Archive for the 'SEAFOOD' Category
Day 3: The Kill
Father, I have a confession to make. Today I killed 10 lobsters. 10 lobsters that were barely alive, scrambling to get out of the wet cardboard box They were trapped in for the past few hours. They were helplessly shuffling across each others backs with their claws closed shut with rubber bands. I couldn’t do [...]
Filed under: Back of House, SEAFOOD | 6 Comments
Tags: how to kill a lobster
A Note to Science.
Instead of genetically modifying food to make them less perishable or bigger in size, how about being considerate of us single people who have to endure eating the same meal for every day of the week? Wouldn’t it be great to be able to buy a broccoli crown that sprouted 4-5 different kinds of vegetables? [...]
Filed under: Gourmet Recession, SEAFOOD, VEG | 2 Comments
Tags: asian coleslaw, genetically modified fods, rachael ray, roasted beet and goat cheese salad, sandra lee, tuna burger
Ok…let’s see. Leftover mashed yams, half a jar of mayonnaise, something green in the corner that’s not lettuce, some soy sauce, eggs…Heineken. Heineken? Ok, fine. Frozen peas, frozen scallops that I salvaged from Rebecca’s spring cleaning, annnnd ice. As enticing as it sounds to drink beer for dinner, I have to have something in the pantry [...]
Filed under: Back of House, RICE, SEAFOOD | 2 Comments
Tags: Fried Rice with Green Peas and Scallops, Sex and the City
Clam Bake
Not really…but a rather large collection of empty clam shells I saw while walking alongside Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.
Filed under: New York, SEAFOOD, Street Food | Leave a Comment
Tags: brooklyn, clams, sheepshead bay
Fireworks and Moules Frites
I learned a new dish this weekend. Actually I already knew it existed, just didn’t know you had to know the name in French to officially know what it is. Leave it up to two veritably charming assholes in matching periwinkle Keds to introduce me to a new kind of Sunday Funday.
Filed under: New York, SEAFOOD | Leave a Comment
Tags: fireworks, moules frites
After roughly 72 hours of preparation, my stomach and I were FINALLY ready for my first official supper club get together in New York. We chose Spanish tapas as our theme, as we saw it as the fairest way to divide both the effort and dollar signs that go into a home-made dish.
Filed under: New York, PARTY, SEAFOOD | 5 Comments
Tags: aioli, Baccalà, potato salt cod fritters, spanish, spanish tortilla, tapas, tomoto confit
Filed under: Los Angeles, SEAFOOD, eat it. see it. judge it. | 1 Comment
Tags: aioli, appetizer, Calamari, Cha Cha Cha, Squid
Birthday Cod
Filed under: PARTY, SEAFOOD | Leave a Comment
Tags: beacon, black cod, cosco, culver city, jello shots, miso, salmon