Scoot over and grab a fork! Tumblr (3.0; @mynyplate)http://mynyplate.com/<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzq3hunbJD1qawhmuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nahgirlyougood.tumblr.com/post/18013459648/shirazandsushi-edatrix-jacquesofalltrades" target="_blank">nahgirlyougood</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://shirazandsushi.tumblr.com/post/18009488897/edatrix-jacquesofalltrades" target="_blank">shirazandsushi</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.edatrix.com/post/17991566566/jacquesofalltrades-justamanandhisblog-whisk" target="_blank">edatrix</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jacquesofalltrades.tumblr.com/post/17989647779/justamanandhisblog-whisk-sriracha-minced" target="_blank">jacquesofalltrades</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://justamanandhisblog.tumblr.com/post/17989514481/whisk-sriracha-minced-garlic-and-melted-butter" target="_blank">justamanandhisblog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Whisk Sriracha, minced garlic, and melted butter in a small bowl; brush over cut sides of bread. Sprinkle with grated Pecorino or Parmesan and broil until toasted.</p> </blockquote> <p>Mmmm…</p> </blockquote> <p>from <a href="http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/slideshows/2011/06/sriracha-recipes-slideshow#slide=14" target="_blank">25 Ways to Use Sriracha.</a>  yum.</p> </blockquote> <p> Let’s do this.</p> </blockquote> <p>Oh wow.</p> </blockquote> <p>Yerrm!!</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/18019790256http://mynyplate.com/post/18019790256Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:53:44 -0500sriracharecipes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzmkdwiT8S1qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nothing warms this Midwestern girl’s heart like a cocktail…and a corndog.</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/17867998980http://mynyplate.com/post/17867998980Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:25:08 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzk2s7ZG8d1qavi0bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>WHAT!</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/17781485835http://mynyplate.com/post/17781485835Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:09:43 -0500cookies<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzh7elgwwm1qc22pdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://addbutter.tumblr.com/post/17779117254/misenplace-for-wine-afficionados-and-notes-for" target="_blank">addbutter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://misenplace.tumblr.com/post/17703953737/for-wine-afficionados-and-notes-for-myself" target="_blank">misenplace</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>For wine afficionados and notes for myself.</p> <p>—-</p> <p>Photo Cred: <a href="http://tastingtilly.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://tastingtilly.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">http://tastingtilly.tumblr.com/</a></a></p> </blockquote> <p>So useful!</p> </blockquote> <p>And dangerous!</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/17780650003http://mynyplate.com/post/17780650003Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:53:55 -0500cheesewine<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzk20ceIJb1qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.hechoendumbo.com/chefs-table/" target="_blank">Hecho en Dumbo’s Chef’s Table</a> last night was amazing and a total surprise.</p> <p>It’s listed as four courses for $55, but what they don’t tell you is that it’s sprinkled with delicious, edgy additions like fluke ceviche, grilled sweetbreads with refritos, and a trio of tacos that contained bone marrow, chorizo, and a bunch of other amazing stuff. It was so much fun to sip our drinks and watch the cooks do their thing. They were also incredibly understanding about my (new and tragic) shellfish allergy, and let me replace a lobster course with any item on the regular menu I wanted. Classy!</p> <p>Go there now and be shocked and delighted like I was! A new favorite.</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/17780606438http://mynyplate.com/post/17780606438Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:52:59 -0500mexicaneast villagecocktailsreview<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz96a89xxw1qavi0bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Catfish sandwich from Num Pang, plus their amazing corn. Similar to elote, but they put coconut on it instead of queso fresco. It’s crazy good.</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/17454586726http://mynyplate.com/post/17454586726Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:51:44 -0500union squarevietnamesesandwichessriracha<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz957h9nxS1qavi0bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>A little pre-Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Demetria. Only a few bottles left!</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/17453320293http://mynyplate.com/post/17453320293Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:28:29 -0500demetriaCAwine<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5nez7OoD1qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Woody Allen (we shared it).</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/17350474086http://mynyplate.com/post/17350474086Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:11:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5n02TbXN1qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dinner in midtown! Rarely this exciting!</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/17349937381http://mynyplate.com/post/17349937381Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:02:25 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyz96oDTS11qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Checked out <a href="http://tortaria-nyc.com/" target="_blank">this new spot</a> in the neighborhood on opening night. They’re definitely still working out the kinks (you can choose between ordering your margarita/beer at the cash register, or at the bar - which completely overwhelmed the bar from what I could tell, since 1 single bartender was fielding people standing at the bar and the tickets coming in from the register) and perhaps the price point ($5 for a regular margarita! But kinda smallish tortas for $7-8 plus tax), but I’m totally going to give the place a chance.</p> <p>The restaurant seems to have a deal with Avion tequila, so the margaritas weren’t totally funky and terrible, and my Pesce torta was delicious, if just a little on the small side. The plantains and guacamole were both great though, and well-portioned.</p> <p>Give this place a few weeks and I think it’ll become a happening late-night spot - especially if they keep their drink prices - I’ll be sure to be back and report as often as I can. </p>http://mynyplate.com/post/17154697327http://mynyplate.com/post/17154697327Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:18:24 -0500mexicanmargaritasunion square<a href="http://blog.zagat.com/2012/01/9-secrets-of-new-york-bars-and.html">9 Secrets of New York Bars & Restaurants</a>: <p>via Zagat.</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/16414246410http://mynyplate.com/post/16414246410Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:57:49 -0500new york cityhistory<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxynfjh9oM1qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxynfjh9oM1qavi0bo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxynfjh9oM1qavi0bo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxynfjh9oM1qavi0bo7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxynfjh9oM1qavi0bo8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Since we had the genius idea to travel to Las Vegas in December, the hotel pools weren’t exactly buzzing with bikinis and “tooters.” Instead, we spent our time during the day catching up as we rotated through the cycle of hangover->food->walk around and see something funny->start drinking again. One of my favorite places we went to was inside the Cosmopolitan, which, as a person who lives in New York, I was very impressed with. So much sparkle!</p> <p>One of the restaurants inside is José Andrés’ <a href="http://www.chinapoblano.com/" target="_blank">China Poblano</a>, which reminded me so much of one of my favorite restaurants in Minneapolis, <a href="http://www.chinolatino.com/" target="_blank">Chino Latino</a>. Both mix asian and latin cuisines in a really delicious, cheeky way. A favorite dish among the gals were the lamb dumplings, which came to the table connected by a crusty shell, not unlike the way the french onion soup dumplings are at Stanton Social. These were crunchier, obviously, but just as juicy and delicious.</p> <p>But my favorite favorite was the Salt Air margarita I had. Get this - regular margarita-tasting liquid, topped with sudsy, SALTY foam in place of a salted rim. Delightful and much cuter than licking the side of a margarita glass to get some salt, only to end up with half of it on your face. Tootin’ fantastic!</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/16020732834http://mynyplate.com/post/16020732834Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:54:00 -0500friendslas vegaslatinmargaritasasiandumplings<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxymrwCzB71qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Came here twice.<br/><br/> <img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxymrwCzB71qavi0bo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Calories.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxymrwCzB71qavi0bo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Tee-hee.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxymrwCzB71qavi0bo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Blue Ivy's Daddy + Buddy<br/><br/> <p>Back in early December, some of my best friends from college and I took a trip to Las Vegas. We saw the Watch the Throne tour, the Michael Jackson Cirque du Soleil show, ate some amazing food, and even had a few celebrity spottings (“Cee-Lo Green the Soul Machine!” shouted my friend as he hurried past her in the MGM). So much fun. Here’s a few snaps from our Wildcat reunion.</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/16020002455http://mynyplate.com/post/16020002455Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:40:00 -0500friendslas vegascocktails<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxxc9fKFez1qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Saturday night, girls night.</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/15991038815http://mynyplate.com/post/15991038815Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:56:03 -0500friendssoho<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxp8n9K1QA1qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is a dark picture of desserts we had the other night at Peels. I didn’t love them, so I feel like you should know about it.</p> <p>I do love Peels, so this broke my heart - but desserts seem like an afterthought at Peels, or at least the items we tried. I know they have a lot of baking-centric items like buiscuits and croissants and other delicious items on their brunch menu, but I’m not sure if those are all baked in-house or not. Anywhoo, on the left is the sundae, which, I’m not kidding, is a jar halphazardly filled with ice cream, hard chunks of chocolate, some peanut butter, and a broken up sourdough pretzel. Delicious, but like, what? For $10? On the left is the s’mores cake which came with an ice-cold marshmallow swirl on top that appeared to have been toasted at some point. The cake was dry and tasteless, and then leaned up against it was a single graham cracker that you essentially had to break with your spoon, and balance on the spoon while carving into the hard marshmallow and cake in order to get a bite resembling a real s’more.</p> <p>That said, we ate them (obviously), but it made me feel like such a number. Just another guest plowing through that they have to slam down some dessert in front of. I hate to knock Peels, so do tell me - was anyone else totally let down by their desserts recently?</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/15730910555http://mynyplate.com/post/15730910555Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:57:00 -0500LESdessertamericanreviewsouthern<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxcko7J2rO1qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Breakfast before heading back to NYC at the<a href="http://www.bigpicturetheater.info/" target="_blank"> Big Picture Cafe </a>in Waitsfield, VT.</p> <p>It’s a bar, cafe, and movie theater. The cafe serves sasparilla, something called a Coney Island, something called a Purple Cow, and endless breakfast dishes like delicious stacks of flapjacks with bananas and real Vermont Maple Syrup. Our food took awhile so they slapped down a plate of cider donuts to keep us from offing ourselves off a mountain. Delicious and adorable, right down to the sugar packets.</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/15364983324http://mynyplate.com/post/15364983324Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:48:07 -0500Vermontfriendsbreakfastmaple syrupold-schoolreview<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxck8xZbLE1qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New Year’s Eve Jello Surprise. I actually don’t even like jello, but the presentation was enough for me to give it a (slurp) try. Isn’t it amazingly retro and fun?</p> <p>Obviously, there was vodka in it. Less obvious to me, was the yogurt that’s added between layers to give it the opaque look. Neato!</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/15364491937http://mynyplate.com/post/15364491937Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:38:57 -0500friendsvodkajello<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx8sel2Id91qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The best part of skiing. The apres-ski and the checking of the phones. <em> </em></p> <p><em>Mt. Ellen, Sugarbush, New Year’s 2012.</em></p>http://mynyplate.com/post/15257185539http://mynyplate.com/post/15257185539Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:44:00 -0500beerfriends<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwxk6sadrN1qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Please draw your attention to the area on the right of the table - in the back what you have there is a mama-MyNYPlate Christmas dessert tradition: Cranberry Crack - I mean - Cake with Butter Sauce (<a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/cranberry-dessert-cake-with-butter-sauce-76230" target="_blank">this recipe</a> is very similar). To die for (crack).</p> <p>In front of it, you have one of the many cookie plates that circulated my parent’s house on Christmas Day-afternoon (when members of my Irish-Catholic family clan swing by and talk about the good old days on the farm). It features: Wreath cookies (like rice crispies, but with cornflakes, lots of green food dye, and cinnamon buttons), date swirl cookies, cranberry-macadamia cookies with drizzled royal icing, palmiers, sugar cookie sandwiches with buttercream frosting (split into individual pieces, because the cookies got too fat…like me), pecan bars, and pumpkin cookies with walnuts and spiced buttercream frosting. And that is barely - barely! Scratching the surface.</p> <p>Love the holidays.</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/14931661619http://mynyplate.com/post/14931661619Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:13:00 -0500Christmasfamilycookiesdessert<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwvcvoKbOr1qavi0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Bling tree</em>, Christmas in MN, 2011.</p>http://mynyplate.com/post/14864090750http://mynyplate.com/post/14864090750Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:40:36 -0500Christmasthe holidaysfamily