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You might want to check this out. I remembered that Suvir used to make a wonderful okra dish at his long-gone restaurant here in NYC; sure enough, he's referenced in the article. https://www.foodandwine.com/cooking-techniques/how-cook-okra Also this: https://www.seriouseats.com/fried-okra-recipe-8770194

It's been an amazing Nantucket Bay scallop season, which led me to do a quick sauté the other night: Served over rice, with well-cooked broccoli on the side. We were guests at a dinner party the other night, at a friend's home. Food was cooked by a pro. My contribution was 3 batched freezer cocktails (Negroni, Manhattan, and a wet Beefeater Martini), along with Union Square bar nuts, and house-made pigs in blankets: Classy, huh?!! Also served: Cucumber salad, with foie behind it. Nantucket Bay scallop ceviche. Many morels with asparagus. Dover sole stuffed with greens. There was also grilled skirt steak over salad and at least one other vegetable dish. If I remember dessert, I'll edit this post! A lot of wine...1 or 2 bottles didn't make it into the picture. Fun time was had by all. (And a really old eGulleteer was present: @BryanZ. Actually, he was a really young eGulleteer, but isn't that young any more; he's now the estate manager for the winery which the 3rd bottle from the left came from). I particularly enjoyed the wines from the Jura, the Alexandre Bain Sauvignon Blanc, the Musar and the Roy Estate.

A not bad attempt...

And many of us have scales, used to measure various "modernist pantry" type ingredients, in quite small quantities...

And, at Fresh Direct... Alderfer EggsCage-Free Grade A Large White Eggs, Dozen current price$3.79/ea

One of my favorites! Heath Bar, in a pinch if Skor isn't available...and Daim's.

I think that the box on the right has "absolute consistency!" Even though it looks as if the box on the left fulfills that statement to a higher degree.

Ahhh, the good old USPostal Service. Ain’t what it used to be.

You even went for the chopped liver…nice!

We were in Chicago last week to see a couple of shows, and although this was a trip we took mostly for music and art, we managed to sneak some Chicago food in. Since we wanted to arrive at the venue (Park West) early-ish in order to get the seats we wanted (how annoying is GA, seated?), it left little time for good dinners. On the one night we didn't have a show, we went to Publican, which now I think has seen better days. Don't get me wrong: The charcuterie and cocktails were excellent. Should have left it at that, or ordered cheese for our main course. Oh well. This had to be done, and came from a recommendation from our AirBnB host: Quite good. One afternoon, we took a drive out to a neighborhood called Belmont Heights. I had researched this place... Santa Masa Tamaleria. Carnitas, chicharrones, pickled veg, etc. etc. And a couple of fantastic tacos: barbacoa and tinga. As I'm driving past DePaul University, what do I notice? And then, yes, I remembered that he opened in Chicago almost a decade ago. So, without having to travel to Rome: Just a beautiful, light crust; any of 12 to 15 varieties available at all times. Obviously, al taglio. The original, from a visit to Rome quite a few years ago.

Birthday dinner for my wife last night... Shrimp cocktail with avocado. House-made cocktail sauce, poached wild gulf shrimp (in a court bouillon enhanced with shrimp shells). Nantucket Bay Scallop linguini. Sauce of butter, shrimp/scallop court bouillon, garlic, scallions, white wine, lemon. After dinner, I went down to the grocery store and scored 2 pints of Häagen-Daza, on sale at 2 for $9!!

And can certainly name a few others (hangar, skirt, et al.) I think I can get oxtail at my Dominican butcher for around $13 - $14/lb. Does that sound right?

Maccheroncini rigati w/3-mushroom sauce. Roasted broccolini.

15 pounds worth - the only issue is where to store them...I generally "decant" into 3 or 4 pound vacuum-sealed bags.

My fridge is pretty cold (especially on the bottom)...these took a good 24 hours As a matter of fact, I think I moved them to the fridge one evening, and didn't used them till 2 days later. I also don't see why they can't be defrosted on the kitchen counter for a couple of hours?

@paulraphael Is the Whynter machine I have (somewhere up thread?) considered prosumer, or just a home consumer product. i haven’t used it in quite a while, at least not since acquiring the Ninja Creami.

Cheese omelet, avocado toast, tangerine. Bread is from a Danish bakery called Ole & Steen. We first tasted Ole & Steen products a few years ago...in London. Since then, they have opened 5 shops in NYC - it's good stuff.

Braised, as if a stew.

My guess is, if there is going to be a great NA cocktail, that Dave Arnold has (or he's figured out a different way to give it that mouthfeel): https://www.barcontra.com/new-page

I agree - this was the first thing I thought about.

Another $17 bottle...drank it with the chirashi, and it sorta worked quite well. Chambers Street:

I remember there was this really great blogger (back when blogging was a thing)...he wrote a blog about avocados...lemme see if I can find it... The Haas Avocado - How Hard Is This?

Yes, these are the avocados sold in a mesh bag, at $3.99 for something like 6 avos. I was getting a little tired of paying $2 (and up) for a single 4225 sized avocado. Especially if I've picked one that doesn't ripen properly, or that I forget about and have to throw away. So, why not... They're really tasty, and if all 6 are good, then I think it's a better deal than 2 at $4.00. (I actually tried to do some research on size and PLU codes, etc. etc. (and think I've done so in the past), but I got tired). Those are peeled, large eggs for comparison's sake.

Chirashi (eG-friendly Amazon.com link) bowl last night. Seared Ahi tuna, avocado, ikura, gari, tomato. 70% milled rice from The Rice Factory. Side of oshinko.

That's great. But all I asked is if you checked out his book (s) or his shops.