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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.
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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.
Win Tix to the SWEETest Event Ever at the New York City Wine & Food Fest
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.
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A glass of Gruner Veltliner w/eggs benedict.