January 2011
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Mortar + Pestle Madness : Green Curry Fish
Kit bought me a Mortar and Pestle for Xmas and I cannot stop using it as the starting point for basically everything I cook.
I love the smashing and bashing and I also love the intense flavors I can marry together in my little magic stone bowl.
I have made pesto for my Chicken Involtini
and now I decided I wanted to bake fish and make my own green curry paste of sorts.
Do I know what is in...
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Dogmatic - Happy New Year Hot Dog
I met two of my best girlfriends at Dogmatic in Union Square today and I must say I was looking forward to trying these hot dogs for the past 24 hours.
I had heard about Dogmatic before and so I did some research before we met for lunch. They started as a gourmet hot dog cart DGSS and then opened their brick and mortar space in 2008. So yes, I will admit I am slightly LATE on my game!
But hey,...
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Stuffing my face @ The Lobster Place
I was lucky enough today to have a casting right across the street from the Chelsea Market, so I thought why not treat myself to a Lobster Roll + lunch at The Lobster Place
I ordered the freshly made Lobster Roll that came with crinkle cut potato chips, coleslaw and lemon wedge.
Also tried some scallop and bacon chowder and washed this all down with a Maine Root Sarsaparilla.
First off the...
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GOAT TOWN fever
So a little birdy told me we had a new restaurant opening in the East Village on 5th Street between A and B. GOAT TOWN is a new venture for veterans Nicholas Morgenstern (The General Greene, Greene Ice Cream) and Chef Joel Hough (Cookshop) …. elevating the American Bistro to new levels in the East Village.
I have now ( in the past month ) had the pleasure of dining there 4 times and so I...
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Home Cookin' - New Ideas - Chicken Involtini w/...
This dinner was made the night of the BIG 2010 Blizzard in NYC…. I can’t tell you how amazing it was to cook this and then enjoy it with a bottle of vino sitting by the windows of our apt and watching the snow blow down like crazy. Amazing moment!
I started by making some homemade pesto in my brand new mortar and pestle! Yes sir. The man got me the best gift for xmas and I was ready...
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Home Cookin' - Oldy but a goodie- Lasagne
Lasagna is something my mum Dizey taught me how to make when I was young….. She still makes a mean one. :)
Here is my version…. Kit approves!
Chop a medium brown onion, 4 cloves of garlic, about a cup of celery and a cup of carrot. Saute in a pot with a tablespoon of Extra Virgin olive oil. Add salt, pepper, a pinch of red pepper flakes, cumin, paprika, oregano and chilli powder....
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Home Cookin' - Oldy but a goodie- Risotto w/ lemon...
If Kit asks me once he asks me a thousand times to cook something with truffle oil in it…. so last night I thought it would be perfect in a creamy risotto with portabello mushrooms, lemons and chilli shrimp.
Chop 3 cloves of garlic, 1 brown onion and about 12 small baby portabello mushrooms. Saute in pan with 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil… add a little salt pepper, red pepper...
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Home Cookin' - Oldy but a goodie - Meatloaf
So tonight I decided I wanted to re attempt Meatloaf…. ( My last try was kind of pathetic when the oven apparently wasn’t preheated nor actually on at all, so my meatloaf was…after an hour just a slightly warm log of ground beef :( )
I set out to create something a little different with the flavors and this is what I came up with!
Italian Style Meatloaf w/ creamy mash and...
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Home Cookin' - Oldy but a goodie - Kit's Bday 09
This was originally posted on my old site - But its a favorite of Kit and mine…… Enjoy
Jan/ 2009
So it’s Kit’s bday today and I decided I wanted to make us both a yummy breakfast!
I didn’t have vanilla extract or white sugar so I improvised a little a found a new favorite recipe!
Lemon and Maple Pancakes with Berries
1 cup Self Rising Flour
1 egg
1 cup low...
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Home Cookin' - Oldy but a goodie
I am ALL about food. Buying it, cooking it, eating it…. smelling it, tasting it, watching it on tv….. if it’s food related then I am ALL about it!
So needless to say, I like trying new things in the kitchen and I love to cook for my boyfriend and myself.
Today during my time flipping between Food Network and HGTV I decided I wanted to make Chicken Lime Tortilla Soup for dinner....
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This little piggy went wwwweeeee weeeee all the...
Stopped by ‘This little Piggy had Roast Beef” in the East Village today to try their well hyped sandwiches… Struck up a conversation with the chef William and managed to score a taste of the delicious Pastrami while waiting for my ‘THAT WAY’ sandwich with Roast Beef, Jus and Mozzarella on a Hero. Delicious. Well seasoned, meaty, salty and the bread was hearty enough...
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Gem Hunting - Northern Spy
So today Kit and I were walking in the neighborhood and stumbled across Northern Spy.
On 12th st btwn A and B.
Such a cute space with a real antique farmhouse vibe, wooden chairs and blue benches with fresh herbs growing in the windows.
We had the Chicken & egg sandwich, $11 Crispy thigh, poached egg, greens, chimichurri, a side of collards, the Meatballs slow cooked with marinara and...
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Taco Time - La Lucha East Village
Stopped in for a taco at new taco shop in the East Village La Lucha. Decorated in true style with mexican wrestling memorabilia and pink foil booths, we went to order a pulled pork taco and the guy at the register suggested a special pork taco not on the menu, so we got that.
Served with a little black beans, pickled onions and cilantro the meat was juicy and tasted like it had been slow cooked...
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Hot Spot - Pulinos
Today I stopped by Pulino’s on Houston and Bowery to try out the breakfast pizza.
This is the new outpost for Keith McNally ( Balthazar, Pastis ) with hotshot chef Nate Appleman. Started with a yummy Roasted Grapefruit with muscovado sugar & mint which was strange and delicious and the concept actually inspired a future cocktail experiment.
Then onto the pizza’s with eggs:...
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Porchetta - oooh Piggy I love you!
Kit and I were walking around the East Village actually looking for a bite at our local Mexican place but instead we went to Porchetta and boy were we totally happy about it!
We were starving so we ordered a bunch of food….
The Porchetta Sandwich on Sullivan St Bakery bread….
The Porchetta Plate with beans (phipps farm organic cannellini beans cooked with carrots, celery, onion,...
