July 2008
2 posts
beer and cheese →
quick tips on pairing beer and cheese. beer and cheese isn’t necessarily “better” than wine and cheese, but it’s definitely a little easier to get right. i’m into the slightly stinky meadow creek grayson and the rich, clothbound beecher’s flagship reserve cheddar right now - both go great with beer!
coming soon to nyc - make your own wine! →
you’ll have to check out the site to make sense of this, but what i gathered from a quick glance is that it is 1. a place to make your own wine and taste as it matures 2. an event space for parties of up to 200 and 3. if you make a barrel you get the murray’s cheese of the month package free for 4 months.
May 2008
1 post
TASTEBUDS
ffffood: Sorry to post this at the last minute. All food nerds are welcome! I’ll be bringing a new and fabulous 2 year aged English farmhouse cheddar from producer Mary Quicke. What: Socializing, networking, and drinking while enjoying epicurean banter When: Wednesday, May 14th Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Where: Marshall Stack, 66 Rivington Street (corner of Allen Street) How: F to 2nd Avenue; J/M/Z...
March 2008
16 posts
“I really fell for him when I saw him eating barbeque naked by the light of the...”
– Beth (via andres) I just rediscovered this old blog post of my roommate quoting me from almost a year ago…I think I’ll stick with naked barbeque eater as my type.
hot damn
i just discovered, via commercial, that there is a SPICY baconator at wendy’s? i’d already been tempted by the original, and just when i completely forgot it existed they come out with a spicy version. jared, ian, please eat this and blog it for me so i don’t go further desecrate my body.
food?
not too much excitement in food-land these days. i feel like i haven’t posted any good cookin’ in a while. also, i haven’t taken any photos while i’ve been dog-sitting this week, but i will describe a delicious steak i made the other night: very delicious and steak-y. i rubbed it down with coarse salt, pepper, and a little crushed red pepper and let it sit...
I thought this was a joke, but it's realer than... →
“Um, is this the Beth that I worked with (briefly) at Dana’s company in...”
– a recent facebook friend request… this pretty much says it all.
tumblr Meetup 2: Electric Boogaloo
celebzaredum: soupsoup: amandalynferri: sharingtime: It’s that time again. If you missed our last meetup, here’s your chance to finally meet the people you’ve reblogged/disliked from a distance/stalked/e-crushed. What: a tumblr meetup for people in the NYC area When: Thursday, March 13th @ 9 PM Where: Fat Cat, 75 Christopher Street Please reblog and hope to see you there! Lets get drunk and...
Remember Coolio? He has a cooking show now. →
“Nacho-cheese-flavor Doritos, which contain five separate forms of glutamate, may...”
– NY Times
February 2008
4 posts
mcskillet burrito giveaway!!! →
I’m going to be honest and tell you I’ve been lusting after this burrito since it came out - but I’ve resisted until now. All I can say is, if I happen to walk by a McDonald’s during giveaway hours I’m not so sure I’ll be able to turn it down. That burrito-goodness is just a medium or large drink away!
Great news in the cheese world!
Rome, 26 February 2008. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) published today a very clear ruling: only cheeses bearing the protected denomination of origin (PDO) ‘Parmigiano-Reggiano’ can be sold under the denomination ‘Parmesan’. “This judgment is a clear victory for the producers of ‘Parmigiano-Reggiano’ and the entire sector which includes 20 000 operators and represents a turnover of...
Eating bugs? Are we really so bored? →
ny magazine has a little blurb about the growing popularity of “entomophagy” (eating bugs). i’m all for some crazy food and can be a sucker for novelty, but somehow i just don’t think bugs have a place in high end (or low end) restaurants. one place is rimming cocktail glasses with “grasshopper salt”. what does that even mean? i’ve eaten flying termites...
“Wonder chef Paul Liebrandt, presumably having some time on his hands while he...”
– NY magazine
January 2008
43 posts
p*ong
Forgot to post the other week after eating at p*ong, the new sweet-savory blending spot in the west village that’s been getting lots of mixed reviews. It was a Thursday night, around 7 or 8 and the place was virtually deserted. The cocktails were interesting and well-made, and the food was pretty great. I had a duck pot pie with pinot noir and chocolate. My friends had a sweet and spicy...
Zen Burger is gross.
I work in Grand Central Station, and sometimes it’s tough to find cheap, fast and delicious lunches in that part of town. The new vegetarian spot Zen Burger (pretty weird website) opened pretty recently and my coworkers were giving it rave reviews. For reasons I’ll never quite understand I have a special place in my heart for fake meat. Maybe it’s a carryover from my days as a...
