Food Event Fiend

Quick and easy seafood recipes reign supreme in my kitchen this weekend. Let’s kick things off with this fairly idiot proof recipe I came across on The Kitchn: Apartment Therapy. Scallops with Lime and Cilantro serves two Olive oil 2 minced garlic cloves 1/2 cup white wine 2 cups chicken broth Juice of 1 lime [...]

This post is a few photographs stemming from the dinner I made after buying fresh pasta and wild mushrooms at last Saturday’s New Amsterdam Market. Two six ounce servings of fresh black pepper linguini from The Ravioli Store in LIC, Queens Cook fresh pasta in boiling water for only a few minutes Wild chanterelle mushrooms [...]

Check out my spaetzl! I’m finally settled into Woodside Queens and my vacation is nearly over. So that mean’s I’ll have to start researching some more food events to keep myself busy. After the cable guy left the other day, I was pleased to see that I still get the new Cooking Channel (on Time [...]

Sauteed ramps with garlic served over pasta This weekend I had my first exposure to ramps courtesy of Dan Barber’s uber famous restaurant Blue Hill at Stone Barns. No, I didn’t travel up to Westchester to dine there, but I did go to a fundraiser cook off featuring a team of two Blue Hill chefs [...]

Roasted brussel sprouts are my new friend. Ladies and gentleman, it’s a historic night for me. It’s been about 27 years since I’ve tasted brussel sprouts and damned if I didn’t eat six of them tonight with my dinner. I was just a youngster around the age of seven and I fondly remember my only [...]

Since the NYC area was hit with a practical typhoon last weekend, I decided to stay indoors, clear my schedule and do some down ‘n dirty cooking and baking. I haven’t had the time to do much of either lately so I went a little overboard. Since I had a lot of chicken already, it [...]

Determined to buy some biala kielbasa, I ventured into three of the four Polish butchers within 3 blocks of my apartment. Can you tell I live in a Polish neighborhood? Wildly popular at Easter, biala kielbasa is a raw, non smoked pork sausage mildly seasoned with salt, pepper, and garlic. The always jam packed Polam [...]

Yes, folks its time to talk Scrapple. If you are from Delaware, Southeastern PA, Southern NJ or Northern Maryland, you may be familiar with this regional breakfast food. But if you aren’t from these areas, you are likely very confused…and hopefully a little intrigued. Scrapple is seasoned pork scraps packaged in a brick shape that [...]

I missed an event. There I said it. I missed Enid’s apple pie bake-off. I had too much going on Saturday that when it was time to go, I was too tired. So instead I whipped up some gluten free apple cinnamon pancakes for dinner.

I just have to rave about the concord grapes I bought at the Greenmarket. I’ve never had grapes that had much taste. But these little suckers pack a punch. Its like biting into a jar of Welch’s grape jelly. Unbelievable flavor.