After being rained out twice for some wine, cheese, and charcuterie in our backyard, we headed over to Peasant Peasant with Angie, Sara, and Winnie. Since it was also Jessica’s birthday (+/- a few days) we celebrated that as well.
Peasant seems small from the outside, but inside, it opens wider towards the backs. The concrete [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Union Square Farmer’s Market
Saturday, May 9, 2009
I live right by the Union Square Farmer’s Market so I stop by at least once a week. Over the years, it has gotten pretty expensive, and even though most of the produce ( I don’t like most of the bread vendors) is worth it, I still don’t always buy it there because, I just [...]
Sausage, Broccoli Rabe, Cannellini Pasta
Friday, May 8, 2009
You know from my Sausage on Salad post that I have hot Italian sausage in stock. Today, I was debating lunch once again. I am feeling better (thanks everyone), but I have lots of errands to run today so this still had to be a pretty quick meal. Luckily, I have fresh broccoli rabe from [...]
Swiss Chocolate Biscuits, Salmon Jerky, and Sponge Cake Rolls
Friday, May 8, 2009
This is kind of a random bunch of products, but we’ve received some edible gifts lately, so we need to report on them. Steve just got back from some traveling so he brought us these Goldkenn Swiss Chocolate Biscuits from Geneva.
They’re quite good, chocolaty but not too sweet, with some coconut for added flavor [...]
Chocolate Butter Cookies
Thursday, May 7, 2009
This was an accidental adaptation of Granny Boyd’s Cookies in Nigella Lawson’s book, How to Be a Domestic Goddess. I wasn’t paying attention and so changes happened. Oops. When the cookies were done, I thought they tasted like butter cookies with a bit of chocolate. (No surprise when you look at the ingredients.) I wanted [...]
Crumbled Sausage on Salad
Thursday, May 7, 2009
As I dug through my fridge thinking about lunch, I thought, I’ve got sausage and salad stuff. Maybe I’ll make a sandwich with the sausage and then have a side salad. Wait, why can’t I have it all in one and save myself some time. That’s how this salad came about and I’m glad I [...]
Num Pang
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Num PangNum Pang, a small cash only Cambodian Style Sandwich shop opened by us. Lon spotted it last week and has been itching to try it so he picked up two for dinner last night. They are all served with cucumber, pickled carrots, cilantro, and chili mayo, but offer a choice between 5 different proteins, [...]
Shanghai Square
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
It wasn’t too long ago that the old-Lemongrass location on 13th Street was replaced by a Chinese restaurant called Shanghai Square Shanghai Square. Jessica and I basically ignored it because their menu contained various Asian cuisines and we assumed it would be bad. Later we found out that Jessica knew the owner, blasts from her [...]
Cold Fighting Tea
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Let’s be clear. I’m not dispensing medical advice here. I just have a killer cold and this is what I’m having right now and it’s pretty tasty (although I can’t taste that well right now) so I thought I’d share. It has a bunch of the commonly recommended cold fighting stuff: citrus for vitamin C, [...]
Devil’s Food Cake with Matcha Green Tea Frosting
Monday, May 4, 2009
It’s my dad’s birthday and of course he gets a birthday cake. I love the pairing of chocolate and green tea. The flavors and colors seem mature, perfect for adults, although I bet kids would love it too. I used the 1942 Devil’s Food Cake Layers recipe from Nick Malgieri’s Perfect Cakes, but you can [...]
