Not much home-baking on this end recently, except to reheat (cinnamon raisin bread) or repeat staple recipes (olive oil granola) already bloggered on and rah-rahed about here. I am super dooper fatigued currently, as I spend my days helping open a restaurant. So why don’t I distract you now from my dearth of original material [...]
Archive for the ‘Restaurants’ Category
Hibernating? You might want a snack break
Posted in Restaurants, The Smile on January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Orange you glad
Posted in Restaurants on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the end of the Times dining review of a Korean bbq spot called Madangsui today, Mr. Sifton writes, “Dessert’s an orange cut into eighths. It tastes of magic and happiness.” The curious thing is, I’ve never had an orange at the end of a meal at any establishment in K-town that didn’t taste of [...]
Go ahead, call me a snob
Posted in Cupcakes, Mixed berry tart, Pies and tarts, Restaurants, Tartine on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m trying to enjoy as much as the city has to offer me at night before I officially sign my soul away to the restaurant, so one humid night this week, the bf and I walked to Tartine in the West Village for dinner al fresco. One block away at Magnolia Bakery, throngs of people [...]
Taking the High Road
Posted in Restaurants on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s as though someone read my mind re: lack of health insurance: http://www.nychighroadrestaurants.com/
Dignity, please
Posted in Restaurants, Uncategorized on July 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The process of searching for a job in this economic climate (I’m sorry, I won’t ever use that phrase again), especially in a restaurant kitchen, has been an interesting exercise in maintaining a suitable level of dignity. This word resonated with me quite deeply when Obama repeated it many times during the past election, and [...]
Achtung! German baked/fried goods
Posted in Fried Goodies, Lederhosen, Loreley, Pretzels, Restaurants, Zum Schneider on June 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A “German Day” pub crawl took place Saturday. It was arranged by a friend who clearly didn’t foresee that we would suffer a great collective katzenjammer(n., hangover) after. Sunday was interesting for everyone. The itinerary began with Zum Schneider in Alphabet City at 1:30, to be followed by Loreley in Soho/LES area at 3:00, then [...]
The perfect bite
Posted in Restaurants, Uncategorized, wd-50 on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve never seen “The Mirror Has Two Faces,” but I sometimes hear people talk of The Perfect Bite: take a little of this, a little of that, and you’re suddenly throwing a party in your mouth. This dessert plate above, which I had the happiness of experiencing yesterday at a lunch for Panasonic Inverter Microwaves [...]
Rule of yum (sorry): Leave well enough alone
Posted in Creme Anglaise, Ingredients, Restaurants, Strawberries on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At this point you can probably tell I heart Mark Bittman. What’s not to like about unfussy, tasty food? Like playing up strawberries with something other than Cool Whip but with almond creme anglaise per this recipe. I am crazy enough to spend all day making puff pastry from scratch, but more often than not, [...]
Traveling this weekend?
Posted in Bakeries, Restaurants, Travel on May 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Make a note of these delicious options all over the country and beyond.
Worst. Desserts. Ever.
Posted in Restaurants on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night’s dessert at a relatively new restaurant (not naming it, so e-mail me if you’re really curious) was a plate of three small slices of different tarts. Very rarely do I remember a dessert because I didn’t like it, and that probably has a lot to do with living here with the high caliber [...]
