A look at local food discoveries, whether it’s a particular dish or an ingredient, often with one or more recipes.
Kate: I need bread. Eugene: What? Kate: I don’t have enough bread. Run over to Greenblatt’s and get me a fresh rye bread. Eugene: Again? I just came back from Grennblatt’s. Kate: So you’ll go again. Eugene: I’m always going to the store. When I grow up, that’s all I’ll be trained to do, go… Read More 20 Views of Little Russia by the Sea
“Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller For those of you following along for the vicarious thrill of checking out NYC’s restaurant scene, today’s post is likely to be a bit of a disappointment. For those of you, for whom knowing… Read More Leisure Day
“[T]he diversity of the people, the landscape and the history — occupied or colonized by the Chinese, the Spanish and the Americans, with Mexican influences from the Acapulco-Manila galleon trade — is reflected in the haphazard etiology of the food. The cuisine can seem a jumble of indigenous fruits and fishes, with calamansi limes and… Read More Pinoy Prandial
As part of my exploration of various foodstuffs here, and in particular recently, of pastries, I thought I’d do the hard work of nibbling my way through the various alfajores available here in my ‘hood. It’s a tasty job and I was happy to volunteer…. Quebec, Av. Pueyrredón 1639 (and other locations) Three types of… Read More Sandwich Cookies
On June 6th, 2002, the Eastern Mediterranean Event occurred, a high-energy aerial explosion over the Mediterranean Sea, at around 34°N, 21°E (between Libya and Crete, Greece). This explosion has been related to an asteroid undetected while approaching the Earth. The object disintegrated and no part was recovered. It was detected by satellites and seismographic stations,… Read More The Big Bang
We’ve been toying with the idea of doing an occasional brunch on Sundays – maybe once a month… Scrambled eggs and pastrami was one of the first things we’ve been playing with – the pastrami here just isn’t quite right for it – it’s more of a thin sliced cured meat, so hey, I may… Read More What’s for Brunch?
“Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” – Boris Pasternak, Russian poet A fun little weekend past with both public and private dinners, first the latter. A group in from Chicago who pretty much left things in my hands… “no Scallops(allergy), Mushrooms (dislike immensely), Cheetos, twinkies, egg salads, eel, frog legs, potato… Read More Market Menu Surprise
“Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on cake, sweet, but not nourishing.” – Nellie McClung, Canadian feminist Alfajores come in a wide variety of styles, mostly regional, though some, like my last post, are more related to method. Over time I may just… Read More Icing, Icing Baby…