March 2010
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Recipe: The 3-Day Cleanse Book
A week or two ago I got a note in my inbox from the girls over at the BluePrint Cleanse about their new book, The 3-Day Cleanse. While I’ve done the cleanse and have mixed feelings about it (mostly positive), one of my main complaints was the cost. Generously, the BPC girls have provided simple recipes in the book to re-create their famous juices, along with recipes for entrees, sides,...
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“It used to be that if you wanted to stand out from the guy across the street,...”
– Pat LaFrieda on how his custom, proprietary blends have made his family’s meat supplier company the darling of New York City restaurateurs and diners alike. Read the rest of his interview with David Amsden of New York here. Amsden describes the experience of eating a Black Label burger at...
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'Pioneer Woman' blog turns into Reese Witherspoon... →
frostbites:
arinnyc via monkeychow (via apsies)
Oh my goodness. This just seems too good to be true!
And I die of happiness.
Wow. That’s such great news! I think Reese is perfect for the part too.
GAH! This will be great. I wonder who will play Marlboro Man?
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The Perfect Housewife
Balaboosta, sister restaurant to Taim, is opening this weekend in Nolita. I am SO freakin’ excited for this. Ever since I moved out of the West Village, something has been lacking in my life. A constant stream of ginger-limeades and falafel is I think what it was (see above for the visual). I’m so happy to have the perfect housewife (what balaboosta is in Yiddish) be my new neighbor! The...
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The School Lunch Project
Just read up on this blog, created by an anonymous high school teacher in the midwest. To illustrate how wretched the quality of school lunches can be, she’s eating them every day and blogging about her experience. I’ve just started clicking and reading through, and some of this stuff looks awful. And not that unfamiliar from when I was growing up. It’s crazy to me - in...
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Jour du Macaron 2010
Tomorrow, Saturday, March 20th, participating NYC bakeries/patisseries will be handing out free macarons! What are macarons, you say? Oh, just little crispy, crack-filled cookies you’re sure to love. Stop by one of the participating shops, buy a box, and get your freebie for the road, because a portion of the sales will go to City Harvest. Find out more here.
If you’re interested...
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Cake vs. Pie: The Best Idea Ever
Gold bless Jezebel for creating this. This is the sort of tournament I can get into. I literally just filled out the bracket at my desk, you guys. And it was HARD. My projected winner (in my own mind) for the Cake vs. Pie tournament? Rhubarb Pie. Yes, my inner 90-year-old farmgirl emerged and made this the winner. It’s true - I love, love, love Rhubarb.
My final four? Coffee vs. Carrot...
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“The dish is spooky perfection, crazy-making in its clean simplicity, its slinky...”
– Sam Sifton on Tom Colicchio’s Butter-Poached Oysters, in his 3-star review of Colicchio & Sons. Read the rest here.
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“It’s like sex and pizza: even when it’s bad, it’s good”
– T.J. Lynch, a bartender at the Rusty Knot, on the latest booze craze sweeping downtown NYC and Brooklyn (or at least among the fellas I know): Picklebacks. I’ve yet to try but I’m intrigued. Read more here.
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Why Coffee Shop Baristas Act So Snoooby →
Interesting little interview with Ken Nye of Ninth Street Espresso, on why some baristas just make you want to punch them in the face. I didn’t realize a) coffee is actually WAY more expensive than booze, etc. to transport and produce, and b) espresso, in particular, is very temperamental to the environment in which it’s made and distributed. All the snooobiness, he says, relates...
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Recipe: Chipotle Shrimp Tacos
Made these last night for dinner with my boo. He picked out the recipe and I was happy because they were pretty easy. “I could make these!” he exclaimed once I was done. They’re spicy, filling, cheap and easy. A perfect man meal (or one to make for your man):
Serves 2, with leftovers.
Ingredients
1/2 package bacon or turkey bacon, cut into small pieces
1 small onion, diced
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In Deep with Keith McNally
New York has a FANTASTIC article out today all about Keith McNally’s (of Odeon, Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, Pravda, etc. fame) rise to success in the New York City restaurant scene. A must, must read. Among the highlights:
- His latest venture, a Roman trattoria named Pulino, is set to open later this spring. He’s a little bitter about the current pizza trend, as he first...