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Cook: Homemade Focaccia
If you've ever met me, it's probably no secret that I'm into bread. I practically live to eat bread. Smeared with cultured butter and sprinkled with sea salt? Even better. I like all kinds of bread...
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Where We've Been
Hello friends. It's been QUITE a while since my last post, so in an effort to sum up all the wonderfulness that has been going on, have a look below at our last two months, in pictures :). There was a...
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Cook: Quiche Lorraine
I'm beginning to think I'm quiche-cursed. I've made this quiche recipe at least 4 separate times, and it's always something that keeps it from being perfect. Soggy crust has plagued me four out of...
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Cook: Pork and Chive Dumplings
AH! Where has the time gone?! These days it feels like I blink and months have gone by... The weather has finally taken a turn for the warmer, and between bouts of thunderstorms and rain, there is...
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Cook: Potato Pizza with Asparagus and Goat Cheese
I have discovered a new genius weeknight dinner. Turns out, it's seriously simple to make homemade pizza! Wednesday night I came home, armed with a container of pre-made fresh pizza dough from Whole...
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Cook, Drink, and Eat: June Dinner Party
I would like to begin this post by saying that it is not the best idea to braise short ribs in the middle of June. That being said, are you planning to feed 6-8 hungry friends on a budget? Well then,...
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I did it! I did it! I did it! After no less than 4 separate, unsuccessful attempts, and a shameful amount of wasted olive oil, I FINALLY made a small batch of my very own homemade mayonnaise. And it...
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Cook: Stuffed Lamb Burgers with Tzatziki
Summer is in full swing, and last week, I had a craving for burgers. Sick of drooling over the perfectly-assembled, straight-off-the-grill, bleu-cheese-topped burger that eyed me every day from its...
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Drink: New Orleans Style, Cold Brewed Iced Coffee
"Coffee concentrate should resemble used motor oil." So says the Blue Bottle Coffee Co website, about their New Orleans style Iced Coffee - yum, right? This stuff is my new addiction. Or perhaps I...
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Cook: Porchetta
Last week, an amazing thing happened. Our very own Fairway Market opened on the UES (!), no less than 5 blocks from our aparment (!), putting an abrupt end to all of my grocery shopping woes. This is...
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Eat: Australian Sundried Tomatoes
I'm here today to tell you about my new favorite thing. Hidden in the fresh cheese section at our new UES Fairway Market, are small containers of concentrated, juicy, marinated jewels of sunshine that...
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Cook: Crispy Duck Confit with Bacon-Balsamic Braised Lentils
So, the title has you convinced that you need this already, right? Just in case, let me elaborate. Shatter-crisp duck skin, meltingly tender shredded pieces of duck, over a bed of toothsome braised...
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Cook: Sticky Toffee Date Cake
Last weekend, I made a delicious cake. Or more accurately, delicious mini cakes. Cakes that were dense, incredibly moist, and filled with chopped dates, soaked and topped with a delicious warm...
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Cook, Drink, and Eat: August Dinner Party
A little over a week ago, we held our second dinner party of the summer. It was an impressive feast featuring highlights of the August farmer's market, started with Ina Garten's goat-cheese tomato...
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Cook: Chilaquiles
If you're anything like me, taco night means buying a grocery store sized package of corn tortillas, eating half of them, and putting the rest in the fridge until a month later, when you decide they're...
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Cook: Hurricane Sustenance
In case you were living under a rock for the past few days, there was a hurricane in New York City over the weekend. I suppose technically, it only ended up being a tropical storm, but you never would...
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Cook, Drink, and Eat: Tuscan Fries and a Long Weekend
This past weekend was Labor Day weekend, and we celebrated with 3 glorious days of long walks with the pup, plenty of relaxing, and LOTS of cooking. I knew we were off to a good start when I lugged...
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Cook: Hot Italian Sausage Grinder
It was a special treat last week to find Hot Italian Sausages in our Piggery share, as we love them, and only see them about once a season (these and their awesome chorizo both make us VERY happy...
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Eat: Marea
A few weeks ago, Bryan and I celebrated our six year anniversary. To celebrate, we treated ourselves to a fabulous meal at Marea, a restaurant we've been itching to get to since it opened. We...
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Cook: Carrot Streusel Muffins
Last weekend, in addition to making the most insanely easy and delicious sauce I've ever eaten (more on that later), I also baked up a batch of these great carrot muffins from Kim Boyce's Good to the...
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