little ms foodie

tonight we started with Katie Loeb's provencial martini then we grill panned some marinated albacore and served it on yellow rice with avacado and a mango salsa

chufi that dinner looks awesome! I love those zuchini cakes- will be stealing that! forest- now I'm going to have to make that soup!! It looks sooooo awesome! percyn you are the king of steak! do you like the strip or the ribeye better? we were very lucky to be part of seasonal cook together dinner party last night of about 20. Our contributions were the appetizer and the soup I made ricotta and spread it on crostini topped with watercress, radish and pepper Dayne made a beautiful soup- base of potato leek from Bouchon and blended sorrel in at the last minute. garnished with sorrel chiffonade, creme fraiche, evoo and pepper sorry for the blurry picture, it was gorgeous soup though!!!

Megan you've done another great blog- thank you!

I don't know of any in the kitchen but at Union they have a table right in front of the kitchen

I don't make bread so I'm wondering if there is anything else I can do with the whey?? maybe just feed it to my cats?

I made this confit I put it up back in early december and this is the first time we've raided the crock! It was quite good- usually I can't wait and we eat it just after a month, the flavor and texture were much nicer with the extra aging

tonight we started with Tarleton's Resurrection then duck confit, steamed broccoli and potatoes pan fried in duck fat

yeah!!!! great job getting that cocktail in, it is such a nice way to start an evening isn't it??

This is actually a cocktail that Johnder has been working on. He had brought in the jam earlier last night to get feed back form the bartenders and try it with the Los Amates Mescals. ← Go John! Sorry, I thought they'd been developing it for John...it has inspired me, I want to work on it too...though I may have to add cinnamon, since I love love love cinnamon with blueberry. ← right on!! thanks so much Megan! but now I need more commentary on D&Co please. did you like the place? who was bartending when you were there? what didn't you like about it?? what is the vibe?

shoutsandmurmurs yum!!! we can't find pomagranates anymore

too bad your meal wasn't up to par- I absolutely love the dan dan noodles at 7 Star but then I've lived my entire life eating west coast chinese food....... I agree the 1000 layer pancake at rocking wok is amazing!!!

OMG you are going to make me wait all day for the D&Co photos!!!! mean, mean blogger

I did the skate out of Bourdains Les Halles cook book- it was to be Skate Grenobloise but we had no bread so it was sans croute (is that the right word?)

Shaya those are awesome!!!! great job! tonight I did skate for the first time- it was very good. served with israeli couscous and green beans

When Dayne and I were in London in September we went to 2 fabulous bars owned by Nidal Ramini who is quite a nice fellow! Montgomery Place in Notting Hill and Dusk by Battersea park if you are walking around shopping and see a cosmetic store called Pout go in and try their limp plumping gloss! it is awesome and the best I have found We did the London Eye too which we LOVED!! booked in advance online and did a champagne flight which was very fun. Have an amazing trip!!!

YUM!! I need to make a soup like that! Dianne your entire dinner looks awesome!

ok, I am totally flattered but we don't stage! we stick the plate on the counter, turn the overhead light up all the way and turn off the flash. thank you for your kind words. oMG! I want that!!! forest- we call it mache and find it under that name in our store. for valentines dinner tonight we started with blood orange French 75s and presents! next up foie gras on toasted french baguette then oysters with bloody mary granita dinner started with a FAB bottle of owen row cab sauv (see the hand bottle numbering? I love them!) celery salad with pecorino (I love celery!!) and new york strip steak with porcini cream sauce

oh we know some very good nice cocktail bars in London! and this place that makes an amazing lip gloss- I know, I know but it is fab!! I'll get over to your other post soon! Happy valentine's day!! Dayne and I served mini bottles of regular POP at our wedding! it was fun to see everyone sipping out of straws and we buy them whenever we are going to travel to the beach or something now your dinner looks so good- i really wish we could have gone there when we were in town! and that is the tiniest! cognac I have ever seen

oh no forest, now you are going to become addicted to taking pictures of your food like the rest of us!!! great photo and great looking dinner!! yummmm

great looking pies! i love those individual pie pans!! no buttermilk- just coated with flour/cornmeal/s&p and fried in the cast iron. 6 mins covered, 6 uncovered, 3 & 3 (flipped each time)

thanks for those great pictures!!! looks like an awesome dinner!

4 of had a very nice dinner there in December- my third time, husbands second and our friend's first. I'll try to remember what all we had but I will say that we were all very pleased with our meals- outstanding quality of dishes, service and wine suggestions. lambs tongue vinaigrette; goose liver ravioli, pork chops, guinie hen and an amaro tasting after! we still find Babbo to be wonderful for both food and atmosphere but we only get there when we travel to NYC so it's more of a special stop for us.

NICE!!! I can't wait to read all about your dinner at Daniel's tomorrow morning!!! nighty night!

tonight was fried chicken, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, citrus green beans and a salad of fennel, apple and blue cheese

location please?? i have to say that my current addiction is the house special fried rice at Green Village- cash only.