Today’s quick and easy weeknight dinner is actually a guest post from Lou from Code Like Zell. Lou cooks a lot and this is one of his favorite meals. I contributed to this dinner by giving Lou a little dill from my growing Aerogarden! Lou took the pictures and didn’t get a chance to take […]
I re-fed the Aerogarden with more nutrients so hopefully more basil will sprout up (there wasn’t enough basil to even get a pesto started, so I froze the basil that was ready to be picked and have been waiting patiently for more to grow): The pesky mint is growing again and I’ve been contemplating whether […]
Two weeks ago, Blake and I went to the Museum of Natural History to learn about the magic of pickling. One of the speakers, Bob McClure, brought lots of pickle samples from his company, McClure’s Pickles: The pickled-curried sauerkraut was my favorite: Blake really liked the cajun pickles from the Pickle People: And Steve, from […]
Last Sunday, I organized a little get together at Momofuku Bo Ssam for their bo ssam dinner (which means “enclosed” or “wrapped” in Korean). For $200, you get a huge pork butt, a dozen oysters, lettuce, rice, and dipping sauces (pureed kim chee, kim chee bits, ginger scallion sauce, and Korean red sauce, ssam jiang). […]
Last week, my friend, Remy, flew in from Europe to wine and dine his friends from the city. Well, he was here on vacation, but he’s very interested in fine dining and made reservations at many of New York’s best restaurants and invited his friends along for the ride. Luckily, Remy asked me for some […]
