Luckylies

or maybe the rollers are too clean?

no thank you on: red/ green peppers cilantro most winter squash

Oooh a Tabla cook!!!! what else can you do with pappadum?

sure you can smoke liquid. just stick a container of whatever you wan to smoke in your smoker and get going. it works. it may contian some toxins etc but not nearly enough to kill you (soon)

the cheese was feta...right?

EMP has a new pastry chef as of yesterday. A guy. I'm sorry I forgot his name, and didn't try dessert but, that's the news. The dessert menu looked unchanged as of yet.

Noooo!!!!!! I gave that place a few trys and just couldn't get it up. Actually, when I really try to identify the problems of the other restaurant they were mainly F.O.H, but there were certainly some food issues as well. I'm still going to give Morandi a chance. I liked Chef Williams "style" and her obvious ability to recognize a good concept...so hopefully the execution got a bit of the old McNally bump...

People- can Karen do Jean Georges at lunch within her budget?

I like to make a gravlax with them...and then eat it as an hour's douvres. Or on a bagel.

I like the recipe above replacing the crisco with softened buuuuudddda...

Degustation for sweetbreads Les Halles for blood sausage brain fart....

I don't think it's really the New Yorkers raving.

Okay, here's the deal with the spoon. They're big spoons, you can really lift and move things with a spoon that big. Theyre the perfect size for mixing salads, stuffing ring molds, lifting delecate elements to sit gracefully on top of other delecate elements, flicking hot oil over something youre roasting, fishing things out of braising liquid...esentially they're just a bit nicer to use then your fingers sometimes. I was taught (by chef) to lift items with the spoons in order to gingerly place then on a plate...the famous short ribs were a two spoon endevor. you kinda scoop the item then use your other hand to secure it to the spoon and then land it at your target. It was also great for saucing because it had real weight so you could really feel with it. I like Kunz spoons, they're worth the money too..it's not like you need 20 of them. Cute note: Last year chef gave all of his sous chefs kunz spoons engraved with their names. Nice gift.

I like the bamboo ones also especially the ones with a flat edge for scraping sucs etc. It's nice to be able to hit the corners. I also like not burning my tongue on a metal spoon. i really can't remember buying my spoons...is it possible they were all passed to me?? except the joyce chen? will investigate...

It was spicy flavored, but not spicy...if that makes any sense.

aah... what are they paying these days?

They deliver! i guess that is wonderful news for you then!! ← It was when I lived in the 'hood. I pretty much stopped patronizing Otto except for delivery...it was just not the dining experiance I was looking for...which was...annoying.

Thomas Keller uses Illy pods for the espresso at Cafe Bouchon... ← NOOOOOOOOOOOO! ← T.K is a company representative of illy. I saw him speak (and he catered) a lunch for food editors (except for the main course which was done by Asiate). I'll tell you how my new pod coffee machine works out Seriously though, you want the guy to grow the beans himself?

jerusalem artichokes

They deliver! I'm sure you're munchkin is cute and brilliant, but before you had one...didn't you ever want not to hear their wails? Another one- Ill Mulino- for the upsells, the bait and switch, the schmaltzey waitors, and the busy signal on their phones. I do like the garlic poisoning occasionally. Any restaurant on Park Avenue South- Glitzy douchefest.

butternut squash.

Take two immodium before? or just don't eat too much. you should be fine.

For pure unadulterated suckage- Cafe Deville- what total shit. Royal- a burger with no fries! Danube- why is this place just not better? it's "date food" done at it's worst. Coffee shop (union square)- I guess most people don't go for the food, but whatevs. Blue water grill- the fish is not fresh enough, and not prepared well. Union square Cafe- zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Bubby's- gross stroller party, bad food, service. Otto- gross stroller party.

I put it up when I'm really cooking, like for other people, but if I were to do tv...I might not for aesthetic reasons...Not if I were simulating being in a restaurant, but if I were pretending to be in a "home kitchen" set. If I'm having a dinner party, just before the guests arrive I untie my hair, and finish the plating etc. ...I hope I've never grossed out my guests...

Ooh I'm having so much fun watching this blog. Megan, this is a GREAT blog. Thanks for posting the Bite Club pictures, that was a really fun night. I for one would like to see the contents of your fridge, and pantry...or spice cabinet...yeah, I like to pry.