Here in New York, people take their brunch very seriously. And that usually means standing in line outside the latest greatest restaurant of the moment, sometimes for hours on end. Continue reading
This brunch will get you laid – buttermilk pancakes with fresh peach compote
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Tagged 100 Acre, brunch, buttermilk, Cookshop, Dos Caminos, ice skating, Jane, Lansky's, pancakes, Pastis, peaches, syrup
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The Wednesday Tipple – Mojitos, and pulled pork tacos inspired by Shea’s Cuban Grandmother-in-law
A few weeks ago Jon and I went out to Brooklyn to Shea and Raphael’s apartment for dinner. It was a cause for excitement on several counts:
Shea, (@hungry_in_bk) is a great cook with her own internet tv show so dinner is always a treat. Recently she had been persuading and cajoling her Cuban Grandmother-in-law to give up some old family recipes. She planned to cook them for us that evening.
Shea and Raphael’s apartment has a terrace.
James the dog lives there too. Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, cilantro, Cuba, cumin, James, mint, mojitos, pulled pork, taco
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The Monday Treat – red, white and blue marshmallows for s’mores
“I have a real soft spot for marshmallows,” said Amazing Grace as we drank sea breezes and experimented with drops of food coloring in my kitchen.
It was my first foray into marshmallow making, so I had called for moral support from my Chubby Bunny record-holding friend. Continue reading
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Tagged food coloring, gelatine, Grace, marshmallow, s'mores, sugar
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Red, White and Blue Sundaes for 4th of July
Nothing says summer like an ice cream sundae. I’d suggest strawberry and vanilla with blueberry sauce for 4th of July – though technically this would be a pink, white a blue sundae. It’s so delicious that I think we’ll get away with it. Cherry and white chocolate ice cream with blueberry sauce would be good too, now I think about it. Continue reading
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Dinner at the drive in movie
Ingyin and Yosi have a car. That’s not the only reason why they’re our friends, but it’s pretty nice. And on Wednesday night they made one of my dreams, nurtured on a heady mixture of Sweet Valley High and watching Grease a lot on the video, come true: They took me to a drive in movie. Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, date food, Drive in, hot dog, milkshake, Movie, onion balsamic relish, popcorn, truffle
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Red White and Blue Popsicles for 4th July
Nothing says summer quite like a popsicle, and these red white and blue ones scream 4th July.
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Tagged 4th July, blueberry, honey, ice pop, popsicle, raspberry, watermelon
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The Wednesday Tipple – Strawberries and Cream cocktails, and Strawberry scones
Two happy co-incidences align to strawberry-tint my world this week.
One, the discovery of freeze dried strawberries at Trader Joes, brought to my attention by my friend Grace. “They’re Yuppie crack. You just can’t stop eating them!â€
The other, of course is Wimbledon, which has, for the first time, introduced me to the world of ESPN with its insightful interviews; “And we’re here in the studio with Maria Sharapova, who just played a great game out there, recovering from serious injury to silence her critics. It’s good to have you with us Maria. So, can we get a close up of your engagement ring?†Continue reading
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The Monday Treat – Flag Cake
Even though it’s only my 3rd 4th of July in New York, some traditions have already been set in stone.
There will be a BBQ at Susan and Matt’s. We will be watching the fireworks from the banks of the Hudson. There will be hot dogs and there will be beer. There will also be flag cake, because I am a sucker. Continue reading
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Tagged 4th of July, bbq, being a sucker, blueberries, classic sponge cake, flag cake, frosting, raspberries, strawberries, vanilla
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This picnic will get you laid – If the caviar and salmon don’t do it, the crepe suzette will
There are some picnics that cry out for excess. If you’re watching opera while wearing black tie in a field, you might as well bring the candelabra with you. Once you’ve got over the idea of picnic extravagance it becomes a sort of game – what’s the least likely picnic food I can get away with here? Continue reading
Sweet treats to end a picnic with style
The fact that I love picnics so much must surely have something to do with my Mum, who would regularly slap some Marmite on a roll and take my sister and I out to Isabella Plantation to swing on the rhododendrons and race up and down the lawn. Once we were suitably shattered, we’d eat our sandwiches, with maybe a packet of Hula Hoops (one of the few childhood foods that Still tastes as good as it did then), a Penguin biscuit, perhaps or a Blue Ribbon, and orange juice in a box.
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Tagged brownies, cake, desert, lemon cupcake, picnic, spiced apple cake, sweet, victoria sponge
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