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microwave cooking for one

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:45:32 -0400

suicidally depressing? ready to call it a lifetime? enjoy!

another reason to live

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:03:23 -0400

sure spring is here in gothamtown and there is that whole ‘I’m coming out of my seasonal affective disorder’ reason to live, but today TONY announced their eatoutawards for 2010, which means those of us who are food obsessed have yet ANOTHER reason to live! woo hoo!

Winner! Winner! See’s candy wins the easter bunny race. I...

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:23:12 -0400

Winner! Winner! See’s candy wins the easter bunny race. I knew all of that See’s candy chocolate gobbling spent in childhood was for not. Cheers to Serious Eats who had to do the heavy lifting of all that chocolate. Second up was Lindt. Runners up Frango, Fran’s Chocolates and more check it.

Dude. Just when I commit to my spring diet, you know the one...

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:11:53 -0400

Dude. Just when I commit to my spring diet, you know the one where you swear to undo all of the winter damage done? The diet that will fit you back into all of your jeans AND prep you for a hot summer wardrobe? Yep. that one. Well just when I am making strides B&Js has to announce their new flavors… boston cream pie? peanut brittle? maple blondie? sigh. I am toast.

Thanks Serious Eats for the alert. My 10,000 fat cells thank you as well.

Great cooking classes at Whole Foods Bowery

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:16:50 -0400

Great cooking classes at Whole Foods Bowery:

Check out the culinary program upstairs @ Whole Foods on Bowery. Just took a baking class there which was amazing! Sarah Copeland, a most charming and informative teacher, taught us hands on dough making skills. Or rather, displayed her rather impressive ability to transform flours, butters, oils and sugar/salt into gorgeous flat breads, pie crusts, etc. It was truly a sight to behold, particularly when I tried my hand at the pie crust and ended up with a hot, melty mess. Rare for me to fall that flat, I have made pie dough and other doughs that need to be rolled out before. For some reason I was a hot, melty mess much like my pie dough. So I’ll state that my problems pretty much point to the fact that Sarah was a rockstar. A baking-yummy-things rockstar.

We started making the aforementioned pie dough first. Not my fav. In fact I realized through this experience that i’m not a huge fan of that flaky dough. Croissant dough, hell yeah. Pizza dough, duh. General bready dough, absolutely. But flaky pie dough, maybe not so much.The advantage was stuffing it with ground lamb and mashed potato or plum preserves. Now that was fun.

Next up was my favorite, the whole wheat flat bread. A blend of flours with olive oil, sugar, yeast and salt. Simple. Elegant. Rustic. Homey. And bloody amazing. It was a brilliant dough to make, very easy. But the real delight was that first bite. She served it with ricotta, pea shoots (meh), red pepper flakes, sea salt and olive oil drizzled atop. I still crave it. I am thankful that I have that dough in my freezer waiting for me to pull out, let rise and bake.

And the final final was the sourdough pizza. An amazingly wet dough. And seemed like you can rip it easily. But produced something that was quite ethereal. crispy. delighful.

The class was a supreme value given the fact that you pay to learn how to make these things and then get to eat them. And if you are lucky, you may even have something to take home (in my case it was my flat bread dough and a 90 y.o. sourdough starter from wisconsin named bernie).

If only I had taken pictures.

yum!

pulinos just keeps getting better and better. the marriage of...

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:45:39 -0400

pulinos just keeps getting better and better. the marriage of McNally and Appleman was like Balthazar and A16 having a baby. A baby that makes delicious food. and now that baby has doors that open onto the sidewalk. check it… allowing for inside al fresco dining which just so happens to be some of my favorite (second only to eating at the bar). spring cannot come soon enough. thanks eater NY for the pic!

ALERT: Top Chef tour bus is coming! Sweet jesus i think i want...

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:37:29 -0400

ALERT: Top Chef tour bus is coming! Sweet jesus i think i want to take a hiatus from my day gig and become a roadie for them. think about it… food… road trip… food…

chiquita gets a well-deserved face-lift. this is freeking...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:43:34 -0500

chiquita gets a well-deserved face-lift. this is freeking brilliant. simple. fun. fabulous. thanks to designrelated for the article. check out eatachiquita.com to design your own.

The 38 Essential NY Restaurants

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:19:18 -0500

The 38 Essential NY Restaurants:

mad props to Eater NY for this most awesome list (as well as giving me a reason to live this year).

chocolate covered peeps!!!!!!!!!!! just when i was at the apex...

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:54:05 -0500

chocolate covered peeps!!!!!!!!!!! just when i was at the apex of my loathing of the perfunctory holiday candies, the kids from peeps come along and rock my world. i haven’t tried them yet. but be sure they will find their way to my purse and then my gullet post haste. thanks to serious eats for raising awareness and bringing a lil easter spirit back to my life.

Eataly- my future looks bright

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:48:56 -0500

Eataly- my future looks bright:

i think i may want to die here. Mario’s food mecca smack in the middle of my hood with “a meat restaurant, a fish one, a pasta and pizza operation, a vegetable restaurant, a panino bar, and a brewery / gastropub on the roof deck,” Ay Madon!

nyc top 10 chinese restos

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:25:07 -0500

nyc top 10 chinese restos:

i have lived here for over 2.5 years and still haven’t found my go-to chinese spot yet. maybe it is because i lived in SF too long, where great chinese was found on every other block. or maybe it is because i haven’t spent enough time in chinatown yet, but am hoping this does the trick… enjoy Time Out’s top 10.

MONKEY BREAD!!!!!! how have i never had this? a cross between...

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:46:37 -0500

MONKEY BREAD!!!!!!

how have i never had this? a cross between donut holes & cinnamon rolls? looks like someone named me has a weekend project. will make it a point to do sunday so i can bring any left overs to work. madre dio!

thanks smitten kitchen!

top 10 rules of sushi etiquette...

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:55:13 -0500

top 10 rules of sushi etiquette... :

here are some pointers for those of us obsessed with both food and how to consume it properly.

i love this stuff. Gochi-so-sama-deshi-ta

when in doubt about whether to eat it, consult this handy dandy...

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:18:02 -0500

when in doubt about whether to eat it, consult this handy dandy flowchart. it shan’t steer you wrong. thanks serious eats!

paula deen. one of my culinary idols because that woman cooks...

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:37:44 -0500

paula deen. one of my culinary idols because that woman cooks with three sticks of butter and reckless abandon. calories be damned.

she moves up a couple notches in my book with this recap of everything she has deep fried… butter, poundcake, lasagna. god love you paula. you make this world a more delicious place (albeit probably a lot more obese). click thru to foodnetworkhumor for a little more info…

bacon wrapped chicken narwhal!!!!!!! given my deep and unabiding...

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:47:08 -0500

bacon wrapped chicken narwhal!!!!!!! given my deep and unabiding love of all single horned animals, this is pretty. bad. ass. exactly what has been missing from my life. woo hoo! now 2010 can really begin. thanks seriuos eats!

The Voltaggio Brothers are coming! The Voltaggio Brothers are...

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:07:50 -0500

The Voltaggio Brothers are coming! The Voltaggio Brothers are coming! oh wait… they have arrived. their site is up and running. weekly videos to come. (well there is a first interview) hopefully this will be a righteous place for those of us food obsessed. lord knows their performance on Top Chef was.fingers crossed.

http://www.voltaggiobrothers.com/

and now for those of us on the standard issue january...

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:16:26 -0500

and now for those of us on the standard issue january diet… RUTABAGAS!!!!!! Apparently the best vegetable you have never tried. I have tried a ton of veggies and am ashamed to say, the rutabaga has not graced that list. Click on the photo above to read more from NYT’s Melissa Clark, who is rutabaga obsessed.

Back after an extended break spent eating, drinking and...

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:08:08 -0500

Back after an extended break spent eating, drinking and traveling to foreign places, I am recommitting to sharing my love of food, drink and travel. And why not start with caramel popcorn! Diets be damned!

As fate would grace me, I come across a recipe from my favorite blog for something that I ate last night. At the Breslin, April Bloomfield’s new spot in the Ace Hotel, they serve the most ridiculously, ridiculously delicious, buttery sweet caramel corn. This recipe attached adds some spice, which intrigues me greatly. So for those of you who can get to Breslin, go. And if you cannot, make this Smitten Kitchen spicy caramel popcorn at home. I am sure you won’t be disappointed.