Jane and I got free smells today – free smells of cupcake batter. Cloyingly sweet molecules of butter, sugar, eggs and flour swirling around in the air. It was so intense that we didn’t even need to buy anything – which is why I don’t have a food picture for you. Maybe Billy’s should start [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Freeloading at Billy’s
Posted in Friends, Uncategorized, tagged bakeries, billy's bakery, chelsea, cupcakes on March 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
New delights
Posted in Food, tagged banana bread, birthday cake, bundt cake on March 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ve always been intrigued by the tendency for people to discover interest in foods that at one point seemed uninspiring or just downright un-tasty. I imagine this is a result of 2 things: new perspective (that comes from a more developed, sophisticated palate), and plain old nostalgia. Once you’ve been exposed to the culinary wonderland [...]
In temporary support of superficiality
Posted in Feelings, Food, tagged navel orange, orange on March 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I tried, I honestly tried to look past appearances. Rewind to about 1 month ago when I began craving the citrus taste of oranges out of nowhere – I remember standing in front of the display trying to establish selection criteria for a fruit that I didn’t have much buying experience with, and becoming increasingly [...]
The Power of Banchan (at home, part II)
Posted in Food, tagged banchan, kimchi, korean food, namool on March 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I have a very simple way of evaluating Korean restaurants: success is based on the banchan it serves. More often than not, banchan is dismissed as “those free side dishes that come with the meal,” and as a result, become tasteless, unrecognizable piles of vegetables or seafood doused in red pepper paste. In my opinion, [...]
The Power of Kalbi (at home, part I)
Posted in Food, tagged kalbi, kimchi, korean food on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You know how when you go to a Korean restaurant and order Kalbi (Korean BBQ), there are all these techniques you employ to address the whole smokey-meat-smell issue? Like, you turn your coat inside out, you spritz your hair with perfume once you’re outside, and you sort of avoid getting close to people in general. [...]
FYI
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here begins a series of posts dedicated to fooding during my visit home…
Liza’s dinner
Posted in Food, Friends, tagged cherry tomatoes, farmer's cheese, garlic, goat cheese, olives, pasta, roasted tomatoes, wasa crackers on March 18, 2008 | 7 Comments »
NYC has commoditized the concept of “dining out.” Everyone eats out. No one cooks. And the hottest new ingredient/dish/cuisine to hit the restaurant scene quickly starts to feel overdone as everybody and their mother jumps on the bandwagon. Before you know it, the scent of truffle oil becomes kind of nauseating. And tapas/piccolini/izikayas, the concept [...]
Luxury eggs
Posted in Food, Friends, tagged brunch, buttermilk biscuit, chelsea brunch, cookshop, scrambled eggs on March 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It had been forever since I’d seen my friend Jeff, and after numerous failed attempts to plan dinner after work, we finally opted for brunch. I picked Cookshop, which lately has become a favorite of mine. It’s bright, open, and airy with floor to ceiling windows, yet still manages to feel cozy with the wooden [...]
Emotional eating…the good kind
Posted in Feelings, Food, tagged bulgogi, kimbap, kimchi, korean food on March 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So, I realize that this isn’t exactly a proud (or healthy) statement for many, but I really love emotional eating. Not the kind where you have a pint of ice cream melting away in your lap as ballads play in the background…no, I’m talking about the kind where you’ve been sick for 2 days and [...]
Pain au chocolat
Posted in Food, tagged chocolate croissant, la bergamote, pain au chocolat, pastry on March 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Sometimes a single pastry just isn’t enough for breakfast… and sometimes it so is. The pain au chocolat from La Bergamote is itself an experience that proves that delicious food is so much more than just yummy taste. Before you even break into the pastry, you can smell the sweet, buttery aroma trapped in the [...]
