friend’s gay pride parade party. He lives right along the parade route so we were able to watch from his living room window. One of the attendees had made these jell-o shots. He actually made seven different-colored flavors of jell-o and took the time to layer them. Impressive.
Best Soba in town
Posted in dinner out, tagged soba-ya on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While I have yet to try the much lauded soba at Matsugen, I am sticking with Soba-ya as my favorite place to go for soba in Manhattan. One of my qualifications for a good Japanese restaurant outside of Japan is that most-to-all of the servers must speak Japanese. Soba-ya delivers in this category, however, sadly, [...]
Getting organized
Posted in kitchen accessories on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My trip to Kalustyan’s motivated me to get my spices organized. I have collected several different ones over the years (yes, I know, I shouldn’t keep spices for years), and had them all on a rotating two-tiered spice rack. This is what my countertop used to look like: This is what it looks like now: [...]
Blueberries!
Posted in baked treat, tagged blueberry upside-down ginger cake on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The first blueberries of the season made an appearance at the Union Square farmers’ market and I had to have them. I bought two pints, one to eat raw (with yogurt) and the other to use for baking. Since we have house guests right now, I wanted to make something a bit nice, so I [...]
Father’s Day feast
Posted in dinner in, party on June 23, 2009 | 7 Comments »
My father loves Indian food. So, I decided to make an Indian feast for Father’s Day, and we invited both sets of parents over. A few days before the big meal, I made a list and headed straight for Kalustyan’s. Located in the “Curry Hill” neighborhood, Kalustyan’s stocks every spice, bean, flour, and condiment you could [...]
Lazy weekend brunch
Posted in brunch, tagged waffles on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I’m hungry for a tasty weekend brunch, but feeling lazy, I pull out my waffle maker and my Bob’s Red Mill Organic 7 Grain Pancake and Waffle Mix. All I need to do is whip up some batter, pour it into the pre-heated waffle maker, flip it, and wait to hear the beep that [...]
Moustache Pitza
Posted in dinner out on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday night I had dinner with my friend Leah (thanks to her great recommendation) at Moustache Pitza. There are three locations in the city, we went to the one in the West Village. Specializing in thin, fresh-out-of-the-oven pita bread, this budget-friendly Middle Eastern was the perfect place to catch up with a friend. We ordered [...]
Food, Inc.
Posted in food media on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dave and I went to see Food, Inc. tonight. Having read the books of the two main narrators of the movie Eric Schlosser (author of Fast Food Nation) and my personal hero Michael Pollan (author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food), much of the movie’s content was not new to me. That [...]
Souen Ramen
Posted in dinner out, tagged souen ramen on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My favorite causal restaurant in NYC is called Souen, it’s an organic macrobiotic restaurant (there’s two, I like the one on 13th Street between University Place and 5th Avenue). When I heard that Souen was opening a new ramen place, I was very excited. Most of the über-hyped ramen places in the city (Ippudo, Momofuku Noodle Bar, etc.) use [...]
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