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June will be beautiful in the Caribbean. I love going off season when there are few tourists -- we once spent a week at the end of June in Tortola and it was delightful. It's true that it's already warm and mostly nice "back home", but the ocean water never warms up the way it does in the Caribbean. Besides, having some time away with your spouse is better than having the $$ anyday
My husband and I love the spiny Caribbean lobster if it's cooked properly (i.e. not too dry). It's fantastic grilled and served with Creole sauce that has a kick.
Which resort are you staying at? Are you planning to rent a car and get around the island on your own?
We're starting to get excited about the trip and putting together some info on everything we want to do.......I'd love to do a horseback trail ride and some ocean kayaking, maybe a 1/2 day snorkel trip.
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Sockii, thanks for your post. We're starting to get excited about the trip -- I just made the arrangements for our rental car. The owner of our villa recommended we call someone he's just started doing business with, Marlon Brando (for real). I talked to Marlon on the phone for a while and he couldn't have been nicer, "Looking forward to meeting you, ya".
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We will be bringing one of the older boys with us to El Bulli and the other to Gagnaire while the one who doesn't go gets to babysit.
doc,
Are they going to draw lots?
A few years ago we took a ride on Canal St. Martin and it was fun to move slowly through the neighborhoods. It was fall and the scenery really looked straight from a film noir. Got a great photo of an older man fishing in the canal -- I'll see if I can scan it in and upload.
Haven't seen the Paris par Arrondisement map, but what we've foudn to be indispensible is Michael Middleditch's Paris Map Guide. It's a slim book, easy to read and easy to carry. It also has a handy reference to major sites and a metro map. On each page of the guide the Metro stations are clearly labeled, also.
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Thanks for the recco. The villa we're renting is very close to the Four Seasons, so I imagine we'll be spending time on the beach there. We're not really big drinkers, especially during the day, so I doubt we'll be tempted by the Killer B's, but chicken wings, on the other hand, sound like a great lunch!
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She does not approve of my desire to eat green beans sans utensils.
This is most likely why I continue to do it in front of her.
She would really have loved eating with my youngest daughter last summer, who had lost one of her eye teeth and used the resulting gap as a convenient place to insert green beans to eat them.
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I still love blue box mac and cheese.
Ditto. With a little extra milk, baked in a casserole, topped with cornflake crumbs and little dots of butter. My daughters and I love the crunchy sides and leave the middle part for Dad.
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Which means it was either on the molasses container, or it was in the Better Homes & Gardens cookbook.
I'm checking both when I get home tonight. I've been making do with the molasses chew cookies from Starbuck's, but they're not quite as thin as I like them.
Ramen noodles are great on salads. Toss on baby spinach or mesclun greens and dress with a sesame-ginger or seasoned rice vinegar dressing.
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No, we aren't going until April. When are you going?
I've also read about Miss June's, but it doesn't sound like the kind of place my husband would love, since he's not that social. But we've decided that we'll probably give Bananas a try and go to Montpelier Plantation for a high-end meal. Mem's sounds like a good place for casual fare.
We're renting a villa, so I assume there'll be a guest book with information and recommendations.
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George,
We were in St Barth's a couple of years ago, after a 10 year hiatus, and were very disappointed with the quality of the restaurants. I don't know if the cooking on island has slipped or if we've just gotten more sophisticated palates, but except for the most casual places, menus were uninspired, prices were high and the food was just so-so. The one place we wish we'd gone to was The Wall in Gustavia.
On the other hand, the bakeries are wonderful and the options for excellent prepared food to carry out are many. Plus, you have to love a place where the basic supermarket has an abundant choice of cheeses, pates, and delicious baked goods.
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We've only been once, a couple of months ago, but Ibiza was wonderful. Excellent service, absolutely delicious food and an interesting wine list. We live in the Springfield, MA, area and it's definitely worth the drive -- we were just talking about going back very soon. We tried white anchovies, prok, monkfish, fideo. Great little amuse dish and post-dessert chocolate shake with beignet-like puffs.
Pretty reasonably priced, also, as I remember.
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We've vacationed in Anguilla a few times, so here are a few of our favorites. You've probably seen these on any website related to Anguilla travel.
-- Oliver's on Long Bay. We've had the grilled snapper (I actually licked the bones clean and when Oliver stopped by the table to say hello I went red with embarrassment) and the special rock-oven baked chicken that has to be ordered ahead of time. The chicken was absolutely wonderful and I would highly recommend it as you can get great fish at lots of other spots.
--Tasty's is another local place that serves excellent seafood. Very tasy indeed, low key atmosphere. They also serve great breakfasts
--Johnno's on Sandy Ground for burgers, bbq chicken and ribs. They serve it up with fries or fungi (kind of like grits), cole slaw and their special hot sauce.
Another good place for chicken and ribs is Gwen's on Shoal Bay West. There are hammocks to relax in while you wait, or you can go snorkelling on the beach. Excellent snorkelling all along the curve of Shoal Bay.
--Palm Grove Bar & Grill at Junk's Hole. The penultimate beach shack serving crayfish, grilled lobster (outstanding), johnny cakes, ribs, chicken........all served by Nate Richardson who is a warm, friendly, gem of a man. His picture has been taken about a million times, holding a large tray of grilled Caribbean lobster, and it's been run in the NYT and other travel magazines. They open around 11 or 11:30. There's only one palm on the beach, though, so if you need shade, get there eary. Order whatever you want, go swim and snorkel for about 45 minutes and then sit at your table in your bathing suit. Drink Red Stripe and pinch yourself.
We've never eaten at the "fancy" restaurant at Cap, just at Kemia, the tapas place and it was good. Haven't eaten at Blanchard's, but we've eaten at Mango's a couple of times and had a wonderful time. There are a few other high end places, and many of the menus and wine lists are similar. Prices are very high -- as in most island vacation spots that have to bring everything over. Trattoria Tramonto on Shoal Bay East has okay Italian food in an incredibly romantic, lovely setting. I'm a sucker for their lobster ravioli.
The French bakery in Island Harbor, Bon Pain, is wonderful and The Cotton Gin right in the center of The Valley has fantastic gelato in every flavor imaginable, including soursop.
Where are you staying? Feel free to ask any questions, it's one of our favorite places.
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We spent a week in Tortola a few years ago, and the food was not memorable. What all of us do remember, however, is the great coconut ice cream from one of the little shops at Soper's Hole. We'd walk or drive over each afternoon and sit on the docks, licking our cones and watching all of the sailboats come in for provisions.
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I sometimes add some whole wheat pastry flour to the dough, which seems to work really well. I usually make a variation on the Spago pizza dough from James McNair's book: add in honey, olive oil (about 2 tbs each) and coarse salt. Makes a short, almost pastry-like dough.
Feta cheese tossed with oregano and mint, topped with mixed peppers sauteed in evoo and garlic.
Instead of tomato sauce, try BBQ sauce and top with diced, cooked chicken, monterey jack and cilantro.
The marshmallow pizza sounds..........intriguing........if I could only get past the idea of tomato sauce and marshmallows
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It depends.
If there is enough room between tables and a banquete, we like to sit next to each other. That way we get to hold hands between courses if we feel like it, and I find it nicer to lean my head to the side for quiet conversation than to both hunch forward over the table.
When we dine with another couple, we prefer to sit kitty-corner next to each other rather than across from one another.
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I don't remember ever eating clams at Wollaston Beach, but we used to go there a lot when I was a child (grew up in nearby Milton) and I loved throwing large rocks down on the wet sand and then digging furiously wherever there was a spurt of water............to find the nice, juicy clam that just gave away its hiding place.
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Thoughtful piece, perhaps, but she got the title of Bourdain's book wrong -- how does that get by editorial? -- which put me off the rest of the piece.
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I usually do the microwave-then-toaster oven routine as well -- and I love the real crispy skin the best so I crank the toaster oven up pretty high. I'm pretty much of a purist when it comes to my baked potatoes, adding only a little butter and salt, sometimes adding a dollop of sour cream and fresh chipped chives. My other favorite is baked sweet potatoes with butter and LOTS of black pepper.
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There are a couple of good Italian delis in Springfield, but I have no idea about the quality of their sliced meats (since I rarely order them): Milano, 988 Main Street, Frigo's, 90 William Street and Mom and Rico's, 899 Main Street. There's also a place that specializes in homemade sausage, Zonin Market, 18 Winthrop Street. They're all within a few blocks of one another in the South End, and if you make the trip down to Springfield you can always go to the original La Fiorentina for italian cookies or cannoli.
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Whole berry cranberry sauce and chili sauce works as well -- great with little meatballs, served over rice. Also, whole berry cranberry sauce and a can of coke is delicious for brisket, but would probably be great for meatballs as well. Cook 'em overnight or all day in a crock pot.
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Our potluck is next week and the big sign-up sheet has been in the kitchen for a few days. I work in a pretty large department and lots of folks here love good food, so our pot-lucks are generally high quality. Some ethnic stuff, lots of crock pot dishes, breakfast items, several salads and lots of desserts.
I took the easy route and signed up for peppermint brownies. Make a double batch of whatever brownie mix is on sale, then about 5 minutes before they're done cover with little york peppermint patty candies and return the pan to the oven. The candy melts, but retains its shape, so spread it all over the brownies with a butter knife, as if its frosting.
Not haute, but easy and cheap and delicious.
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One of our favorites with latkes is fried salami and eggs. I don't remember how we even started such an unlikely combination, but it's now a family favorite.
The mac n' cheese sounds really good. What about rounding out the starches with a big green salad and a fruit salad? Or you could do an Israeli type salad (cukes, peppers, radishes) and an eggplant salad and add in some sufganiyot for dessert. That way you'd cover both Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions
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Bordeaux and Molasses Crisps have always been my favorites -- must be the crucnhy texture.
Has anyone else noticed that PF cookies seem much sweeter than they used to be, or is it just me?
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We ordered our turkey from Table & Vine, and my husband asked for a list of things I want him to pick up when he goes tomorrow. Actually, he specifically asked for the name of the wine we drank the other night (Borsao Tres Picos Garnacha) and I've decided to add a few to the list for Thanksgiving: Leitz Dragonstone (on sale for $9.98), a Beaujolais (Brun Cuvée à L'Ancienne if they have it, or a Morgon or Brouilly otherwise) and a JM Raffault Chinon.
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Katie Takes the Cake
Sorry.............couldn't resist
Nevis
in Caribbean, USVI & West Indies: Dining
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We're staying here which is apparently very close to the Four Seasons. Found the villa through various web searches. We're renting directly from the owners, who seem extremely nice, and were able to get somewhat of a discount, to boot.