The endless possibilities of food continue to amaze me. Tonight, thanks to part genius and part pure proximity of ingredients, kendall created this wheatthin-with-spaghetti-and-easycheese-ontop. Obviously, it is a beautiful thing!
Showing posts with label weekend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weekend. Show all posts
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Sunday Night on Diamond Street
The endless possibilities of food continue to amaze me. Tonight, thanks to part genius and part pure proximity of ingredients, kendall created this wheatthin-with-spaghetti-and-easycheese-ontop. Obviously, it is a beautiful thing!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Weekend dump
Hi all, it's (can you contract it and has?) been a while. I've been under the weather in a very counter-gastronomical way. As we all know, olfaction is essential to the dining experience. Well, I have a sinus infection, which basically cuts that out all together. On top of that, the thing has crawled through my Eustachian tube into my ear and I've got a nasty case of otitis media, which as we all remember from our childhood, is a major appetite suppressant. Needless to say, I've had few encounters worth reporting in the past couple of weeks. Also, having disease so close to my brain makes me worry that I'll write things that are too loopy. Still, so that I'm not forgotten forever:
1. About once a month Z and I succumb to the urge to get Pillsbury pastries--either biscuits or croissants. I'm not sure why, maybe it's the ease, or maybe it's that obviously artificial buttery warm gooey chewy quality. In any case, when we do the latter, I like to place a little bit of cheddar in the triangles before I roll them up. Maybe you would too?
3. Warm Tasty Nuts. So, we needed to get some unsalted cashews a while back for a Chinese recipe we were cooking. As a result of this I discovered that unsalted cashews, by themselves, are terrible. The other day I hadn't eaten and my body wanted some kind of protein, but it also did not want to go outside. The solution was to roast my own cashews in some salt, paprika, and pepper. The result, as noted above, was some warm tasty nuts. They could have been better, and I'll mess around with the spices, but this is a fun thing to do that takes 3 minutes, seems like a fancy treat, and makes almost zero dishes (the small egg pan rinses pretty quickly)
2. Simple sauces. I liked those nuts so much that I decided to expand the idea to oil. I don't have any fancy glass bottles with spouts into which I can place things that I would like to infuse my table oils with, but I thought, heat speeds up molecule motion, maybe it'll speed up infusion. Well, no I didn't, I just typed it there, and I think it sounds kind of dumb. Anyway, I wanted to have a simple linguine with oil dish so I crushed some garlic (I didn't feel like chopping it) and threw it along with some red hot pepper flakes into a small pan with a bit of heated olive oil. After maybe 2-3 min. and a bit of stirring I poured just the oil over some pre-cooked noodles. It was a lot tastier than just plain oil!
1. About once a month Z and I succumb to the urge to get Pillsbury pastries--either biscuits or croissants. I'm not sure why, maybe it's the ease, or maybe it's that obviously artificial buttery warm gooey chewy quality. In any case, when we do the latter, I like to place a little bit of cheddar in the triangles before I roll them up. Maybe you would too?
3. Warm Tasty Nuts. So, we needed to get some unsalted cashews a while back for a Chinese recipe we were cooking. As a result of this I discovered that unsalted cashews, by themselves, are terrible. The other day I hadn't eaten and my body wanted some kind of protein, but it also did not want to go outside. The solution was to roast my own cashews in some salt, paprika, and pepper. The result, as noted above, was some warm tasty nuts. They could have been better, and I'll mess around with the spices, but this is a fun thing to do that takes 3 minutes, seems like a fancy treat, and makes almost zero dishes (the small egg pan rinses pretty quickly)
2. Simple sauces. I liked those nuts so much that I decided to expand the idea to oil. I don't have any fancy glass bottles with spouts into which I can place things that I would like to infuse my table oils with, but I thought, heat speeds up molecule motion, maybe it'll speed up infusion. Well, no I didn't, I just typed it there, and I think it sounds kind of dumb. Anyway, I wanted to have a simple linguine with oil dish so I crushed some garlic (I didn't feel like chopping it) and threw it along with some red hot pepper flakes into a small pan with a bit of heated olive oil. After maybe 2-3 min. and a bit of stirring I poured just the oil over some pre-cooked noodles. It was a lot tastier than just plain oil!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Weekend dump
I noticed that I've called it an update and a round up, so I'm not sure what to call this thing. In any case, here we go:
1. Last night I made sweet potato risotto which was accompanied by bottle of Perrier Jouet. We had the Grand Brut sort which isn't as expensive as the notorious flower variety. It had one of the nicer smells I've had in a drink in a long time, tasted lovely, bubbled well, and was all around a good thing. This is good news, because the risotto was not so hot. We didn't have any pecans so I subbed cashews instead. I've done it with walnuts to no ill effect, but cashews just made the whole dish too sweet for my scotch loving taste buds.
2. Kendall and I made awesome salad. This salad is amazing and needs its own post, so I'm not going to comment here.
3. Z and I tried a local sushi place that was GOD AWFUL. Never go to the Fresh Pond Road E-chiban (not that anyone ever would). They had a decent sweet potato tempura roll, but anything with fish in it was awful. The salmon skin roll had rather large chunks of salmon attached to the skin. Furthermore, if my tongue was not being deceptive that day, there was an awful lot of mayo in the rolls. I'm not sure if that's an Americanization or an abomination, but I am sure that it's reprehensible either way.
1. Last night I made sweet potato risotto which was accompanied by bottle of Perrier Jouet. We had the Grand Brut sort which isn't as expensive as the notorious flower variety. It had one of the nicer smells I've had in a drink in a long time, tasted lovely, bubbled well, and was all around a good thing. This is good news, because the risotto was not so hot. We didn't have any pecans so I subbed cashews instead. I've done it with walnuts to no ill effect, but cashews just made the whole dish too sweet for my scotch loving taste buds.
2. Kendall and I made awesome salad. This salad is amazing and needs its own post, so I'm not going to comment here.
3. Z and I tried a local sushi place that was GOD AWFUL. Never go to the Fresh Pond Road E-chiban (not that anyone ever would). They had a decent sweet potato tempura roll, but anything with fish in it was awful. The salmon skin roll had rather large chunks of salmon attached to the skin. Furthermore, if my tongue was not being deceptive that day, there was an awful lot of mayo in the rolls. I'm not sure if that's an Americanization or an abomination, but I am sure that it's reprehensible either way.
Sunday Dunch
After a somewhat disappointing brunch at enids* (where a waitress used the dish I was eating as an example to a neighboring table = very uncomfortable!), I decided to try my hand at another hybrid meal this afternoon.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Weekend update
1. I have the flu, so it's been flu food as of late. A big ole' pot of soup and granola bars. I made some pasta with really rich sauce, and that was a BAD idea.
2. I'm on campus for the better part of the day twice a week this semester and it's really getting to me food wise. I have never known why food on campuses is always both terrible and overpriced. Were it cheap I would probably not complain much, and if it were good same thing. But if I am paying Artisanal prices and getting McDonald's quality I'm going to be pissed. Yes, that's an exxageration, but it by much. If anyone has any good 'bring your own lunch' suggestions I'm all ears.
3. I want to try Otto. An old friend was in town, she tried it, and she loved it. I want to love it. Someone come with me for expensive pizza.
4. El Quinto Pino! It's a fancy tapas/wine place in Chelsea (24th and 9th if I'm not mistaken). I went with a the same friend, her fiance, and Z met us there a bit later. First thing's first: it's costly, so you have to be ready to just drop some dough when you go there or you'll not enjoy yourself. Second thing's second: it's pretty good, so if you're in the right mindset it's worth it. They have an uni (that's sea urchin roe) panini that's really good. It's got korean mustard sauce to give it some kick, and the uni is really mild so if you're not super adventurous it's a good way to get into it. Garlic shrimp was decent, not spectacular--though they gave us plenty of bread to soak up the gingery-sauce. Garbonozo bean soupything was great ... with a buttery cumin sauce mm mm mmm mmmmm. Spiced almonds shaped like oyster crackers were neat. olives were olives. and the goat cheese had this weird caramelized onion sauce that was great. As for drinks: the happy hour wines were both great, the sangria was very spice (clovey) and good, and there was a vey burbon-y horchata. the place is very very small,but that can be good when you're with a friend whom you've not seen for four years. Now back to diseased feeling sorry for myself.
2. I'm on campus for the better part of the day twice a week this semester and it's really getting to me food wise. I have never known why food on campuses is always both terrible and overpriced. Were it cheap I would probably not complain much, and if it were good same thing. But if I am paying Artisanal prices and getting McDonald's quality I'm going to be pissed. Yes, that's an exxageration, but it by much. If anyone has any good 'bring your own lunch' suggestions I'm all ears.
3. I want to try Otto. An old friend was in town, she tried it, and she loved it. I want to love it. Someone come with me for expensive pizza.
4. El Quinto Pino! It's a fancy tapas/wine place in Chelsea (24th and 9th if I'm not mistaken). I went with a the same friend, her fiance, and Z met us there a bit later. First thing's first: it's costly, so you have to be ready to just drop some dough when you go there or you'll not enjoy yourself. Second thing's second: it's pretty good, so if you're in the right mindset it's worth it. They have an uni (that's sea urchin roe) panini that's really good. It's got korean mustard sauce to give it some kick, and the uni is really mild so if you're not super adventurous it's a good way to get into it. Garlic shrimp was decent, not spectacular--though they gave us plenty of bread to soak up the gingery-sauce. Garbonozo bean soupything was great ... with a buttery cumin sauce mm mm mmm mmmmm. Spiced almonds shaped like oyster crackers were neat. olives were olives. and the goat cheese had this weird caramelized onion sauce that was great. As for drinks: the happy hour wines were both great, the sangria was very spice (clovey) and good, and there was a vey burbon-y horchata. the place is very very small,but that can be good when you're with a friend whom you've not seen for four years. Now back to diseased feeling sorry for myself.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Weekend Roundup
Okay, so that last post wasn't as good as it should have been, but I'm kinda running short on time. I also wanted to do two independent posts about these things, but no can do. So, here it is: your weekend roundup!
1. Papacitos!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is an amazing little Mexican joint deep in the heart of greenpoint (Heron (sp?) and Manhattan). It was opened by the head chef at Brooklyn Label after he bailed and they started to get terrible and overpriced (though their tempeh reuben is still to die for! (wow, to die for really was the first phrase that popped into my head. What is happening to me?). Z and I went there yesterday because I really wanted Mexican food (which, after point 2, will be clearly absurd. I guess this could be a theme post, but I really like the weekend roundup, so I'm gonna stick it out. Okay, so Z had the chili rellenos, which was fried and amazing looking and tasting. I was pretty happy about that since I've wanted to try it before I make it sometime. Now, though, the bar is set pretty high. I had the chimichanga burrito with seitan asado. I'm kind of fascinated by this whole seitan thing, now that I've talked about it so much on here. I thought it was decent. It had obviously been spiced and fried before it was put into the burrito. Still, chicken works better for some reason. Anyway, it's called 'chimichanga' becuase they lightly fry it and then cover it with salsa and a really good sour cream. Everything there is always super-fresh tasting. I give it a lot of mmmmm's for mexican.
2. That morning we made "huevos a la Mexicana". This is just mexican scrambled eggs I think. You take some shallots and fry 'em. You throw in a chopped fresh tomato and fry it. Then add oregano and jalapanos. We used fresh ones, the recipe called for canned ones. I think the recipe might have been right, because there wasn't much kick to ours. Anyway, then you crack some eggs into the pan and mix 'em around so that they are not gross. Serve and eat. Delicious!
That was my Mexican Valentines day.
1. Papacitos!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is an amazing little Mexican joint deep in the heart of greenpoint (Heron (sp?) and Manhattan). It was opened by the head chef at Brooklyn Label after he bailed and they started to get terrible and overpriced (though their tempeh reuben is still to die for! (wow, to die for really was the first phrase that popped into my head. What is happening to me?). Z and I went there yesterday because I really wanted Mexican food (which, after point 2, will be clearly absurd. I guess this could be a theme post, but I really like the weekend roundup, so I'm gonna stick it out. Okay, so Z had the chili rellenos, which was fried and amazing looking and tasting. I was pretty happy about that since I've wanted to try it before I make it sometime. Now, though, the bar is set pretty high. I had the chimichanga burrito with seitan asado. I'm kind of fascinated by this whole seitan thing, now that I've talked about it so much on here. I thought it was decent. It had obviously been spiced and fried before it was put into the burrito. Still, chicken works better for some reason. Anyway, it's called 'chimichanga' becuase they lightly fry it and then cover it with salsa and a really good sour cream. Everything there is always super-fresh tasting. I give it a lot of mmmmm's for mexican.
2. That morning we made "huevos a la Mexicana". This is just mexican scrambled eggs I think. You take some shallots and fry 'em. You throw in a chopped fresh tomato and fry it. Then add oregano and jalapanos. We used fresh ones, the recipe called for canned ones. I think the recipe might have been right, because there wasn't much kick to ours. Anyway, then you crack some eggs into the pan and mix 'em around so that they are not gross. Serve and eat. Delicious!
That was my Mexican Valentines day.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Weekend roundup
Our resident graphic design expert SPF K did an awesome job on the new layout!
So, often times I'll have a few posts I want to make over the course of a week I never get around to making. I think I'll try to do a mini-sunday roundup whenever that's the case so that thoughts don't evaporate forever.
1. Z and I made a warm quinoa salad the other day. The Q was cooked in veggie stock (which I still need to start making at home) with garlic and onions and that was wonderful! It was a little lemon-Mediterranean for me, so next time I think I'll add a bit of feta and replace the bed of avocado-romaine with one of baby spinach!
2. Sweet potatoes make great friends, but not great leftovers apparently! We had a dinner party here wed. night. 2 mutual friends and one friend old for Z and new for me came. I put on my imaginary apron and made sweet potato risotto (walnuts rather than pecans. A lateral change only) and sweet potato curry. I made larger portions of both in hopes of being able to steal some out to SB with me the next day. No such luck, they were so well received that everything vanished that night. We must all be pigs!
3. I really like getting differently shaped noodles for when I make pasta.
4. I have eaten so much peanut butter this week that my stomach turns just thinking about it. Come on loan check, arrive!
So, often times I'll have a few posts I want to make over the course of a week I never get around to making. I think I'll try to do a mini-sunday roundup whenever that's the case so that thoughts don't evaporate forever.
1. Z and I made a warm quinoa salad the other day. The Q was cooked in veggie stock (which I still need to start making at home) with garlic and onions and that was wonderful! It was a little lemon-Mediterranean for me, so next time I think I'll add a bit of feta and replace the bed of avocado-romaine with one of baby spinach!
2. Sweet potatoes make great friends, but not great leftovers apparently! We had a dinner party here wed. night. 2 mutual friends and one friend old for Z and new for me came. I put on my imaginary apron and made sweet potato risotto (walnuts rather than pecans. A lateral change only) and sweet potato curry. I made larger portions of both in hopes of being able to steal some out to SB with me the next day. No such luck, they were so well received that everything vanished that night. We must all be pigs!
3. I really like getting differently shaped noodles for when I make pasta.
4. I have eaten so much peanut butter this week that my stomach turns just thinking about it. Come on loan check, arrive!
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