mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

adam took me to the loveliest restaurant last night called Katja in the lower east side.  it was sooooooooo yummy!!! we had the sausage sampler - which has 3 different types of sausage, pork belly (one of mah faves!) sauerkraut, and some of the most buttery and melt in your mouth dumplings ive ever had!!  dude, it was so good!  and real reasonable in price too!  we each had some big draft beers AND the best desert!  warm chocolate cake with orange marmalade (they call it marmalade, i call it zesty orange orgasm) and a big scoop of schlag!  for those of you who dont know, schlag is homemade whipped cream that is both dense and airy at the same time - i have one girlfriend who is so obsessed with the stuff that when she goes to Peter Luger she gets a to-go cup to bring home with her!  (and the bitch is skinny so she can do that haha)

oh, and the waitress really liked my Rabid Fox ring, but obvs who wouldnt?!

 

later gater

mah hood

i love my neighborhood!  and apparently so does Anthony Bourdain!




and here are a few more pics of my lovely hood that i love so much.  ah, bushwick, you have my heart.

Whiskey and Nachos!

so  i have been obsessing over the combo of whiskey and nachos sinse thanksgiving, when it first occured to me durring my travels to RI... i have to tell you, it did NOT dissapoint!  at all.

so last night was the super bowl.  i am not a sports fan, but last nights game was a true testament to a well played game!  the saints were phenomenal, and new orleans could not deserve a win more.  i went to my good friends home, where the party was pants optional.  everyone brought some good ole fashion american heart clogging food!  there was spicy meatballs, deviled eggs (cheddar and bacon style!) home made mac n cheese, stuffed potato skins, spicy italian sausage and peppers, pulled chicken nachos (obvs), and some of the best chili i have ever had.  ever.  there was no ground beef, instead there were massive hunks of steak that were so tender they melted in your mouth! o.m.g. dammit.

 

best chili ever (con whiskey)

cheddar bacon deviled eggs (con whiskey)

pants optional (con whiskey)

  

xoxoxoxooxoxoxoxooxcmorrrrrr

food, i make it

hihi so here is a corn salsa recipe that i made up. i thought it would be fun to illustrate it and make it into a recipe card. the photos are of the corn salsa and then as part of a really easy huevos rancheros - make some nachos, over easy some eggs n pop the corn salsa on top - voile!

poor men eat like kings

so last night i looked into the fridge, starving already, and there was barely anything in there. this is the way i usually cook. we had a baby eggplant, some corn on the cob a little chicken broth and a little ricotta cheese. the one thing i try to always have are fresh herbs, they make everything better. so the following is what i made with ingredients i scraped together. serves 2-3

1 medium red onion - finely diced
3-4 cloves garlic - chopped
1/8th of a box of orzo
1 corn on the cob - par boiled and then cut off of cob
1 baby eggplant - cubed (not peeled)
2-3 cups broth (i used half chicken half Marmite and hot water because that is what i had)
1/2 a small container ricotta cheese
handful fresh parsley - chopped
1 scallion - chopped
a few pats butter
a few tsp olive oil
sea salt & fresh ground pepper to taste

in a pot boil water and put the shucked corn on the cob in it to cook (about 15 min) chop onions and garlic and saute in butter, pinch of salt and small amount olive oil until onions are transparent. remove from pan and put aside. at this point start heating the broth in a small pot , do not boil and keep covered. heat the pan back up adding another tsp olive oil and lightly brown orzo. mix garlic and onions back in and then start to slowly add some of the broth. you want to have all of the orzo in liquid but not like soup. mix in chopped baby eggplant and corn. add small ladles full of broth when ever it has reduced in half (approx every 5-7 min) and stir often. repeat for 30-45 min or until the orzo is tender. fold in ricotta cheese and a little more salt. plate (or bowl) top with parsley, scallion and fresh ground pepper. enjoy!

sunday breakfast

this morning i decided to make breakfast for my boyfriend and me. a Monte Christo type sandwich and a large salad.

Monte Christo:
1 loaf stale Italian bread cut into thick slices
1 tsp ground ground red pepper
1 tbs pure vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk/ soy milk
3 slices no nitrate bacon
3 slices Swiss cheese
pure maple syrup to taste

Summer Salad
large handful watercress
medium handful cilantro
1/2 yellow bell pepper - cut into strips
1 vine tomato - cut into 1/8ths
1 large radish - thinly sliced
handful baby carrots - quartered
1/8 cucumber - thinly sliced and cut in half
1/4 red onion - finely chopped
1 scallion - chopped
1/2 lime
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste

beat red pepper, vanilla, 2 eggs and milk together in large bowl. place all pieces of bread into mixture and allow to soak while preparing the other parts. Next cook bacon in a large skillet. After it is cooked place on a paper towel to drain. Pour the grease from the bacon into a clean container, leaving a little in the pan. Flip the bread in the mixture and begin to prepare the salad. Thoroughly rinse watercress and cilantro in colander, tear into bite size bits and as you do mix the cilantro and watercress; plate. Next, place the yellow pepper, tomato slices and carrots in a radial pattern. On the edges place the cucumber slices, if they are cut thin enough you can make them look like petals. In the center, place the radishes and scatter the red onion and scallion over everything. Salt and pepper over everything, squeeze lime and drizzle olive oil over top. Set aside, the flavors will combine while everything else is prepared. In the skillet, heat small amount of bacon grease till extremely hot and place slices of soaked bread in it. Cook on each side for about 5-6 minutes pressing occasionally with a spatula; cook till each side is golden brown and slightly firm. Place slices on a plate, layer bacon and a piece of Swiss cheese on two pieces then another piece of bread, more bacon and a half slice of cheese; put into oven at 250 degrees to melt cheese. Pour a small amount of bacon grease into skillet and bring temperature back to "high." Crack each of the other two eggs and fry over easy, salt and pepper to taste. When eggs are done take bread out of the oven and plate individually. Pour maple syrup over layered bread, bacon and cheese. Place an egg on top of each and then place the end piece in top. Serve hot and enjoy!