Click on the video screen above to watch the fourth installment in a webseries documenting my ladies-only Valentine’s Day soiree. In this webisode, my Tribe gathers around my coffee table to dig in to a love inspired menu of heart-shaped Partridge & Pear Pot Pies, Candied [...]
Archive for May, 2010
May 26th, 2010
The Dish: Partridge Pot Pies
May 21st, 2010
Market Report: Iron Chef Challenge (Part II)
On the day of our Iron Chef challenge, Snotty McSnobster arrived at my fifth-floor walkup, toting an uncharacteristic burlap sack like a sort of twisted Santa Claus. First he pulled out a bottle of Plymouth, then a pack of limes. I queried the Snobster, “That’s it? We’re drinking pure alcohol? Are you trying to get [...]
May 17th, 2010
Market Report: Iron Chef Challenge (Part I)
Right before I took off on a two-week jaunt down south, I met up with my most mordant friend for sherry and snacks at one of my favorite spots in the city, Blue Ribbon Bar. Over a bottle of amontillado and cumin-roasted almonds, Snotty McSnobster and I exchanged stories about the scandal-clad party hop we [...]
May 14th, 2010
The Dish: Quail Egg Toasts
Click on the video screen above to watch the third installment in a webseries documenting my ladies-only Valentine’s Day soiree. In this webisode, my Tribe joins me in the kitchen to dish up my recipe for Quail Egg Toasts topped with Boccalone ‘nduja, or as described in The Times, “flaming [...]
May 11th, 2010
Market Report: My Romance with Radish
One day last week I woke up to the delicious spring sun warming me through the window of my fifth-floor walk up. Taleggio and I spent a few lackadaisical moments basking in the glorious heat, as if we were literally thawing ourselves out after a long winter. With nothing pressing on my agenda (a much [...]
May 6th, 2010
A Campaign for Fish Sauce, by Nini
A few months ago during one of our many girlie-girl kitchen gatherings, Kimberly and I were pondering a much unexpected and under-contemplated question, “Do you prefer soy sauce or fish sauce?”
Being that I’m Vietnamese, it would be obvious to most that I’d prefer fish sauce. But when Kimberly ecstatically replied, “Fish sauce, no question!” I [...]
May 3rd, 2010
Market Report: Rampage
It seems like only a few days ago that I noticed the first crocus buds poking up from the earth of sidewalk plots. Thin spears of daffodils followed, and by Easter, New Yorkers lucky enough to boast gardens were awash with hyacinths and narcissus. And then, quietly and suddenly, the trees exploded into a riot [...]
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