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Upstairs at Bouley. Would love to try Corton.
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French toast, especially the banana-stuffed French toast at good.
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New York City Wine and Food Festival: Ticket Giveaway, 'Breakfast of Champions'
A glass of Gruner Veltliner w/eggs benedict.
Win Tickets to Taste of Tribeca
Upstairs at Bouley. Would love to try Corton.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Food Giveaway: Russ & Daughters
French toast, especially the banana-stuffed French toast at good.
Win Tickets to Thomas Keller Event This Weekend
mom used a bag to marinate meat...
Sweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 3: Pichet Ong's Guilty Pleasure Sweet
Tasti d Lite/The Lite Choice (as rebranded). Sometimes it tastes like nothing, sometimes it taste like chemical, but I love soft serve, and something about it just hits the spot.
Sweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 2: What's Your Favorite Childhood Dessert Memory?
Birthday cake, preferably in the form of some kind of cartoon character (my most vivid memory is of a bright yellow Tweetie Bird cake). I was such a sweet tooth that I'd take off all the icing and eat it last without benefit of either cake or milk to tone down the tooth-decaying sweetness.
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Peasant/Blue Ribbon Bakery: bread pudding
Cafe Sabarsky:
La Grenouille: cholate souffle. Notable mention goes to Picholine: peanut butter souffle
Artisanal: cheesecake
Blaue Gans: Salzburger Nockerl
Cafe Sabarsky: pretty much anything
Falai: baba au rhum
Little Owl: crisps
Stand: milkshakes (peanut butter, pistachio ricotta)
Non-restaurant:
City Bakery: Chocolate chip cookies and hot chocolate
Shake Shack: salted caramel custard double dip sundae w/caramel sauce and chocolate truffle cookie dough (yeah it's a lot)
Pierre Marcolini chocolates
Billy's Bakery: banana cake, carrot cake
Cake Man Raven: red velvet cake
Otto: olive oil and corn gelato
2 Little Red Hens: Brooklyn blackout cake
Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory: strawberry, chocolate chip ice cream
Madeleine: macarons
Poseidon Bakery: poppyseed strudel and other assorted treats
... I could go on and on
Are they disgusting or what??
I love grits. If they're poorly prepared, they can be too runny or too bland, but if they're well-prepared, love'em. I'm in NYC, but grew up mostly in Va. My parents aren't southerners, so I didn't have a lot of grits as a kid.
Question of the Day: Microwave! Huh! What is it good for?
Reheating individual portions of leftovers, cooking the occasional frozen meal, and popping microwave popcorn
Do you eat weekday breakfast? If so, what?
Porridge oats w/a little peanut butter mixed in, fruit, and a small cup of coffee
Question of the Day: Gas, electric, other?
Gas. The biggest advantage is how quickly the oven heats up. The disadvantage is the layout of the burners. One burner is so huge I have to have it on low to keep from scorching whatever I'm cooking, but the others are so tiny it takes 20 minutes to boil water.
Question of the Day: How do you want those eggs done?
Scrambled. I like the yoke, not really the white (especially the hard-boiled, jiggly version), so I prefer when the two are mixed. Poached works too, but I'm not a fan of sunnyside up.
Any suggestions for low calorie, healthy toppings for pizza?
I get a low fat pie from my food delivery service that has tomato sauce, artichokes, olives, red peppers, mushrooms, and a little goat cheese. Great combo.
Question of the Day: Brownies -- fudgy or cakey? Nuts or no?
Fudgy. Absolutely on the nuts and anything else (peanut butter, chocolate/other chips, etc.) you want to throw in.
Are most foodies fatties?
If anything I've always been underweight. I'm selective what I eat and don't waste stomach space on stuff like packaged foods, so it's not hard to keep the weight off.
What is the best food you have ever had while on vacation?
Cakes and pastries in Vienna--they came in endless varieties of deliciousness.
What would be your favorite items to find on a Brunch menu?
Some kind of gussied up, stuffed french toast.
Richmond VA Restaurants
As a former Richmonder, I can vouch for Acacia. Last time I went was this summer--great place.
Do you like 'chunks' in your ice cream?
Yes--and lots of them. I feel the same way about my soup.
Question of the Day: What foods will you eat way after the expiration date?
Meat or other things that have been in the freezer. Organic/natural peanut butter.
Question of the Day: What foods will you eat way after the expiration date?
Meat and other food that's been kept in the freezer since purchase, organic/natural peanut butter.
How much do you tip the person who delivers your food?
So... Megnut... you criticize $5 as being "okay" for a $10 order, but not enough for a $25 order. Instead, you suggest always paying 20%.
Little bit of math for you:
$5 on a $10 order = 50% (WAY more than you would give)
$5 on a $25 order = 20% (What you claim you would give, but if it's Greg ordering, this is, by your own account, too little.)
New York City Wine and Food Festival: Ticket Giveaway, 'Breakfast of Champions'
Eggy burrito with a tequila sunrise
New York City Wine and Food Festival: Ticket Giveaway, 'Breakfast of Champions'
Coffee and Migas ... and a side of black beans please
New York City Wine and Food Festival: Ticket Giveaway, 'Breakfast of Champions'
Grits with butter and a Bloody Mary
New York City Wine and Food Festival: Ticket Giveaway, 'Breakfast of Champions'
An Irish coffee with the banana french toast and home made toasted coconut butter.
New York City Wine and Food Festival: Ticket Giveaway, 'Breakfast of Champions'
Tiny wheat toasts, with sour cream and salmon roe, washed down by coconut water with a little rum.
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
I used to watch a lot of FN back in the early days. I enjoyed Jack McDavid, Mario Batali, Sara Moulton. Now, I never watch FN. The turning point, for me, was when Rachel Ray became a "star" (gag).
Now if I want to learn something about cooking, I tune in PBS, and watch Jacques Pepin, Lidia, or the two ladies on America's Test Kitchen.
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
Least: Ina Garten; from her voice to her food, personality, friends, etc. . .she drives me insane.
Most: Giada Di Laurentiis, I have a girl crush on her.
Question of the Day: Any former vegetarians out there? What happened? Why'd you go back to meat?
I was a vegetarian between the ages of 13 and 22. One night (about 2 months ago) I decided that I simply wanted a steak. Right there and then I went to a diner with my best friend and she watched me down a steak. It was incredible. Not only was that night amazing, but since then I have SO much more energy than I did before. For nine years I had issues with energy. It hit a climax last year when I literally could not stay awake at 2pm every day for months. That went away after I started to take insulin pills (I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes at that ime), but I was still kind of low on energy, moody, depressive...
I swear eating meat has been my savior! I feel like a new woman! I literally feel like a completely different person. I have energy now! And I'm not as moody or depressive... wow, things are different! Plus I feel more like "me"... I never saw myself as the girl who'd eat a salad at a steakhouse while her date had a rare one. I saw myself as the down-to-earth-red-meat-eating chick even when I didn't eat meat for 9 years.
I love steak! I can't ever be a vegetarian again!
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
I have to agree with many comments here.I have studied culinary arts for years and these housewife cook wannabees do not know the difference between a good Veloute and a bowl of gravy.
Where does the food netwok find these people?
Sandra Lee gets so excited over her booze,you would think she was an alcoholic! Rachael Ray acts like the host of Sesame Street with her ignorant, goofy, childish sayings. Paula Dean serves so much fat in her food, it is more rich than her fake,overpronounced accent which is comparable to fingernails on a chalkboard.Giada dresses like a street walker and tries to sound italian with her fancy pronouncing og food.What happened to credible culinarians? are all we are left with are women's day readers like these four women who think they are teaching cooking? please!!!
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
My faves: Alton Brown, Anne Burrell, Ina Garten
Likes: Jaime O., Tyler F. Micheal Chirello (sp?)
My not so faves: Ray Ray, Sunny Anderson and the Neeleys...I started out liking Ray but her overexposure did me in...I haven't seen a thing on Sunny's show that I would make, and I can't stand her delivery, and the Neeleys...I like things they make but that lovey dovey crap really turns me off...and of course Sandra goes without saying...
Who's your most/least favorite food personality on Food Channel?
My favorite is Ina and my very least favorite is Giada. Can Giada's tops get any lower without this show being rated as porn? I have nothing at all against showing some cleavage, but please...this is a cooking show, and if her cooking isn't good enough to stand on its own, they should take her off the air. Actually, I tried several of her recipes and thought they we just "okay". Her books are loaded with photos of her rather than of the food, and she is way too full of herself. She should stop the annoying Italian accent when she pronounces Italian food items. She was born and raised in California for goodness sakes!
I'm looking for good chinese delivery in Chelsea. Anything especially good out there?
if your are looking for the best food delivery your should try www.Eat24Hours.com
Win Tickets to the New Taste of the Upper West Side Event
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Shake Shack, hands down!
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Telepan for Brunch and West Branch for Dinner :)
Win Tickets to the New Taste of the Upper West Side Event
Telepan is my Favorite for Brunch and West Branch for dinner :)
Win Tickets to the New Taste of the Upper West Side Event
daytime: Cafe con Leche
nightime: Hi-Life
Win Tickets to the New Taste of the Upper West Side Event
for my boyfriend's bday present (who lives on uws) here goes to winning - Celeste for dinner and handsome cougar owner, Broadway deli for quality hoagie, La caridad 78 for somewhat terrififyingly pleasant experience, French Roast for cappuccinos the size of your face, B Cafe for B as in Beer, Nonna for Sunday Supper, Lansky's pickles, Fred's Sunday bloody (marys) sunday's, and yes to Kefi for all that you were UWS and all that you've become...truly an ode
Win Tickets to the New Taste of the Upper West Side Event
'Cesca for anything! Grom for gelato. The West Branch for french fries.
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A glass of Gruner Veltliner w/eggs benedict.