Neat Thoughts About Food, Wine, Travel & More
At work, it’s sort of customary for me to bring treats for the guys in the warehouse during the last few days of the month as they work exhaustively to get all the last minute orders out. This past month, Kayla, who works on my team, made scrumptious Madeleines as she’s recently gotten a Madeleine […]
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As I detailed in a recent post, I had the pleasure of visiting Mitsuwa Marketplace with Danny, of Eat with Dan, where I did some food shopping. One of the things I purchased was King Trumpet Mushrooms, a favorite of mine. King Trumpet Mushrooms, also known as Pleurotus Eryngii, have thick, meaty pearl white stems and […]
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Palate Press, the online wine magazine, will be hosting Open That Bottle Night tonight, February 23rd. Dottie Gaiter will be the host and Palate Press encourages drinkers to share their wine stories via: www.palatepress.com Twitter by using #OTBN as your hashtag Palate Press Facebook page Open That Bottle Night is an occasion to uncork those […]
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Today is National Margarita Day which means it’s one of the very best days of the year (plus it’s a Friday – doubly great). The Orange Squirrel, which has a great mixology program (AKA they pour a mean cocktail) offers this spring-minded version of the classic. 2 oz. Prickly Pear Puree 1 ¼ oz. premium […]
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Greenish yellow in the glass, this Romanian wine is floral on the nose, not similar to Rieslings I’ve enjoyed from any other country. In the mouth, it’s light with the faintest citrus notes. Just not a very good example of this grape I typically enjoy so much. Not good, not bad. Pairings: Chinese take-out, Thai or […]
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I love Indian food but the idea of making it at home always seems daunting to me. This week, I decided to try to replicate Grace Parisi’s Chicken Tikka Masala as featured in Food & Wine. The results were incredible and the aroma that permeated my home was straight out of an Indian restaurant. For […]
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Yesterday, I had a day off and as we’d promised each other for weeks now, fellow meat-product aficionado and New Jersey food photographer/blogger Danny of Eat with Dan and I went to lunch at one of his favorites, Mitsuwa Marketplace. Situated on the west side of the Hudson River in Edgewater, New Jersey, Mitsuwa Marketplace […]
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My dad, Jean-Guy, makes the best Basmati rice, period. It’s light, fluffy and delicious served with just about anything. He’s passed the recipe to my brother-in-law, Etienne, who’s been kind enough to share it with me. Ingredients: 2 cups Basmati rice 4 cups water 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine 1 tsp. salt 1 bay leaf […]
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I’m a big fan of Milky Way candy bars, so my friend Kim posted a recipe for Candy Bar Cookies using Milky Ways, I was intrigued. Using Nestle Chocolate Chip Cookie dough (less the chocolate chips) as the base for the cookies, she incorporates chopped Milky Way and Snickers in the dough in place of […]
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In the glass, this Crémant D’Alsace is bright pink. It looks like it’ll have a strawberry aroma and indeed does. The strawberry carries over in the mouth, but it’s laced with citrus and a little clove. The bubbles / texture is creamy and silky. Nice level of acidity and a clean, dry finish. This Pierre […]
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