Erin Zimmer's Profile | Serious Eats

Vegan Bunna Cafe Finds a Home for Some of NYC's Best Ethiopian

Lauren, I'm so glad you and Bunna finally found each other! I had major Ethiopian food withdrawals after living in DC but thankfully Bunna now exists!

Cobble Hill is Lucky to Have Brucie

Yes, love Brucie! Please tell me you tried the stracciatella?

Ed's Vegan Diary, Week 2: Getting Tight With Tofu

Ed, it doesn't sound like you're eating enough avocados. I eat, on average, one per day. (Vegan month solidarity!)

Also, I concur with Maggie on O Milk. Order some cashew milk, you deserve it!

Lamb Bolognese from 'Family Table'

It took a minute to pop up, but here it is: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/04/lamb-bolognese-from-family-table.html

Snapshots from Vietnam: A Guide To Hanoi's Best Street Food

ditto what Paul said.

Good Bread: Almondine Bakery Is Back Open

Rejoice! I look forward to the return of Almondine's transcendent jelly doughnuts in my life once again.

Vietnam: recommendations?

I never made it to Sapa or Hue, and only spent a day in HCMC, so I won't be of much help unfortunately! Check out the Gastronomy blog for some must-eats in Saigon. My one bit of advice: make sure you try banh cuon, the rice rolls filled with woodear mushroom and minced shallots, often served with a pork cinnamon sausage - get it at Cho Benh Thanh while sipping on a glass of fresh soybean milk!

Rachel Allen's Homemade Pork Sausages with Colcannon and Applesauce

The recipe is linked at the end of the post. Also pasting it here --> http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/03/rachel-allens-homemade-pork-sausages-with-col.html

Snapshots from Vietnam: Egg Coffee in Hanoi

@furochan: You are right! Couldn't read my scribbled notes but it was Cafe Giang. Thank you for recognizing the tropical plants!

Afternoon Snack: $2.50 Greens at 212 Grand Food Corp

YAY GREEN THINGS.

First Look: At Red Gravy, Saul Bolton Brings Southern Italy to Brooklyn Heights

And this is where I'll be headed when Vegan Month is over.

Serious Entertaining: A Downton Abbey Dinner Party

@CityMinx Ack sorry about that! Kidney link works now!
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/02/kidney-souffle-recipe.html

Empellón Chef Alex Stupak's Homemade Green Chorizo Tacos with Kale and Potatoes

Sorry about that! Here's the link http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/02/alex-stupaks-homemade-green-chorizo-tacos-wit.html

Snapshots from Vietnam: Wet Market Tour in Hanoi

@Lily: Yes! So tiny, and the shells are still quite soft. Mild tasting, not intensely shrimpy. I bet we could find some in Chinatown at one of the fish markets near our office...

Staff Picks: The Best Things We Ate in January

@Shichman: Lucky YOU. I want to go back right now.

Introducing the New Slice Editor, Niki Achitoff-Gray, or 'Lady Slice'

@jslavin: I think it's actually mozz-el tov in this case.

Slice it up, Niki!

In Our Community Corner: Meet Erica Jacobs (aka: 'Teachertalk')

Concur with Alaina! Serious Eats is a better place because of you, Teachertalk!

A Basic Introduction to Vietnamese Food

@Irene: Glad to hear you also had a wonderful experience with Intrepid. Yes, it is time for you to start planning another trip. Even if it's just a fantasy trip for now.

@mojomarc Why thank you! And thanks too for the fish sauce wisdom.

@zorazen: Well you're in luck. Just put together this gallery of 20 Vietnamese Dishes You Should Know. It's a primer at least to get you started, though I know how o-ver-whel-ming those Vietnamese menus can be.

@Megan Do: *blushes.* If only I had made it to Phu Quoc to meet your fish sauce royalty kin!!!

@Tim Nguyen: Hahaha, thank you for having my back. I may sound like a Brooklyn hipster but really I am just Vietnamese at heart. Also, I lived with my Vietnamese best friend for four years and our kitchen smelled like fish sauce most all of the time.

@piccola: I bet if you sniffed hard enough around some of the great specialty Asian markets, you might be able to find fish leaf. Here's a good LA Times piece about fresh herbs in Vietnamese food. But as Tim points out, if you're *not* looking for it and the fishbomb of a leaf finds its way into your food, it can be an unpleasant surprise.

First Look: Creative Juice, Danny Meyer's New Juice Bar at Equinox, NYC

@atg117: Liked all of them but my top two favorites were probably The Good Fight and Soothe Operator. And if you're into green juices that actually taste green, without being too sweet or anything, Green Means Go gets the job done. I was tempted to add some salt and hot sauce.

First Look: Creative Juice, Danny Meyer's New Juice Bar at Equinox, NYC

@deliciouslymeta: The calories range by juice, from 130 (The Good Fight) to 280 (Quiet the Riot, the one with avocado), but most of them are around or under 200 cals. The protein and fiber content is pretty high in each too.

Staff Picks: Stocking Stuffers We'd Love in Our Stockings

@bigmac1960: Here's the fudge recipe!

41 Cookie Recipes from the 2012 Serious Eats Cookie Swap

@OneWallKitchen: So glad you enjoy this annual cookie bonanza! We do too. Thanks for catching those recipe typos. Fixed both the olive oil cookies (haha, not 5 cups, oh dear no) and layered walnuts!

Behind the Scenes: Making Limoncello at Hopeland in Brooklyn

@Mr. Nick: Roy is using organic lemons. Standard ones he can find here, though if he was back home in Italy, he'd probably use the sfusati.

@savage06: The sugar/water quantity is part of his family recipe, so he wouldn't reveal!

@Kimboinatl: Not sure about the color difference. Could it have something to do with the quantity of lemons peels used?

Note to everyone: if you're at Hopeland, tell Roy (he's pretty much always there) you're a Serious Eats reader and he'll give you a complimentary sample!