tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324400112024-03-06T23:30:02.154-05:00MarinationwideUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-70295368540297263852012-04-02T01:38:00.003-04:002012-04-02T01:48:16.709-04:00Current Content...I've been posting for a couple years+ over on Saucy Little Dish, along with 7 other gals. Check in out sometime. I post once a month. <div><br /></div><div><a href="http://saucylittledish.wordpress.com/tag/dish-amelia/">Saucy Little Dish</a></div><div><br /></div><div>And be sure and visit my main endeavor, Sugarbuilt Cookies, most frequently updated at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Sugarbuilt">Sugarbuilt Facebook</a> page for now...cheers.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcAtqEOJxKYM70gQ01yGL5kb8Ju0w1Tl3mUB0DBfMZ8cmnI3kqoP8y2uZm9SB7c48bEm6tcXiSkZOryPD-6EJ0ioqznGaLmKZ3S3QnFg6xMsfUq8C3aJ_5cwj1YqxIumpVG3xZQ/s320/IMG_1273.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726675572405518306" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-90735836332699574292011-07-22T23:44:00.001-04:002011-07-22T23:48:35.815-04:00Summer Love<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxOBmrhDCity6ezPaEhmJVednp9w03vCqbDVqJYC2cIDzm6ONGIErtZlqajj5PXxTf2uoW-qqKagHtmGuxRlSi4bEglsVwGVhNy4AyuhSB42ai8BmMTHppnAZ4bFUJ6VUsy12bw/s1600/IMG_20110721_142203.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxOBmrhDCity6ezPaEhmJVednp9w03vCqbDVqJYC2cIDzm6ONGIErtZlqajj5PXxTf2uoW-qqKagHtmGuxRlSi4bEglsVwGVhNy4AyuhSB42ai8BmMTHppnAZ4bFUJ6VUsy12bw/s320/IMG_20110721_142203.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632388966060038498" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-91216226986491494692010-07-22T17:44:00.015-04:002011-01-19T19:23:24.552-05:00Philly Weekend: Architecture and Pretty Good Food<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv31Ejc9GxQw0rAzmPR_nNy71preSwllLyanCeCbWfHyLMIROfgnzLa04iN6ckANVJsO2itopmvb07yY2gvAeqK_5N969GfLQ72yBnJYrh74ZIzeiMjpBQiZiw-N4D_1TNkocLnw/s1600/IMG_3303.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv31Ejc9GxQw0rAzmPR_nNy71preSwllLyanCeCbWfHyLMIROfgnzLa04iN6ckANVJsO2itopmvb07yY2gvAeqK_5N969GfLQ72yBnJYrh74ZIzeiMjpBQiZiw-N4D_1TNkocLnw/s320/IMG_3303.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497616618720845698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ojWLLYjRGPHVQtTBo6TNWDSY1a39vAjuCqTkpmc0OIHrx6LLbpyY-YvMsWbomLWhomOX6nnhzjzYIi0AK8GzYMjN3ACFL8vicvUZTam-Jhl181K60YFxVcpFWM66fa4pcetCLQ/s1600/IMG_3308.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ojWLLYjRGPHVQtTBo6TNWDSY1a39vAjuCqTkpmc0OIHrx6LLbpyY-YvMsWbomLWhomOX6nnhzjzYIi0AK8GzYMjN3ACFL8vicvUZTam-Jhl181K60YFxVcpFWM66fa4pcetCLQ/s320/IMG_3308.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497616604441344194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-imDDlO9wA8Fgy3McPd_t71nC6l5ihVXqJ5-VEmVhm0w1kTdVd9BkODBLzoV9oZfGIGeeMfTwLWbQlOCRHyZdOvLd23FgNaYa5y0Y0gXDun_CNU7CVYa1f25HdA4I1-zMozeM3A/s1600/IMG_3309.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-imDDlO9wA8Fgy3McPd_t71nC6l5ihVXqJ5-VEmVhm0w1kTdVd9BkODBLzoV9oZfGIGeeMfTwLWbQlOCRHyZdOvLd23FgNaYa5y0Y0gXDun_CNU7CVYa1f25HdA4I1-zMozeM3A/s320/IMG_3309.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497616594421001218" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I spent a wonderful weekend in Philadelphia and met up with my stepmom, who was there for a sustainable agriculture conference. We soaked in a few wonderful meals, and some even better design, a couple of our favorite things. She has a history as a blacksmith, and introduced me to the killer ironwork of Philadelphia's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Yellin">Samuel Yellin</a>, which I found very inspiring.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7v8K7AaWKSQXtjxiYAG4hHQhzyHID8ZFHWQlDndppFPi_D7FpGYpsPCsZW5uVzIYumItkFL39gkcWVOhWh8A-wHfMjR_cTLdLoAdINuT79t_J81j4u-i148oCo89_2sgf7YJHw/s1600/IMG_3307.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7v8K7AaWKSQXtjxiYAG4hHQhzyHID8ZFHWQlDndppFPi_D7FpGYpsPCsZW5uVzIYumItkFL39gkcWVOhWh8A-wHfMjR_cTLdLoAdINuT79t_J81j4u-i148oCo89_2sgf7YJHw/s320/IMG_3307.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564018721368636594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKMV6l16utusxonluI_kygGqLRL37CzHI3zilYqFKVld3Z5Ip4KbF1BmYCjn7nfwTTkXJy2VzERRtJ_rsk2Iku04BGDm1yeF8QlBL0iheV10xvh3UnC2TDIUrooXQHGzkjWaffQ/s1600/IMG_3311.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNNl3xqjLyPB9jUT4HCJSV_-w-UlvT1ExGPUsZ1meLzn263BMgHAL-FExywvinzLQ1_On4s6Yo4DWO3BJUX-SHNnwKt832QENVINAIKKWyrdM6a1y96cyAKdeHk_ztLuN2nLDlA/s320/IMG_3315.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497127224675227090" border="0" /></a><br />Built in boot scraper.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPo1MU78a1mmmEpzBHbqfVIIzfqKTNZAYwNtbr9M0rUryYeqX514ALEH8iWiW2wFBEhooInfS8lGN69IUiSlaqReVFb4OG7rpE2mczvLCC6oXAx13kGKM1E4CDxoXzPm15_aUGw/s1600/IMG_3316.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPo1MU78a1mmmEpzBHbqfVIIzfqKTNZAYwNtbr9M0rUryYeqX514ALEH8iWiW2wFBEhooInfS8lGN69IUiSlaqReVFb4OG7rpE2mczvLCC6oXAx13kGKM1E4CDxoXzPm15_aUGw/s320/IMG_3316.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497127214504069250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5u1JYnmWZlu395AebhWzdbIvVRNESgx6FMHIXKZSnFtWhYx8dG2VaLBjELemOXVX0OdxouNyfJptVx8rmUJldD1pPruKoFauZeykfqB7aya8-finmLOKY3zd5QMiAH7ahqc2DQ/s1600/IMG_3317.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5u1JYnmWZlu395AebhWzdbIvVRNESgx6FMHIXKZSnFtWhYx8dG2VaLBjELemOXVX0OdxouNyfJptVx8rmUJldD1pPruKoFauZeykfqB7aya8-finmLOKY3zd5QMiAH7ahqc2DQ/s320/IMG_3317.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497114273751425778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We visited Capogiro Gelato, that uses local and seasonal ingredients. We both tried several flavors, then had a dish of two, then repeated that process and I don't regret that part at all. I was excited about the sweet Amish milk option, and the fact that they had pale pink Queen Anne cherry AND black cherry.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieepHN_p6fNXcFGN1cVWYP7RQmv5HO5X8q6UYQXeOFuwj1VCmW-LGQjVXWOrJzj7hrWmBOBEQ9IAhNfr1jiFgnwqNarhmJixvaKJqajVeB9ZhyphenhyphenGAAGtTvNwjegbY-A6yp1WLc68w/s1600/IMG_3324.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieepHN_p6fNXcFGN1cVWYP7RQmv5HO5X8q6UYQXeOFuwj1VCmW-LGQjVXWOrJzj7hrWmBOBEQ9IAhNfr1jiFgnwqNarhmJixvaKJqajVeB9ZhyphenhyphenGAAGtTvNwjegbY-A6yp1WLc68w/s320/IMG_3324.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564021074811345154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We had an awesome all-out dinner at Parc on Rittenhouse Square. A beautiful french brasserie with endless tables, interesting details, great lighting and great service. Many tables are on the sidewalk, and there is a large transitional section of indoor/outdoor space. I think I could live there.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzceX4D68R7X-6_SAuFfzFyFwGq9qsliq0A4GIoYAyKxiWb2QH1IWOAIFjeHtmalNtU58pfWOebgrbh2hcEnIw6ERle28viJGH01AdzvC5CuolRD78eHo2890unNo2ewKnWueFJw/s1600/IMG_3327.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzceX4D68R7X-6_SAuFfzFyFwGq9qsliq0A4GIoYAyKxiWb2QH1IWOAIFjeHtmalNtU58pfWOebgrbh2hcEnIw6ERle28viJGH01AdzvC5CuolRD78eHo2890unNo2ewKnWueFJw/s320/IMG_3327.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497114264219269202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXcBi1VnKY3EforhfA5f3rqAVXxhPJgE9j4lorCylBmZHhJriSKLbe2BzA1esPo5kR34gXbjTCaMz5eGkBR2g5vImV1bNUjRC5NyPsAgJFrkGOqIxIUkueu5iC_mcr4bKxoUEqA/s1600/IMG_3331.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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I was at Landau's this week, a fairly large Jewish grocery store in Boro Park, Brooklyn, where it was Pesach-Madness everywhere you looked. The entire store has been thoroughly reorganized for the onslaught of good business that the holiday necessitates. The endcaps are stocked for the season, with latex and powder-free rubber gloves, intricately braided candles, pre-packaged tiny packets of breadcrumbs, and clear signage for what is Kosher For Passover. The cleaning product aisle is impressive, since families will be performing a full-tilt spring cleaning. I bought some Chrayonnaise dip, a puree of beets, horseradish, vinegar, spices and mayo. There are lots of beets-with-horseradish and horseradish-with-beets situations, but I hadn't seen this smooth electric version. I also picked a soft and graphic marbled rye from the rapidly declining bread corner. There was an enormous mound of gnarly fresh <a href="http://marinationwide.blogspot.com/2009/07/relate-to-horseradish.html">horseradish</a>, and I can only imagine the vapors it will release in its processing before reaching the Seder tables..a powerful scent drifting in the spring air.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fH0QGFThb7LIAW1m1RIDM88mzmVi0-Od3YOrFfMsoKuySQ0SB7f4CleENKMPHqi_K4p-R0lelZilh8G7Uv7CUUFaSfK3eBSr1xxnC7Aq9Dxpp6fvKVdGP-ehR_fiuHJzQnwc2w/s1600/IMG_2250.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fH0QGFThb7LIAW1m1RIDM88mzmVi0-Od3YOrFfMsoKuySQ0SB7f4CleENKMPHqi_K4p-R0lelZilh8G7Uv7CUUFaSfK3eBSr1xxnC7Aq9Dxpp6fvKVdGP-ehR_fiuHJzQnwc2w/s320/IMG_2250.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453002497868696578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zVBdqJ7f5S86DmMIJGbsgmtqF_ZaDzF5D0xkhXdkQ-xOlRWnBcVwTjXUf9Yd-anviOcT8aRig_RQOXUrMl0xALHKAMd_1KIHsG5v-k4LV5SoELmkbcGRp8iR78C-z5tSFg0NPw/s1600/IMG_2190+%281%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPH71PROztfxkA-NVw3ml2Brr2l1V6WEmu6Q-8mbqAlTUfXbwEy8IPKMCGGXjY7_peDBN5vduI86T1VpF0rRNX5KFgmwp7eIPlMOESaZfRMb7Y95KRw37FwoDN92fJnJh5QvfJA/s320/IMG_1313.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434557925887621666" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Happy New Year! (For my thoughts on that, see <a href="http://saucylittledish.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/wanna-get-lucky-eat-blackeyed-peas-collard-greens/">saucylittledish</a>). I spent the past weekend in Toronto (which Canadians seem to pronounce "Tronno") for a wedding, and though there was plenty of drinking and dancing, I had eyes for all the food things that crossed my path.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtEBxNN5K6tk6W8So2psaVmeJ41pII7TpJM_JLtUAUFvarWszAghy0xutbHyYwgl4jvVawPCDay5SS5k4L070oLYOYjtRk9bT6ix4NS60COX778Mnwm99Uai8sf5XxW8lHpCHJw/s1600-h/IMG_1422.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtEBxNN5K6tk6W8So2psaVmeJ41pII7TpJM_JLtUAUFvarWszAghy0xutbHyYwgl4jvVawPCDay5SS5k4L070oLYOYjtRk9bT6ix4NS60COX778Mnwm99Uai8sf5XxW8lHpCHJw/s320/IMG_1422.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434557913897923938" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There were a lot of festive goings on and when everyone crashed the afternoon after the wedding I went to the grocery store for an hour and a half. I could have tortured someone by dragging them along, but it was probably better I went alone. It can be useful to go with someone so I don't look as insane as I go though every aisle in slow motion-and it defends against getting in trouble for taking pictures...Oh well, I had a fine time. I went to an incredibly regular, mainstream neighborhood grocery store, which luckily still gave me plenty of perspective, though I would have loved to visit more kinds of places. Grocery stores give me an idea of what makes a place tick. I had forgotten that they sell milk in bags here, (and are way into recycling) and everyone has a handy oval milk pitcher in their fridge. (I did not see smaller pitchers for cream). I am so tickled by this, I must have really needed to get out of town. Seriously, I am really excited about these minorly different customs.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmkA9ndOBQ6WdZq8xifVMx-2ZKGx0DBXOsjLZ0Mlwkx3ntvP1PI0kjsWjA2YwESUbr-nDDJJo7SOWIzzfdo7Vt9uYl2fkE4iieSCb0Njn0G2QLlPytzN7Y8-7d9tID3BiVylCqQ/s1600-h/IMG_1501.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmkA9ndOBQ6WdZq8xifVMx-2ZKGx0DBXOsjLZ0Mlwkx3ntvP1PI0kjsWjA2YwESUbr-nDDJJo7SOWIzzfdo7Vt9uYl2fkE4iieSCb0Njn0G2QLlPytzN7Y8-7d9tID3BiVylCqQ/s320/IMG_1501.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434557896773283090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JKBjf87XY1o0fgpATHePqLyswSXo7i0VKaToOiVro86qdtFLja3iq_zutIOMbGLPjiS0RQfqJQ4CAOMmdLKmZ0Us-Zt9WVbKMMSynKcAsgfgqtffjvuu5vN-GzHF05U8PGOPow/s1600-h/IMG_1502.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JKBjf87XY1o0fgpATHePqLyswSXo7i0VKaToOiVro86qdtFLja3iq_zutIOMbGLPjiS0RQfqJQ4CAOMmdLKmZ0Us-Zt9WVbKMMSynKcAsgfgqtffjvuu5vN-GzHF05U8PGOPow/s320/IMG_1502.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434554803384352114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuNMCfJAAFy-el-2XSFW2hX1pzXStnPAB6ZRmJCCHEWAjYwFWCFZqgeIRiSb3guRhaP2BIQsJqHM4JGt4wvRU53jPghsr6JdQ2_Lsq6TQsZuaA4n0A2VVZxdYxllZsXR7ug7n7g/s1600-h/IMG_1496.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuNMCfJAAFy-el-2XSFW2hX1pzXStnPAB6ZRmJCCHEWAjYwFWCFZqgeIRiSb3guRhaP2BIQsJqHM4JGt4wvRU53jPghsr6JdQ2_Lsq6TQsZuaA4n0A2VVZxdYxllZsXR7ug7n7g/s320/IMG_1496.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434557911753896850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2DcvIb38sY6ypBXApxe7E_J_BW4S2NjCjY1TiymSEXdkpkgsECISf4xvvDH5pt5TX-2-oKNeeZounVOZ_OKRzYq4k1EbjqQyG93ubv8Q5k8c7IF00J6WlNmrZOVL8df3utKfUXQ/s1600-h/IMG_1499.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2DcvIb38sY6ypBXApxe7E_J_BW4S2NjCjY1TiymSEXdkpkgsECISf4xvvDH5pt5TX-2-oKNeeZounVOZ_OKRzYq4k1EbjqQyG93ubv8Q5k8c7IF00J6WlNmrZOVL8df3utKfUXQ/s320/IMG_1499.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434557906349894402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_QmPnbRmy0YFsPYe8yj-MyFGCMewHYxH5lgyxiHmXhLSsfJNoXip81USa2qtqMSWC9wSAQ5h1xGg-fojnEPHQREvpThu4YJsXMnELMY8FegIFlUoRIKMCUyFTlsKUKyEalbsQw/s1600-h/IMG_1512.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_QmPnbRmy0YFsPYe8yj-MyFGCMewHYxH5lgyxiHmXhLSsfJNoXip81USa2qtqMSWC9wSAQ5h1xGg-fojnEPHQREvpThu4YJsXMnELMY8FegIFlUoRIKMCUyFTlsKUKyEalbsQw/s320/IMG_1512.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434551494041838162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">More dairy: I decided to buy cheese, hoping the pasteurization laws would be less stringent than in the U.S. (I have pined on about this <a href="http://marinationwide.blogspot.com/2006/08/new-cheese-today-i-researched-raw.html">before</a>). I picked some soft, young French cheese too, because I wanted cheese made from milk from French cows...(Meux). All of the cheeses list the milkfat and moisture content on the packaging, and I bought a camembert, a "washed rind" young cheese, and some "pressed cottage cheese". We also had that old standby black pepper Boursin. I honestly am not sure if they were much different than what I can get in New York, but they were meltingly lovely anyway.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6UFy2spd4X3QXTxRFQ-b7wThR0KZr8bjkSI8MrDETcfQHdP1u5mCEIZu_Evp-5K9hNc1b2OYBVL234Z9TkkCNpTePNlY3kO2DOLQQGRnq3Huz9sHWFZ8_-c-6w2ps0sfEIR2Gw/s1600-h/IMG_1508.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6UFy2spd4X3QXTxRFQ-b7wThR0KZr8bjkSI8MrDETcfQHdP1u5mCEIZu_Evp-5K9hNc1b2OYBVL234Z9TkkCNpTePNlY3kO2DOLQQGRnq3Huz9sHWFZ8_-c-6w2ps0sfEIR2Gw/s320/IMG_1508.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434554781081675522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgvIMpx9nikd7_kjgXtGw8Dm6vDJKunxPsu7AfeNYOZUyjZJ58Q9icwXt0TSfSipHWlv41pYN7H6pL949HUgYbqVFiEdve7FzYX1FCeB0Q0jBqSirL3yBcVvwaZwZuLqf8jL_3Nw/s1600-h/IMG_1518.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgvIMpx9nikd7_kjgXtGw8Dm6vDJKunxPsu7AfeNYOZUyjZJ58Q9icwXt0TSfSipHWlv41pYN7H6pL949HUgYbqVFiEdve7FzYX1FCeB0Q0jBqSirL3yBcVvwaZwZuLqf8jL_3Nw/s320/IMG_1518.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434551483576071810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2vV6D1alkoksmQuWzyTETjeNdikdvyguwg9gmM-T7Zx3qXTHgAOBD5ZoA-w0I22PKuilqMVVed6PXx8V4YWl9VpzyrMUpZzXyjnW_ajEvkYBpd6lTSpuYg1maU-CrePoAIMuhg/s1600-h/IMG_1509.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2vV6D1alkoksmQuWzyTETjeNdikdvyguwg9gmM-T7Zx3qXTHgAOBD5ZoA-w0I22PKuilqMVVed6PXx8V4YWl9VpzyrMUpZzXyjnW_ajEvkYBpd6lTSpuYg1maU-CrePoAIMuhg/s320/IMG_1509.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434554771824590754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ICnwu-nSACr7ErCkvt8SPU9wkeeyhrYzF7kEJ2yOBjW64tX_ApAn1cit6QSVKGD8-9-TB90uKldChQP5n2tTBNGSfKkjOrNJbyST98XeNhyphenhyphengMzbJ_V_VhBxTTkUfy2Hjllu9ug/s1600-h/IMG_1506.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ICnwu-nSACr7ErCkvt8SPU9wkeeyhrYzF7kEJ2yOBjW64tX_ApAn1cit6QSVKGD8-9-TB90uKldChQP5n2tTBNGSfKkjOrNJbyST98XeNhyphenhyphengMzbJ_V_VhBxTTkUfy2Hjllu9ug/s320/IMG_1506.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434554783305634530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiX_509WDlzwbDXiDH8oaa-8OqFEswpeMYfsMaq-eBKKeYRBW4mSC9tow6m3eTO3SYQVRYbDmpGJ11Q03kVxpdsM1ibr-_fvpOAju185Kjd-cODqc4hDccyeq03_LOT16er6hBQQ/s1600-h/IMG_1505.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiX_509WDlzwbDXiDH8oaa-8OqFEswpeMYfsMaq-eBKKeYRBW4mSC9tow6m3eTO3SYQVRYbDmpGJ11Q03kVxpdsM1ibr-_fvpOAju185Kjd-cODqc4hDccyeq03_LOT16er6hBQQ/s320/IMG_1505.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434554792318008722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was the best flavored hummus I've ever had. If you examine the photo close-up you will see it includes apricots, almonds, spices and honey. It wasn't overly sweet or over seasoned, just perfectly balanced and interesting. Word.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtVqZExyepfScbL7q8HXcOgWldZT3R4XF1MVKsMx1UzqGRIIwNnlxc9FCExeEm2sxvWtRsn9WFeUt9ZJbNRYW0Gp_T1lWP44wh1zHXNU8KzPfnJC32wh2tK2O27LCCpT-0De_Yw/s1600-h/IMG_1511.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtVqZExyepfScbL7q8HXcOgWldZT3R4XF1MVKsMx1UzqGRIIwNnlxc9FCExeEm2sxvWtRsn9WFeUt9ZJbNRYW0Gp_T1lWP44wh1zHXNU8KzPfnJC32wh2tK2O27LCCpT-0De_Yw/s320/IMG_1511.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434551498644982322" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I couldn't resist this tiniest of pimiento jars that was all the way from, well, Tennessee.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1psfLhlxwy41B-Ylp4fXlvml3NEBSqoC6Lrm8wuKTd9FlSkPiBmD1uqvoGJ3KaLkJX6GhSFEZDkeX-1wgf4dMRHazvGm9PYE1pdDQOVUMYobnpwABxSYmxx0dfBWf4m4OBu4tZA/s1600-h/IMG_1517.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1psfLhlxwy41B-Ylp4fXlvml3NEBSqoC6Lrm8wuKTd9FlSkPiBmD1uqvoGJ3KaLkJX6GhSFEZDkeX-1wgf4dMRHazvGm9PYE1pdDQOVUMYobnpwABxSYmxx0dfBWf4m4OBu4tZA/s320/IMG_1517.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434551486173336226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I couldn't get away without throwing some meal together. It was my wedding present. I made a vegetable soup and and a potato leek soup, and a pasta/green salad situation. We had bread with those luscious cheeses and humus and jam alongside.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVhar7VXYaSd8v9-kbcLiWh375yfdBGcpxl2A7diwgZV_DTzATYhnd4o7KBbCsnnkTghsrL0IuHm7sgbeEPjAOVQdihdrBjLf1xgQEvgO1duurDrFSTKjbqRv1hyBVbrPDnx1jg/s1600-h/IMG_1637.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVhar7VXYaSd8v9-kbcLiWh375yfdBGcpxl2A7diwgZV_DTzATYhnd4o7KBbCsnnkTghsrL0IuHm7sgbeEPjAOVQdihdrBjLf1xgQEvgO1duurDrFSTKjbqRv1hyBVbrPDnx1jg/s320/IMG_1637.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434559037785762338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Real fruit gummies. My favorites are cherry and black currant, and of course there were hardly any of those, darnit.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvTN2Ik_puzqRXCoG0VyzcTOV4x4abYyjeVnLCSiHT98iYDGKTE_S95TbKwwNr8PPc0l-dFyRtxjefoUbszQeUOaM5vzxDMWhZqMchTeVh5ifhVVrCdIlyfYAdW6AF5LxOfRF8Q/s1600-h/IMG_1522.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvTN2Ik_puzqRXCoG0VyzcTOV4x4abYyjeVnLCSiHT98iYDGKTE_S95TbKwwNr8PPc0l-dFyRtxjefoUbszQeUOaM5vzxDMWhZqMchTeVh5ifhVVrCdIlyfYAdW6AF5LxOfRF8Q/s320/IMG_1522.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434551475255619202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Popcorn being thrown out behind a movie theater. I was surprised at first, but I suppose if they dumped two of these every day, and they just scattered it on the ground, the street would look like a sandy beach with obese pigeons and black squirrels lolling like walruses freezing to death.<br /><br />Though this minitrip made me ever hungrier to go farther afield, thank you Canada for adding some depth to my marinade, as it were.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-68546183196779168422009-12-16T21:02:00.005-05:002009-12-17T04:11:31.177-05:00Multicultural<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8lLVxr-D08EhnxrO01C47QhhK-nCaY4zXE2B19oWAb4P-zXBpNauOxMacDZYi37c71vb2cF_5MAT_VLfn3Q-4l4DaLRI7mCGJUxDNkJN4r-PS_w3rZWu7eDtIJJ2-mTWGBD3ww/s1600-h/IMG_0331.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8lLVxr-D08EhnxrO01C47QhhK-nCaY4zXE2B19oWAb4P-zXBpNauOxMacDZYi37c71vb2cF_5MAT_VLfn3Q-4l4DaLRI7mCGJUxDNkJN4r-PS_w3rZWu7eDtIJJ2-mTWGBD3ww/s320/IMG_0331.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416020294369190290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You might have to click on this picture to see what's going on. This is the kefir section at Key Foods, which is a pretty regular-sized grocery store with a parking lot. It's a place that stupidly sells a lot of fresh produce packaged on Styrofoam trays wrapped in plastic, but it is thoughtful enough to carry Itallian "00" flour, fresh yeast, shmancy D'Artagnan products, and all the flavors of cheap, big-bottled fruit syrups. What I just learned though, is that it also carries a ridiculous line of cultured dairy products. In this line up you will see the common:<br /><br />-Strawberry/Banana<br />-Raspberry<br />-Strawberry<br />-Apricot<br /><br />But you can also choose from:<br /><br />-Classic<br />-Original<br />-Plain<br />-Apollo<br />-Mountain ("Drincable")<br /><br />All have distinct labels, but no real clues (minus "Mountain") as to where they fall in the spectrum, if indeed there is one. Getting all of them at once for a taste-test seems very unlikely.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-13419140359917608302009-12-02T10:41:00.008-05:002009-12-04T15:00:34.678-05:00The December Sun Times<div style="text-align: justify;">Last week was when it really started hitting me about Gourmet being gone. There was a flurry of turkey imagery around, and grocery stores filled with people who were intent on actually cooking food. My last issue arrived in its bodybag and stayed unmoving on the kitchen table, wrapped up with a full piece of paper that appeared to be some kind of wasteful, mean joke. Last chance offer, yes, ha ha.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Hk4td4ampAxzRSYB5ecj4ftYYTLSwoAONtAj1oNY7HaZtrfhmjl1qz27QfufOHIvUN8Ank1nJLFtEqxO1hD98f8TTcbpjvhZeqqDOSMdEJFiRVzuWdZQjXLLGs5_nveOWLThaQ/s1600-h/IMG_0161.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Hk4td4ampAxzRSYB5ecj4ftYYTLSwoAONtAj1oNY7HaZtrfhmjl1qz27QfufOHIvUN8Ank1nJLFtEqxO1hD98f8TTcbpjvhZeqqDOSMdEJFiRVzuWdZQjXLLGs5_nveOWLThaQ/s320/IMG_0161.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410893418662855234" border="0" /></a><br />Is that a bullet hole?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtle_GWNnv0dUynCfWLAu9iqQJUZl6oRO4OcW7NVDBSHfXD16xL6W5gGHr_GZH4l_CcD2tK3XSsH3QwZMPqnQCv2UiGXFU7llI_QAQa459CO6GB91gzOUhLVrSRAP5qPbZ7UXlOg/s1600-h/IMG_0162.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtle_GWNnv0dUynCfWLAu9iqQJUZl6oRO4OcW7NVDBSHfXD16xL6W5gGHr_GZH4l_CcD2tK3XSsH3QwZMPqnQCv2UiGXFU7llI_QAQa459CO6GB91gzOUhLVrSRAP5qPbZ7UXlOg/s320/IMG_0162.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410665640772730274" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Flipping through the consolation prize Bon Appetit subscription cards I started to get that creeping Sunday-night feeling of...oh no, we are nearing the end of the weekend and there will be no December issue. The cookie issue.<br /><br />That would have been a special treat for me, since I have a particular interest in cookies, but I realize now that its nearly a new year, and one I am looking forward to. Change is good and moves things around in ways you hadn't expected. I loved the photography in Gourmet, the colors, the cool lighting, the straightforward recipes and text, the eclectic tableware, and the wide range of subjects. I still like a print magazine in general; I can carry it, work from it, file it and return to it later. That one has taught me a lot, and I will miss it.<br /><br />What a wonderful surprise to see my ironwork cookies this week on the cover of my other favorite magazine, Edible Brooklyn. EB and I arrived in Brooklyn around the same time, and I thought, "man, I really moved to the right place!" I love the photography, the matte finish, the clean high-content layout, the relevant ads, and the quarterly portrait of this diverse place. Community, culture, and visual and physical experience is what drives me to food in the first place (and to Edible Brooklyn). Making cookies is a way for me to contribute, translate and share things that fascinate me and distribute that in something that fits in your hand and doesn't last forever. I made those ironwork cookies because I love looking at the fences everyday in my neighborhood, I love how they were made and that they were made here, and there ended up being a cookie issue after all.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT07ZbEGoyQ2xbpF-f0ffUUK6od26sBFoS6c-ZyhDzLfZKALJAKvOyUUfTDW9q3qDGEv1d7xCJxQtamb_iJrsCI6dwZ3_A5jNVW27XIGDJfOmBbolqnjl8jIZumA1ehk_Is1-D2Q/s1600-h/IMG_0159.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT07ZbEGoyQ2xbpF-f0ffUUK6od26sBFoS6c-ZyhDzLfZKALJAKvOyUUfTDW9q3qDGEv1d7xCJxQtamb_iJrsCI6dwZ3_A5jNVW27XIGDJfOmBbolqnjl8jIZumA1ehk_Is1-D2Q/s320/IMG_0159.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410665643219258514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7aqUA0d8E8MrDNAZyHQJhOa-l_eP2syuyJFVK39vu-qbk4O75eQjfy4rFGIWc2VtXR0qVHYvLlrvTN7mgNulYUve0-M9_VqVDHN4DV76oyutKSE9Eu9FOvyNJ25-FDJ-_crHvQ/s1600-h/EB16CoverbyJacobPritchard.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7aqUA0d8E8MrDNAZyHQJhOa-l_eP2syuyJFVK39vu-qbk4O75eQjfy4rFGIWc2VtXR0qVHYvLlrvTN7mgNulYUve0-M9_VqVDHN4DV76oyutKSE9Eu9FOvyNJ25-FDJ-_crHvQ/s320/EB16CoverbyJacobPritchard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410894218659966770" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-49303150677981080922009-10-30T12:46:00.001-04:002009-10-30T12:47:01.104-04:00Eden of the Empire State<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJIScyjWP93_BSSBKv_Hggs5EMoKpb1lSIsnk3sCtqBpTVtUwfOo8FhkUh0Xb9cgpf7z_DlSlrlDKqLvSz6WZyUq7Depj6ahQJatj7iq1LYgRj5B7eP5ZDOdc_MktxLoFmnqsHg/s1600-h/IMG_9510.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJIScyjWP93_BSSBKv_Hggs5EMoKpb1lSIsnk3sCtqBpTVtUwfOo8FhkUh0Xb9cgpf7z_DlSlrlDKqLvSz6WZyUq7Depj6ahQJatj7iq1LYgRj5B7eP5ZDOdc_MktxLoFmnqsHg/s320/IMG_9510.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397870231607138738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I didn't grow up visiting orchards in the fall, but I see why New Yorkers feel so strongly about it, and I'm catching up. They are the most romantic of places, a low-slung mysterious maze of short, strong trees. The silvery leaves are hung with ornaments the brilliant colors of perfect and marred fruit. The ground is rolling with apples and long grass. Walking only a few steps, you can disappear entirely.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5qRbUWM3Pk0L46sCKpst6TXKoOXhOeVhiHeACY23WIPu0HtBezhwAQ1s7FoclTPkCzDEi8q4CkU9oCidfaf6wwwZgTx-Bj7CYYiyju0UCQkgqnbLtMhR0uEIWMl0pu23UZRgRQ/s1600-h/IMG_9542.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5qRbUWM3Pk0L46sCKpst6TXKoOXhOeVhiHeACY23WIPu0HtBezhwAQ1s7FoclTPkCzDEi8q4CkU9oCidfaf6wwwZgTx-Bj7CYYiyju0UCQkgqnbLtMhR0uEIWMl0pu23UZRgRQ/s320/IMG_9542.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397864850240450338" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTew_swef1CFraCGReWJBiga1CNz1VAVxu45rkIo0e2JTJw6kKhN9m1ZxZvZwuP2zu-BxO6bkp_bjy7USnx6xDCHynVOc9S2kTROGnz7U1dmK5OxX2f9NPWnRjibJOtQQpsws80A/s1600-h/IMG_9512.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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I knew it was old because these wouldn't be the iconic building silhouettes chosen for this product today. Also the faint windowpane grid background is an eighties contemporary look. I do wonder about those "Fake Architectural Cookie Cutters" that must be out there...this is a terrific find for Sugarbuilt.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHen1vdxYWS2HH-2xQ4TB_vvRh7DB8ucdjUjWVwRDZ3dSWt2-yaGooFmPbPsIykoQUuY-nO-vfaBPAXqKyjbVuaonTHD9oB324GVyDB4BEw04UPeqaXEiLdZO3jsD1bPN8Y2Gkw/s1600-h/IMG_9459.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHen1vdxYWS2HH-2xQ4TB_vvRh7DB8ucdjUjWVwRDZ3dSWt2-yaGooFmPbPsIykoQUuY-nO-vfaBPAXqKyjbVuaonTHD9oB324GVyDB4BEw04UPeqaXEiLdZO3jsD1bPN8Y2Gkw/s320/IMG_9459.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389962987803152978" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGc8a10OUlYSNovNnl04KVuHw4MeTIh8qEJJ1RI_xKI3QKyQD4pg_B_pDTNPNlwBI0KX8mni8b0Xe6_bvqKVPxwi95uoOMWcmJnV2FVUiDDOvLqp5MRmUqjMcFHycdVNx2eGA8qg/s1600-h/IMG_9460.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGc8a10OUlYSNovNnl04KVuHw4MeTIh8qEJJ1RI_xKI3QKyQD4pg_B_pDTNPNlwBI0KX8mni8b0Xe6_bvqKVPxwi95uoOMWcmJnV2FVUiDDOvLqp5MRmUqjMcFHycdVNx2eGA8qg/s320/IMG_9460.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389962995057980658" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-30442542977915176152009-09-09T03:31:00.012-04:002009-09-09T17:36:40.619-04:00West Indian Day Parade<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzqUUYOhooZvmR6_H3UvQO4h_toqtsDhhrdSShEMPuQdx61H98H_-JwLYcysbZ3KmIutBm7_T9a5HCYGU8qRJifUYJCtSgK-460KAa9gJwRmlvQLfjuiTaVA-FYKraMrJfK8BRQ/s1600-h/IMG_8882.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzqUUYOhooZvmR6_H3UvQO4h_toqtsDhhrdSShEMPuQdx61H98H_-JwLYcysbZ3KmIutBm7_T9a5HCYGU8qRJifUYJCtSgK-460KAa9gJwRmlvQLfjuiTaVA-FYKraMrJfK8BRQ/s320/IMG_8882.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379369265365508866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I spent Monday with other New Yorkers (almost all of them, I think) at the parade and carnival on Eastern Parkway. It was an incredible cultural mash-up that included noise, color, food, and togetherness...no wonder I had such a good time!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjteoK9M2UD1I1Ll-F5er3DaZGeSI5sG_bzBZMcSLZTF9OmiYE5F5rBPfq8s129GhVvqSaB5IzyAeUg58T70LI_2yrKVS2Dmlk_PMlfcDbZzwn3N1rcGJoC3a-Iix5OG7hscmPnXQ/s1600-h/IMG_8885.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjteoK9M2UD1I1Ll-F5er3DaZGeSI5sG_bzBZMcSLZTF9OmiYE5F5rBPfq8s129GhVvqSaB5IzyAeUg58T70LI_2yrKVS2Dmlk_PMlfcDbZzwn3N1rcGJoC3a-Iix5OG7hscmPnXQ/s320/IMG_8885.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379369268996563410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0fosKhSeXDYXe4gfeXcK4c14Q6NpJsHILW5PSMOeEedTZ2Y_uzB92Oy6jPFchiqljFAtLJZ2Fr_eI5O36rRspyxbLzrgM1h4CHk1pkkrIx5C4k5H6VcIe0wnSh-D9gilugNssQ/s1600-h/IMG_8898.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0fosKhSeXDYXe4gfeXcK4c14Q6NpJsHILW5PSMOeEedTZ2Y_uzB92Oy6jPFchiqljFAtLJZ2Fr_eI5O36rRspyxbLzrgM1h4CHk1pkkrIx5C4k5H6VcIe0wnSh-D9gilugNssQ/s320/IMG_8898.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379569531985386498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzoooRUJIKoez_8_Hrl9MVzje54paS1Jsh9ep6klzmjzGiX8kt2PXhZTj8cfdYX6T5xl-oqmEV6HPXRG3hZcbKzOt8D1KFsiIS5Gr0q0HQ47eUQtFFE__j-uN-wvQu55IJF-5WQ/s1600-h/IMG_8906.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzoooRUJIKoez_8_Hrl9MVzje54paS1Jsh9ep6klzmjzGiX8kt2PXhZTj8cfdYX6T5xl-oqmEV6HPXRG3hZcbKzOt8D1KFsiIS5Gr0q0HQ47eUQtFFE__j-uN-wvQu55IJF-5WQ/s320/IMG_8906.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379571742412845058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRE_8yapj_kPGc7CFzzB_PinHffFIfxi33c5WlSKIjO9hLEvZZ0l2wEyWwrO-L3CYbNsiheB11Wh2zl5fb66t60N0ed1Pf7n5w6mPZIC38r4XGaKj0c53EGQ-6DrBRNX79LIr5oA/s1600-h/IMG_8914.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRE_8yapj_kPGc7CFzzB_PinHffFIfxi33c5WlSKIjO9hLEvZZ0l2wEyWwrO-L3CYbNsiheB11Wh2zl5fb66t60N0ed1Pf7n5w6mPZIC38r4XGaKj0c53EGQ-6DrBRNX79LIr5oA/s320/IMG_8914.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379571747474572242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5Ra-pd1vFlrWeOcKXmHSzftE9tJlOFIPr9u9ifXGuOjsMMFHemTlCN7dxwbZowubAlTYIPCcuQg2nIm8jZdQatPiIffkNiM6Koo6DGPHwYo_5lQEIZDi7JAHewJ4eX041tCZ5w/s1600-h/IMG_8950.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5Ra-pd1vFlrWeOcKXmHSzftE9tJlOFIPr9u9ifXGuOjsMMFHemTlCN7dxwbZowubAlTYIPCcuQg2nIm8jZdQatPiIffkNiM6Koo6DGPHwYo_5lQEIZDi7JAHewJ4eX041tCZ5w/s320/IMG_8950.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379576055524389234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZTIgeZL7vyx6jbBxH2kmBhZApDSiPE1M1LCWSPZVxOhUPvLmvGt5Pq2LIWkY3r4QD_lyrRVii5TTCVocfSaPXDEwvJT6LWaSN_SS5psP7FCwuGG52Rt0l1FHrGOxqe3xtnHQhQ/s1600-h/IMG_8936.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZTIgeZL7vyx6jbBxH2kmBhZApDSiPE1M1LCWSPZVxOhUPvLmvGt5Pq2LIWkY3r4QD_lyrRVii5TTCVocfSaPXDEwvJT6LWaSN_SS5psP7FCwuGG52Rt0l1FHrGOxqe3xtnHQhQ/s320/IMG_8936.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379578520617086850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_RaJbWG4eEDMpv9hx5m8hDOgubaAT-pHRQkQDGHbi0lJuR_pgogSyzE6SVmVFyFhU1LmQEwuFcXp6utjQAZQhHSCiYn0L9qQx0NYcVmoputJO3HSM0q-UaGv5uNfeyEPrJDhFA/s1600-h/IMG_8918.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_RaJbWG4eEDMpv9hx5m8hDOgubaAT-pHRQkQDGHbi0lJuR_pgogSyzE6SVmVFyFhU1LmQEwuFcXp6utjQAZQhHSCiYn0L9qQx0NYcVmoputJO3HSM0q-UaGv5uNfeyEPrJDhFA/s320/IMG_8918.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379579588365548146" border="0" /></a><br />Pholourie. Fried spiced dough balls with a thin sweet chutney.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAmpO7KfTOL5mw0ngm4ZdX_8yL8UZqL5dlWujkt6w2pcYRCQwFxZbSwSNxrPfHjiQp_47Wl1M9YSI9mGHv3y2zPH0RT43EEg69PYX3-oLOOmfxW8rg0AnXVDVm1apo61T_5vX6w/s1600-h/IMG_8927.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAmpO7KfTOL5mw0ngm4ZdX_8yL8UZqL5dlWujkt6w2pcYRCQwFxZbSwSNxrPfHjiQp_47Wl1M9YSI9mGHv3y2zPH0RT43EEg69PYX3-oLOOmfxW8rg0AnXVDVm1apo61T_5vX6w/s320/IMG_8927.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379573969775817266" border="0" /></a><br />Delicious goat roti...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHlTQ06r3HsCI8qV5_fZwYhW1y2ZocYfWNKKCyoehakmr2LbIZVMMOWkx46DDc3U0oHEwgGLYUIi0z8_OEYigFGcnBXfAUgS4O87Yyio6oj5SFQaD7RmnRy-K1L2KDjPJG2IhyQ/s1600-h/IMG_8926.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKPHov5mqgaXsA97Qa6yRR5diQOzR_ndZewqlQSOYnqRsu9JA1i5rPt3PuQ4-QTuXq1nvt4kv9R8aPdugLVM0RRpvZnbpaka8vfp1RK75WmAIZq1KBWQPe8PvPNGH6BSxucNr6bg/s320/IMG_8896.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379583394526280482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0hUuugYtj9rX7-hx_uzmoYtCI093MfopvCTSJKv7rFRv9U3CUP6SobxB01L9-KpkiU68SMRryc92hg6RQIIKxeWB5OiAoh2U0NBTHQkrQXPaoD26pN_BdYcXLpLlbh2YxWTYZQ/s1600-h/IMG_8940.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0hUuugYtj9rX7-hx_uzmoYtCI093MfopvCTSJKv7rFRv9U3CUP6SobxB01L9-KpkiU68SMRryc92hg6RQIIKxeWB5OiAoh2U0NBTHQkrQXPaoD26pN_BdYcXLpLlbh2YxWTYZQ/s320/IMG_8940.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379573976886386146" border="0" /></a><br />Fab earrings!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EtRPVjZGHGXAjLzwR-GYeClq63IdGjO9N2RcTMLkl6XiwGh-rZYln01S2hx7_uKYeIA5iWCa2v9y4IfbLJZUzfQIOoy7Loq5oi-J-w4pwnW5bC1kbojnF1J-Dkm2bOZSglRo1w/s1600-h/IMG_8941.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EtRPVjZGHGXAjLzwR-GYeClq63IdGjO9N2RcTMLkl6XiwGh-rZYln01S2hx7_uKYeIA5iWCa2v9y4IfbLJZUzfQIOoy7Loq5oi-J-w4pwnW5bC1kbojnF1J-Dkm2bOZSglRo1w/s320/IMG_8941.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379576052312655954" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-14630300307423037772009-08-20T16:25:00.000-04:002009-08-20T16:25:14.386-04:00Girl vs. The Branzino<span style="font-weight: bold;">Wherein Amelia Goes to the Hamptons and Cooks as a Private Chef</span><br /><br />Here are some of the photos I took this past weekend, when I cooked eight meals in four days for a private household.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnkqBa-_gu4buMODledPPQqI4U-S2TmqqThS6dp0TJLhHV_3bSVzXZIH_4_yvmXSMXGYcJ6SjhRw6258RNiqysRIwexidcZa7Y_MS76zi6ST1XlPGuP9I3Tck4g1iZ_JenlR-dg/s1600-h/IMG_8730.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnkqBa-_gu4buMODledPPQqI4U-S2TmqqThS6dp0TJLhHV_3bSVzXZIH_4_yvmXSMXGYcJ6SjhRw6258RNiqysRIwexidcZa7Y_MS76zi6ST1XlPGuP9I3Tck4g1iZ_JenlR-dg/s320/IMG_8730.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371916375048159410" border="0" /></a><br />Whole Roasted Branzino<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5lq7UoMqBC03P285tODPh0asvDfvc5syZGTO-MwgI-obKy3VBQYATTwh6vP7pHCiRmliR1JqQqqGN-lDz5jnDXE82bRVX7fB3RWJvlorP6XTeu8dIyyRBTEdCxxRruLZIP8A3g/s1600-h/IMG_8719.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5lq7UoMqBC03P285tODPh0asvDfvc5syZGTO-MwgI-obKy3VBQYATTwh6vP7pHCiRmliR1JqQqqGN-lDz5jnDXE82bRVX7fB3RWJvlorP6XTeu8dIyyRBTEdCxxRruLZIP8A3g/s320/IMG_8719.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372127020723272018" border="0" /></a><br />Here is the cherry chutney I made to have with roast pork, corn, roast potatoes, and sauteed red chard with pecans. It was deliciously dark, sour, spicy and sweet.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pQT6IK6fmgwXtWUhQCAOePdjis6fgKcGkmY3Cob2wsqFz7Ed2QQP7gNvDm7p92w3D6ny7EYtQSOdwh82oCjFxVNetKxJy5NBeki3dyzq3TGsSk5dATOSipr40BsFsi3OiaUewA/s1600-h/IMG_8696.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pQT6IK6fmgwXtWUhQCAOePdjis6fgKcGkmY3Cob2wsqFz7Ed2QQP7gNvDm7p92w3D6ny7EYtQSOdwh82oCjFxVNetKxJy5NBeki3dyzq3TGsSk5dATOSipr40BsFsi3OiaUewA/s320/IMG_8696.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372135096341005970" border="0" /></a><br />Moroccan Spiced Roasted Chicken<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDs9jpGew-YAbRQ9Knj5dyEofHrhuISXh4uyYKcnvih5UIyL7pQKTgB8cf9JXFz2_b5P4OsSmYizPDnWOnto_N5YHi5F4UO4qWDoNNy_fgPadqaJKmF5jFSTnOGXBHLzZkmx6Hng/s1600-h/IMG_8622.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDs9jpGew-YAbRQ9Knj5dyEofHrhuISXh4uyYKcnvih5UIyL7pQKTgB8cf9JXFz2_b5P4OsSmYizPDnWOnto_N5YHi5F4UO4qWDoNNy_fgPadqaJKmF5jFSTnOGXBHLzZkmx6Hng/s320/IMG_8622.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372129175176363538" border="0" /></a><br />Summer Squash Corn and Poblano Soup<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2Do8-hh_SIyvui9N9OJSFI04HqcllEEh0GNNyPS5iVAdryDjKYBaNV2882d-WL_XCDa80C6ozWvME69uiveWqNPCP3Tq3W_Kl0p_kXj3NOtsCr0neSzT46Pz3Jw0cJhEiZLp9A/s1600-h/IMG_8672.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2Do8-hh_SIyvui9N9OJSFI04HqcllEEh0GNNyPS5iVAdryDjKYBaNV2882d-WL_XCDa80C6ozWvME69uiveWqNPCP3Tq3W_Kl0p_kXj3NOtsCr0neSzT46Pz3Jw0cJhEiZLp9A/s320/IMG_8672.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372131301657438114" border="0" /></a><br />Chilling watercress vichyssoise.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2QeeiUmPhUy0Pi0jr3U6EfXSMxA5ZtDfHK65Dc5WEwi7zxN8bMDHIlOtmdLixJmMmqiXmn1p5JcaT3OMjIbiPyCaUct8UKXzXBMcwu8-VUDAaPQttNlNsjaiFgvQlPyTpOedb6w/s1600-h/IMG_8697.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQt3-weqnzNgffpKBR2kYzcJ71dkhFSjFgvkd2bE_FvUioi83E-2r1PYu3gd2plqEx5649CxJiXNfh6y6PSDhMBnVeRsiAS18EQeU952aJ9kEsn4JNjjmN-Kb4l0WNZwPNC6SKZQ/s320/IMG_8680.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372135080678106418" border="0" /></a><br />Different day, different fennel salad...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKu02oTkL7oQesf1pdKS8sJZkHEgmKHF1ABaQHAu8jxUa8YyD2yQIwOv-s38Eby89hneCU8JySenrPUvDOyoTLEQJ5PwUWRutuuo_ypQZpTTmykDPtOdIRjlfYO6sQk6hcRtCYA/s1600-h/IMG_8678.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKu02oTkL7oQesf1pdKS8sJZkHEgmKHF1ABaQHAu8jxUa8YyD2yQIwOv-s38Eby89hneCU8JySenrPUvDOyoTLEQJ5PwUWRutuuo_ypQZpTTmykDPtOdIRjlfYO6sQk6hcRtCYA/s320/IMG_8678.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372131307664811490" border="0" /></a><br />Tabouli<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLGVymINTt6YD1k5TKT-W3TRL8CHZAfsgWpktFKBu5PBB5bn1M0fU8hqivdcN0nZJwEEA4Ecz2C19_Lu1e2YzSgIVzEqCiJUd5C7zXKh7TfdTKvuf7rg_JkB7EuE5ED9FPKkMzA/s1600-h/IMG_8721.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLGVymINTt6YD1k5TKT-W3TRL8CHZAfsgWpktFKBu5PBB5bn1M0fU8hqivdcN0nZJwEEA4Ecz2C19_Lu1e2YzSgIVzEqCiJUd5C7zXKh7TfdTKvuf7rg_JkB7EuE5ED9FPKkMzA/s320/IMG_8721.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371921992562396226" border="0" /></a><br />Turkish breakfast with poached eggs in toast cups and ginger scones.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aUSz_5rg9fsrfTimkAGriRn1SuOoe-ntRkRB5wTA4Rew9Y3K-sssygUfLwGAzAMUiaAKxLIMz5dNsTRxLClWzX9N6amFEK2EyMPMopUJoBgyomCoWssUPQqHW1veLP3cBOAaHw/s1600-h/IMG_8717.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aUSz_5rg9fsrfTimkAGriRn1SuOoe-ntRkRB5wTA4Rew9Y3K-sssygUfLwGAzAMUiaAKxLIMz5dNsTRxLClWzX9N6amFEK2EyMPMopUJoBgyomCoWssUPQqHW1veLP3cBOAaHw/s320/IMG_8717.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371922972358068674" border="0" /></a><br />Pear Sorbet, Poached Pears, and Ginger Meringue Cookie<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxszVFzgFXjlx54pRLyaqvQKvy5cV5gHTuKVbO7_J8e-RlGvhREL4r0N834bTOW8QWiAIzliMW5meGu5HarF1gwlcgwJzZVGAe2NeRLyZ-n9gWGn1j8tCH9VoptSVJXXCnRD9hA/s1600-h/IMG_8625.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxszVFzgFXjlx54pRLyaqvQKvy5cV5gHTuKVbO7_J8e-RlGvhREL4r0N834bTOW8QWiAIzliMW5meGu5HarF1gwlcgwJzZVGAe2NeRLyZ-n9gWGn1j8tCH9VoptSVJXXCnRD9hA/s320/IMG_8625.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372129182801572818" border="0" /></a><br />Strawbrerry Rhubarb Tart (for the recipe, see the post I did on Saucy Little Dish <a href="http://saucylittledish.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/fast-and-dirty-fabtastic-fruit-tart/">here</a>)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBhBFz9uYZPTR2jBYfS6iUFG_8LI8nOmaNfRQSuucmgxWsCGfNdVOa7EwlrNi6PWrPUIVHbfhq-o_PqHOetixGc2A6RUccpd6UxEieyCneQigJLX8RbSeUiGF-ImcbK-WkfVeFw/s1600-h/IMG_8660.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBhBFz9uYZPTR2jBYfS6iUFG_8LI8nOmaNfRQSuucmgxWsCGfNdVOa7EwlrNi6PWrPUIVHbfhq-o_PqHOetixGc2A6RUccpd6UxEieyCneQigJLX8RbSeUiGF-ImcbK-WkfVeFw/s320/IMG_8660.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372129186356819746" border="0" /></a><br />Lemon Cake Pudding with Lemon Ginger Caramel<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUoadKOrhR13nhVCb_Bn50KA86SEntK8Kyr6ydtcGj33IgUOIBfE4p5YjEH9vb8S11KiLZKZDoDx9UZT7mkxCQy5Y4fi45y-tq3andOsZswNWQfPk-ta6D8CXC7-lnviYQl4CuQ/s1600-h/IMG_8702.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUoadKOrhR13nhVCb_Bn50KA86SEntK8Kyr6ydtcGj33IgUOIBfE4p5YjEH9vb8S11KiLZKZDoDx9UZT7mkxCQy5Y4fi45y-tq3andOsZswNWQfPk-ta6D8CXC7-lnviYQl4CuQ/s320/IMG_8702.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372127013321506082" border="0" /></a><br />Plum Sorbet with Cherry Tuille and FigUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-45455862191226083742009-08-17T01:19:00.000-04:002009-08-20T16:25:51.993-04:00Love Badge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMqnjyLGn4xuyGZ-VcJQau5X_jASICn7LQJq4EMazlx_4egu-rFojcQQVRKMS_vtvGDuGBQDT3j6ZpnPnd3Vx06pj-k3v0F1L7n6U7sXpkg8DfdLyGtyAtpMC-YcYok-UfgnMGLw/s1600-h/IMG_8737.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMqnjyLGn4xuyGZ-VcJQau5X_jASICn7LQJq4EMazlx_4egu-rFojcQQVRKMS_vtvGDuGBQDT3j6ZpnPnd3Vx06pj-k3v0F1L7n6U7sXpkg8DfdLyGtyAtpMC-YcYok-UfgnMGLw/s320/IMG_8737.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371911953102435586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEMFIY6fFaWnvkyS-fRMGBrXkevTP3PVmZeLXOH9jvb8Nw1IWOAX5acas-XRR6ISen79-2g__67zFMETJRy9I9ZiPQVPAFqYeGEhssFW-Htkvwqs1C10p_qxJXvrEm4k8stLrcw/s1600-h/IMG_7017.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEMFIY6fFaWnvkyS-fRMGBrXkevTP3PVmZeLXOH9jvb8Nw1IWOAX5acas-XRR6ISen79-2g__67zFMETJRy9I9ZiPQVPAFqYeGEhssFW-Htkvwqs1C10p_qxJXvrEm4k8stLrcw/s320/IMG_7017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371911945533091234" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-91071096943224889922009-07-28T15:29:00.005-04:002009-07-28T17:19:50.291-04:00I Love Lettuce<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCIJB-lIKWSdt7xBreHO7Rx_mBB15ijuQV3_kIFLbdf-x-mCHsahHF6BSzT0sxW_GDoAOA6qxjZjvy_DNRCLDqtqODTxLIs28R3uF-ZMZ9EB5Y2NS0Ec7SXzGirALP-v69IWuQg/s1600-h/IMG_8296.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCIJB-lIKWSdt7xBreHO7Rx_mBB15ijuQV3_kIFLbdf-x-mCHsahHF6BSzT0sxW_GDoAOA6qxjZjvy_DNRCLDqtqODTxLIs28R3uF-ZMZ9EB5Y2NS0Ec7SXzGirALP-v69IWuQg/s320/IMG_8296.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363615262954686466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I just realized that I have taken too many pictures of lettuce this week to not acknowledge it here. It's fresh at the store, it takes up yards of table at the farmers market, it's overflowing CSA shares. To see all those lacy green piles... I am so taken with how beautiful they are. Sure I make salads, and I've made an intricate lettuce soup with a savory custard on two occasions, but no portrait series or Ode to Lettuce. Until today- I declare my love!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeR_3P8ormLd71J1XjUntUEEGo7VIZBfPH9yYaKAaczQ2fH97N2QR24rYLvyrJdMG872oy3WWtaVdwds8Q-0e3QV2IC5TYABQgZ_1KguR9DWbGo_EnndGUTd2EmSkPfTUf9dVQA/s1600-h/IMG_8275.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeR_3P8ormLd71J1XjUntUEEGo7VIZBfPH9yYaKAaczQ2fH97N2QR24rYLvyrJdMG872oy3WWtaVdwds8Q-0e3QV2IC5TYABQgZ_1KguR9DWbGo_EnndGUTd2EmSkPfTUf9dVQA/s320/IMG_8275.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363613019520887378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvrQb1tfxTPL59vMD4uEGXzhSYz49htuvztXKhCKpDNqo6sn1YRLuvupsoOeJfDHTF4KpAHaDzZ8YYhs99FNxX5iD-vtKYfpg0PWw_dLNZAwVKAzZM3Q-qWPPfsKpDPOyBtw_zg/s1600-h/IMG_8279.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvrQb1tfxTPL59vMD4uEGXzhSYz49htuvztXKhCKpDNqo6sn1YRLuvupsoOeJfDHTF4KpAHaDzZ8YYhs99FNxX5iD-vtKYfpg0PWw_dLNZAwVKAzZM3Q-qWPPfsKpDPOyBtw_zg/s320/IMG_8279.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363614235329528114" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Growing up we had "real" lettuce, or green leaf lettuce. This was because my mom grew up on white bread and iceberg (among other things) and so she bought dry, dense wheat bread (boy has that come a long way) and real lettuce and did not stock soda or cereal more sugary than Honey Nut Cheerios. As soon as I was at other houses or comparing lunchboxes I yearned for the exotic crunch of iceberg and remember begging for it (she must have been so horrified). I was rejected with "there is nothing IN iceberg lettuce". I have forgiven her for that and am in fact totally grateful that she made the choices she did in feeding me. I actually still love iceberg, particularly involved in a red onion-blue cheese dressing situation, but now I love all the other lettuces too...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9wFoOREJoyj8rv-fv3qK9N30pgHP0WWLHWQhx84d5FWA-7D6IQ1123bF2JLaU2XtofWz1vtd8oFHPBiHXIERV_0SNJyUIjhGIn6mOFu36HDP8zFYnr-M4HqkPxallzXaorTI8g/s1600-h/IMG_8293.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9wFoOREJoyj8rv-fv3qK9N30pgHP0WWLHWQhx84d5FWA-7D6IQ1123bF2JLaU2XtofWz1vtd8oFHPBiHXIERV_0SNJyUIjhGIn6mOFu36HDP8zFYnr-M4HqkPxallzXaorTI8g/s320/IMG_8293.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363615258124872530" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This varietal is called Salad Bowl! It truly fills a huge bowl...at least briefly.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNEsFChxv_OYIPr4E0DA17155C0Q7slG18cLdZrNq4uGahYFNLtPUbpQ81qs6LaN7PxFU3CwhOyn10wUlOfPh4Riqynb_76MVm91iMf_l_QemeIpOYrtkYm-0yTj8x37FfpwzbA/s1600-h/IMG_8281.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNEsFChxv_OYIPr4E0DA17155C0Q7slG18cLdZrNq4uGahYFNLtPUbpQ81qs6LaN7PxFU3CwhOyn10wUlOfPh4Riqynb_76MVm91iMf_l_QemeIpOYrtkYm-0yTj8x37FfpwzbA/s320/IMG_8281.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363614240592718210" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-41093306871868592542009-07-19T13:05:00.004-04:002009-07-20T14:37:00.833-04:00Relate to Horseradish<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XQZxNG8t1PkzDB1N4AO7N1LwRtF2v49vM7IOS3fAxLxepgblBreQGbSMSWtoXhqMIl85QvcIaV7u1WopwPLiEK8Bnfa-NfIsUZiCQIoxAxIcwYkSLCDVQHdRVc_bHmkclhyk1A/s1600-h/IMG_8239.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XQZxNG8t1PkzDB1N4AO7N1LwRtF2v49vM7IOS3fAxLxepgblBreQGbSMSWtoXhqMIl85QvcIaV7u1WopwPLiEK8Bnfa-NfIsUZiCQIoxAxIcwYkSLCDVQHdRVc_bHmkclhyk1A/s320/IMG_8239.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360219723920066146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />How do we learn what is appropriate for ourselves and those we share our lives with? It seems obvious how much horseradish is too much, when eyes water and the nose hurts, but how much horseradish is just enough or too little, how much will enhance and delight the right way when feeding yourself or someone else? At what point do we start to know the flavor enough to recognize its complement, and not be overwhelmed by it? Everyone’s taste is different and every mouth understands a different bite. If you overdo it, you risk losing the flavor or texture of the food. At the least, what measure makes it not even worth it, hardly a taste? We start to guess by seeing what everyone else does, and we learn by experimenting to find what feels right for us. If all goes well, you know what you like but are still willing to bumble through more trials to discover something new, or even the same thing over again.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-g8kzwpeomFt52JIj6uPrcppTptyUdkj8NS8Z5VxBZF2etTtykchn-aAJqR1g87FWfe4SuBDVx25qUJFAh2MRdfHJjSX7pjCfbZn2nCxB55_o1usho1-fZyB2lNptkLm6YlvVw/s1600-h/IMG_8240.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-g8kzwpeomFt52JIj6uPrcppTptyUdkj8NS8Z5VxBZF2etTtykchn-aAJqR1g87FWfe4SuBDVx25qUJFAh2MRdfHJjSX7pjCfbZn2nCxB55_o1usho1-fZyB2lNptkLm6YlvVw/s320/IMG_8240.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360219728908348226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_yJ56238IZrEzHx8TThPlaQKRI2d57yq3h9MC45VNnaxw1XxHJrRVoVzXmqKS_L61nVCwsq-fSKIdmfRke8cTJofuhQl0aQvJFhNTOzD6spHelcwyl3KsVE3QCOj_UVL4CAFUA/s1600-h/IMG_8241.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_yJ56238IZrEzHx8TThPlaQKRI2d57yq3h9MC45VNnaxw1XxHJrRVoVzXmqKS_L61nVCwsq-fSKIdmfRke8cTJofuhQl0aQvJFhNTOzD6spHelcwyl3KsVE3QCOj_UVL4CAFUA/s320/IMG_8241.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360219734356680562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It was a private moment of excitement years ago when I stood in my kitchen alone and put horseradish on a hard-boiled egg for the first time. I learned how much was appropriate for each bite, and was thrilled to experience this new combination (and discover a new vehicle for horse radish!). I wondered if this would satisfy anyone in the same way as it did me. I imagined standing in the kitchen with someone else, sharing horseradish in our own proportion, but remaking the discovery together.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCz_uThi5Pdk_1okFfQA0f-iMla7Qfp594-bUGgu2Ps-5UfH087HxijYT7aQwCaDm5BKewsUFQkrmIdhT14oNOdnpNVSwIW3KpKcxTdmC4RbQ_q9D4hKkqzNgp-LOS44t9dw9tg/s1600-h/IMG_8244.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCz_uThi5Pdk_1okFfQA0f-iMla7Qfp594-bUGgu2Ps-5UfH087HxijYT7aQwCaDm5BKewsUFQkrmIdhT14oNOdnpNVSwIW3KpKcxTdmC4RbQ_q9D4hKkqzNgp-LOS44t9dw9tg/s320/IMG_8244.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360219738192352850" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-76548623353245590122009-06-22T14:27:00.008-04:002009-07-20T16:21:07.079-04:00Have You Been To Brighton Beach?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHdBOEbThFl8mfti1gVnApJvyuC_LgfXXZffO4pxEOfguOWu_s2pCAurfB3Ox01zms5fWSPAB28_3mi-NnJ6ZF-vXZOJPwkA5yQyi53lzEfsqXXQpAJrCMtA5IBODarvm_ztwFg/s1600-h/IMG_7668.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHdBOEbThFl8mfti1gVnApJvyuC_LgfXXZffO4pxEOfguOWu_s2pCAurfB3Ox01zms5fWSPAB28_3mi-NnJ6ZF-vXZOJPwkA5yQyi53lzEfsqXXQpAJrCMtA5IBODarvm_ztwFg/s320/IMG_7668.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350222022162822450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">These are huge sheet cakes from a grocery store in the Russian neighborhood of Brighton Beach, just a ways down from Coney Island, in Brooklyn. The one on the right is covered in poppy seeds and golden raisins. I had a cold red borscht at Gina's which was perfect with beets, dill, and a crunch of cucumber.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95Xs0wwJa6vIuSpCgq2O1OyZEzJzhbOFjW1XLHVe5qA9RVRufWaeZlFV2q-3jwBFfH5ZkQmPWMhu1R1Oi-LOnqZqMB8R5f-EJ8ZoaL0ImqAjUCN2GGWgBF5qJjfinXGcZHt4chQ/s1600-h/IMG_7665.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95Xs0wwJa6vIuSpCgq2O1OyZEzJzhbOFjW1XLHVe5qA9RVRufWaeZlFV2q-3jwBFfH5ZkQmPWMhu1R1Oi-LOnqZqMB8R5f-EJ8ZoaL0ImqAjUCN2GGWgBF5qJjfinXGcZHt4chQ/s320/IMG_7665.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360615903598986850" border="0" /></a></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipOZx_aXk-U0Ik9Wf0l5UQEdWP0_XmGAiRmkqwR1m2QJkvImFAxHi_-5lQjBOHghROt9rSGk7t1TrhKzgMosLwe2AfibdjPCiBnfGNOkUVjxANzHzt1bV7DzcIBtkXdftBqxsQbA/s1600-h/IMG_7670.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipOZx_aXk-U0Ik9Wf0l5UQEdWP0_XmGAiRmkqwR1m2QJkvImFAxHi_-5lQjBOHghROt9rSGk7t1TrhKzgMosLwe2AfibdjPCiBnfGNOkUVjxANzHzt1bV7DzcIBtkXdftBqxsQbA/s320/IMG_7670.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350222029349572818" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Pickled watermelon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoKR7nsGOd7VMgxLvjSrXgwiVAaq_7c3jeBBWNksscYCCOdMzJG1rdti1V_QE7bnOQkVKGY_cGEOOIDA3T0O3nLZSgL9XHe-Yq1hvD9etjKQcpwXIB7NBnNVz8OExBMfWnxFf0w/s1600-h/IMG_7671.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoKR7nsGOd7VMgxLvjSrXgwiVAaq_7c3jeBBWNksscYCCOdMzJG1rdti1V_QE7bnOQkVKGY_cGEOOIDA3T0O3nLZSgL9XHe-Yq1hvD9etjKQcpwXIB7NBnNVz8OExBMfWnxFf0w/s320/IMG_7671.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350262400839921122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNxVnz1vnb5nB0ukXYtt5F6TQnS6zbwQ5NsUgGlWu3hOFMrXZ_ecl3Pe5HAMUVUimcBgptWp8z1soeBbW5oSnJ47cchyphenhyphenhGUOG05MatblybMb7lCim1RNgEuKf5WzD4cl3nwoNcA/s1600-h/IMG_7667.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNxVnz1vnb5nB0ukXYtt5F6TQnS6zbwQ5NsUgGlWu3hOFMrXZ_ecl3Pe5HAMUVUimcBgptWp8z1soeBbW5oSnJ47cchyphenhyphenhGUOG05MatblybMb7lCim1RNgEuKf5WzD4cl3nwoNcA/s320/IMG_7667.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360615912463850722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Pastries were for sale all around the store. There were savory ones by the hot bar of Stroganoff and cabbage, cherry turnovers by the salads, and enormous slabs of cake and piles of cookies that filled a case as long as my apartment.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmCoug3d2xXeVXIDrx51i4PLOtZVLOeJ-PFBwfvcoKkuOGCNFAohWT1O-GHB7XmqxH4eGS-I4GTU-HV9EvjCffzFxo8yX1lZjpGlrY58NbDwdtxXKxa5NT6wkjnQUscq3M2Tb5w/s1600-h/IMG_7672.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmCoug3d2xXeVXIDrx51i4PLOtZVLOeJ-PFBwfvcoKkuOGCNFAohWT1O-GHB7XmqxH4eGS-I4GTU-HV9EvjCffzFxo8yX1lZjpGlrY58NbDwdtxXKxa5NT6wkjnQUscq3M2Tb5w/s320/IMG_7672.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350262393496300850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The actual beach.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-76492369402897467272009-06-18T20:59:00.005-04:002009-07-20T16:23:05.968-04:00What The Hell Is That?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHbSleZ7VPmJxNMWxNtq19ElbAl3pkvx6xg4pa0oYXozanGPXr0tcGDWyLPP7JgpvGXurpUbKgKe2b7w6iGl40ehmXCUqpTE1oOPsMAGoj624d9g0M4lAWHg4_PYwD7P9UqZsRQ/s1600-h/IMG_7747.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHbSleZ7VPmJxNMWxNtq19ElbAl3pkvx6xg4pa0oYXozanGPXr0tcGDWyLPP7JgpvGXurpUbKgKe2b7w6iGl40ehmXCUqpTE1oOPsMAGoj624d9g0M4lAWHg4_PYwD7P9UqZsRQ/s320/IMG_7747.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348838317734408674" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sometimes I am moved to make things for many reasons...<br /><br />See more pics and how at <a href="http://saucylittledish.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/homespun-sugar/">saucylittledish.wordpress.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-6983346547494709352009-06-15T02:00:00.000-04:002009-06-15T02:50:16.227-04:00The Tapestry Dinner<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwtGFJIoORg860958pCOPbMjC0Q0Zw5LrlvkT1AW4d2geYJJUojs-imm4lLQ1vk7dQdbjbiwmR1mVHcOqRbtMo_VUBFdtE7hFUK_k8APIARe5JP_YAt7BlNJX-Q-SOthJk4A8eQ/s1600-h/IMG_7351.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwtGFJIoORg860958pCOPbMjC0Q0Zw5LrlvkT1AW4d2geYJJUojs-imm4lLQ1vk7dQdbjbiwmR1mVHcOqRbtMo_VUBFdtE7hFUK_k8APIARe5JP_YAt7BlNJX-Q-SOthJk4A8eQ/s320/IMG_7351.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346327987486177666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are some pictures from the Tapestry Dinner, a supperclub-style evening I worked on with a crew of talented peeps in a wonderful loft in Brooklyn. Above is the salad course: watermelon, avocado, mango and cucumber with pea shoots and a spicy dressing. Below is the main: orange marinated grilled steak and cous cous.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWxCC3WQsMmKeOR4DzP8ImV_-18td3Fjk83pNAWxamGubowunf4uJEp9YA1XOGz5oxhLD7aHuC8k4ZAA3fab_s6qQYEsgNmUlbcfSnHVmgAyguC8zixijO8Ulygadi0FEwMpk0A/s1600-h/IMG_7344.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWxCC3WQsMmKeOR4DzP8ImV_-18td3Fjk83pNAWxamGubowunf4uJEp9YA1XOGz5oxhLD7aHuC8k4ZAA3fab_s6qQYEsgNmUlbcfSnHVmgAyguC8zixijO8Ulygadi0FEwMpk0A/s320/IMG_7344.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346327983202986530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7OfADzT1zJw2-WzRQsyIozeCQuAMesKq3PrHU2wY7EgDKXsbSdq8w4GTgn5kKrL9Rjy5YqSOkJiOKH5az9KDdwYQHqLXi-gz2IhSPfrhapMifKa6eSyjVwLOrTsqpqiY3nB3W5w/s1600-h/IMG_7329.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3WqqFKSf4Q0Lf3v54cpRHbESdPHtbXEJXu6bSYmDz3sOZiwEr9JSoGePr2BGHvSnwdI-Qxj1W85DwNaasVkga1ApmxXnhiZz8PEKlFYPnia8Y5wE4gWKHhTmy6H9Mo_06r64Bw/s320/IMG_7312.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346325885591394850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Prep and plating was spacious and efficient atop the temporarily converted pool table.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqC1th-FxDH-WZFATZe2DxFg-gL54DbWfZgyX7437PFldupII8TXy2SM-Cll8vc4gNgWbCvMM96li8LksbwdsvXGDZrwNXFbx6K4DmMfSnUx4Ns85tMK2X6kSljrgRWgfUEofLSA/s1600-h/IMG_7334.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqC1th-FxDH-WZFATZe2DxFg-gL54DbWfZgyX7437PFldupII8TXy2SM-Cll8vc4gNgWbCvMM96li8LksbwdsvXGDZrwNXFbx6K4DmMfSnUx4Ns85tMK2X6kSljrgRWgfUEofLSA/s320/IMG_7334.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346326947921859138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdOxttt3EmwhhypdNIjSL5zOaMm5eGluQ-ohKdZCaWlkKVMO2VjDLtlzryki0TRA8PnxLPTHzzTvL5LyrjdpfsLdTpQwIIbXa-BGfTS4SZ7A6kCQHaep7-sfwhTn86GNdHx1sCw/s1600-h/IMG_7316.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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This was the best part! Well, and there was dancing...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-34496087106716030722009-05-29T00:00:00.002-04:002009-06-14T11:38:22.238-04:00Springtime in the Rustbelt<span style="font-style: italic;">Observations From a Recent Trip to Southeastern Michigan and Toledo, Ohio</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNnloNyybrhZ78CthQ2FSCZrTSL2tZ_rpzoGwE2yNJK2vDDgfJEkbUnwX54aNwdHa-_eMzjXIDNE78dkZkU3NiMwVhVXXL0evRoh1kQfBEDTOaM7gDjD05NKvH7ixmQWLMIZV-A/s1600-h/IMG_7217.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNnloNyybrhZ78CthQ2FSCZrTSL2tZ_rpzoGwE2yNJK2vDDgfJEkbUnwX54aNwdHa-_eMzjXIDNE78dkZkU3NiMwVhVXXL0evRoh1kQfBEDTOaM7gDjD05NKvH7ixmQWLMIZV-A/s320/IMG_7217.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334340824751167026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As the trees were bursting forth and the flat expanses of grass appeared, I found myself absolutely fascinated by this region. I felt a driving tug that propelled me into junk stores to spend hours looking through things. I combed the internet and grocery store aisles and read road signs, looking and listening for the layers, the identities, the truth. I wanted to see beyond the franchised landscape. Where are the pieces of people's homes, lives, histories- in this area as they once were in boom times and as they are now? The place is steeped in car culture, manufacturing, chain stores, politeness and heartache. The effects of corporate culture, lost jobs and bland heavy food is everywhere, but I found an original and complex garden.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeg2BQ_Xk-wQY8U3DZbt28MEzlXpiVozvdWFEx5w4fX2gUHiIb7CpoUMCvV-HlbzQT3BPU8IivgWgyvjlyD27z3UguEU77iGS3iLDozvix99wSUaYcuKVvZACCBchJ_CY51d8xQ/s1600-h/IMG_7215.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeg2BQ_Xk-wQY8U3DZbt28MEzlXpiVozvdWFEx5w4fX2gUHiIb7CpoUMCvV-HlbzQT3BPU8IivgWgyvjlyD27z3UguEU77iGS3iLDozvix99wSUaYcuKVvZACCBchJ_CY51d8xQ/s320/IMG_7215.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334340816164736066" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In Monroe, a town south of Detroit and north of Toledo, there is more than one locally-owned seasonal drive-in chili dog and root beer place. At both, young female carhops deliver trays that rest on your windows, ponytails swinging as they log another mile of their summer jobs. Both drive-ins are orange, and neither are plastered with a big A&W sign, apparently the root beer is homemade. I tried to ask about that-how do they make it? The girls just shrugged and said they made they're own. I would love to believe that someone is brewing their own herbacious syrup every week for the thousands of frosty mugs of root beer sold in the summer, and not dispensing a generic corn syrup concentrate into the machine, but I haven't talked to that person yet, so it will for now remain a mystery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dOfEKBL6CfoE9z5SQR4uUU_KiKDacshEDPM-cVbqy2TU-VQBbPahk3YWWQ86DRVRx1BND-1lLYYpJ3JqHWV-jZ3aKiRey4YQ7DfRkwRMFvHYlTFK1cc4BIjLrJuCm_T-FkrZFw/s1600-h/IMG_7221.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dOfEKBL6CfoE9z5SQR4uUU_KiKDacshEDPM-cVbqy2TU-VQBbPahk3YWWQ86DRVRx1BND-1lLYYpJ3JqHWV-jZ3aKiRey4YQ7DfRkwRMFvHYlTFK1cc4BIjLrJuCm_T-FkrZFw/s320/IMG_7221.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334340831160492898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6G1oWmsrLzc6ODn73h8tYQBthnMabRuCXxsd3IfvgWhWJ72wMWNlX9zM8vnroyG-ptOQE2FjkX4-n7NSZUm2_-NejFqUiBPoEIz_drqHLihYduDfsBtRVyCR3GjFHHH-C_ydyg/s1600-h/IMG_7279.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6G1oWmsrLzc6ODn73h8tYQBthnMabRuCXxsd3IfvgWhWJ72wMWNlX9zM8vnroyG-ptOQE2FjkX4-n7NSZUm2_-NejFqUiBPoEIz_drqHLihYduDfsBtRVyCR3GjFHHH-C_ydyg/s320/IMG_7279.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334350999776218450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNtglUM7JLb1lA6aWCPX5ePlXTeP3qmeyf_ikr7AcN_16Ioqaw93v_8WvP7GCP78C_TxiddhzO71wSffW3AisUNBeDYzXutlc-qhhaZl7f-cZYR3uzbc_wE0za4Ok7rYsP0PT0g/s1600-h/IMG_7278.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNtglUM7JLb1lA6aWCPX5ePlXTeP3qmeyf_ikr7AcN_16Ioqaw93v_8WvP7GCP78C_TxiddhzO71wSffW3AisUNBeDYzXutlc-qhhaZl7f-cZYR3uzbc_wE0za4Ok7rYsP0PT0g/s320/IMG_7278.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334350993123777170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmsROEv4erqSqrsw4n7sibV7XpSBbVSSjtg9onXMsztDs2xTg9R0jjY-4AXZzAqkLgaKHtxEmCzOz5yLG6Jkl9VtchLf3LN6aM3y20qbBQw8tUpxB-2rtpXaX81MF2Gew9gZu5Q/s1600-h/IMG_7234.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmsROEv4erqSqrsw4n7sibV7XpSBbVSSjtg9onXMsztDs2xTg9R0jjY-4AXZzAqkLgaKHtxEmCzOz5yLG6Jkl9VtchLf3LN6aM3y20qbBQw8tUpxB-2rtpXaX81MF2Gew9gZu5Q/s320/IMG_7234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334341649893207458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsytmSX9n0IC3CshX91knKEiEZMSD8j-EMjfBPXy_oB5mpBbc0TCRj2oRIN_4H3iK1zmTneVP0guZ9ffGW91EGuhFR8wo8WoXEi5rsi24DyX5W1562RO46zDv8w0bB_qkprI4u0w/s1600-h/IMG_7236.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsytmSX9n0IC3CshX91knKEiEZMSD8j-EMjfBPXy_oB5mpBbc0TCRj2oRIN_4H3iK1zmTneVP0guZ9ffGW91EGuhFR8wo8WoXEi5rsi24DyX5W1562RO46zDv8w0bB_qkprI4u0w/s320/IMG_7236.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334341662702040514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_n16bH2OVUe0Z6u_Ng4c8VbR_2tJD2Lgri_TJoFaovjMOWnjR_1kRpS7JL3LgvqKc1W23aBEodwyNeYoBF6xXwAqcd3fDzZjrld-haWANZb2KSKHYlIw3Hp37Yct7rwRGxgoDQ/s1600-h/IMG_7253.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_n16bH2OVUe0Z6u_Ng4c8VbR_2tJD2Lgri_TJoFaovjMOWnjR_1kRpS7JL3LgvqKc1W23aBEodwyNeYoBF6xXwAqcd3fDzZjrld-haWANZb2KSKHYlIw3Hp37Yct7rwRGxgoDQ/s320/IMG_7253.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334349902268291458" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There was rhubarb growing in the back yard of a friend's house. I pulled up a stalk and washed it and cut it and ate it raw with sugar. The big leaves are poisonous, but I heard you can eat the stalk raw, in small quantities, which appears to be true and delicious.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMXu7lcayEZU1UrBopD5GP-n4LdyaCtq1wKUcfD2hmLQp7ok5AP5U7-uzIMfFks525J7_boqsjB3Ry-qEtUR2i3oYf0ByLxiikUW-iSrRDs1LUNvuBdEBrc9QqX5_zEW26rsPVA/s1600-h/IMG_7256.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMXu7lcayEZU1UrBopD5GP-n4LdyaCtq1wKUcfD2hmLQp7ok5AP5U7-uzIMfFks525J7_boqsjB3Ry-qEtUR2i3oYf0ByLxiikUW-iSrRDs1LUNvuBdEBrc9QqX5_zEW26rsPVA/s320/IMG_7256.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334349907366700818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DwtLslZbNJ00umes3sNmVBoRcVKV-NG_915z9Er_ST-IbK5zWRYpGk5jC65_kvPDBlx4CEnikeqrrIigO8olPfsnBHjaM7P-HeE5xOflWjPFdnZiwgaSyibRBSPx-x5nxqeWdg/s1600-h/IMG_7160.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DwtLslZbNJ00umes3sNmVBoRcVKV-NG_915z9Er_ST-IbK5zWRYpGk5jC65_kvPDBlx4CEnikeqrrIigO8olPfsnBHjaM7P-HeE5xOflWjPFdnZiwgaSyibRBSPx-x5nxqeWdg/s320/IMG_7160.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334339766834952866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One afternoon I went for an outing at a state park on Lake Erie. It was perfectly sunny, and grass and trees grew almost to the edge of the water. I walked on the beach as such with my cowboy boots on. The sound was like walking through the burned rubble of a porcelain factory, hundreds of Zebra Mussel shells crushing under each step. This lake was incredibly polluted at midcentury and though there have been years of regulation it still has plenty of problems, the plague of zebra mussels among them. The breeze blows and I squint at a pair of cooling towers on a far shore.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO08x4W56oWYIay-VZOXrFxYfKFY4AMp6YWeZCwQd-PR5qRo-Id_PYYwyDbGCaq81G2Av4oX8RKggHKIxZ1kyUSNjGOOd8xvpIUkc4uy66LZ6jlyq7kLdBHiCvJ-NilgtQ6ikmqg/s1600-h/IMG_7157.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO08x4W56oWYIay-VZOXrFxYfKFY4AMp6YWeZCwQd-PR5qRo-Id_PYYwyDbGCaq81G2Av4oX8RKggHKIxZ1kyUSNjGOOd8xvpIUkc4uy66LZ6jlyq7kLdBHiCvJ-NilgtQ6ikmqg/s320/IMG_7157.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334339756765701106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmL5w4XKWLzDqLE2OTZOXOvMQ78ZyULxmW814C6_pcabV1VQhIya8xIYIg2SPd4TsvYho1ZnIOcNi6oC1Wq4TzpgFOPZrmVcIzxu3AQ49CwGTdWXXgxrtM0vbj6oGJhEk5wr2b2w/s1600-h/IMG_7151.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmL5w4XKWLzDqLE2OTZOXOvMQ78ZyULxmW814C6_pcabV1VQhIya8xIYIg2SPd4TsvYho1ZnIOcNi6oC1Wq4TzpgFOPZrmVcIzxu3AQ49CwGTdWXXgxrtM0vbj6oGJhEk5wr2b2w/s320/IMG_7151.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334339753129534434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP98WtzwP39lpZgfKDjah4q0l7lMgLJIkxnxPUwVTs_poDxKw73PcG-0xTXXP0HU9o9IIpkMHgYV6ATxvX_M93aIUA07M8iar9alP-WHf4zeuUwQNMHZ_s_lWPkaCwssr8JR9lxw/s1600-h/IMG_7238.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP98WtzwP39lpZgfKDjah4q0l7lMgLJIkxnxPUwVTs_poDxKw73PcG-0xTXXP0HU9o9IIpkMHgYV6ATxvX_M93aIUA07M8iar9alP-WHf4zeuUwQNMHZ_s_lWPkaCwssr8JR9lxw/s320/IMG_7238.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334341671302132930" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I found this in an antique mall alongside tiny sparkling glass salt cellars.<br /><br />I saw remarkable architecture like the Greek-revival Toledo Art Museum and its smart looking new glass wing. Toledo is the "Glass City" because of the work of Libbey Glass, Owens-Corning, and other auto and object glass manufacturers that developed the area. There are blocks and blocks of amazing houses in the Old West End neighborhood, house after hulking house in Tudor, Late Victorian, and Arts and Crafts styles, to name a few.<br /><br />As I meet the Midwest, the Midwest greets me in a surprising way. I was stunned to see this menu item available at a sports bar in Toledo. No fanfare, no bungled novelty, just an honest to god New Mexican green chile cheeseburger.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRAKIeBcHAMmQ2vaMWAIXVuwCfpROJq5SPYjBnkyIDYoigDWsl7iwVM6qvNgbhntGIjfU-axCzgcnFcCn9UWfVVQV50B_tp4yjAPeK3gEB1gah3gBl_5i_Ko62udTrQHs0AMIAQ/s1600-h/IMG_7245.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRAKIeBcHAMmQ2vaMWAIXVuwCfpROJq5SPYjBnkyIDYoigDWsl7iwVM6qvNgbhntGIjfU-axCzgcnFcCn9UWfVVQV50B_tp4yjAPeK3gEB1gah3gBl_5i_Ko62udTrQHs0AMIAQ/s320/IMG_7245.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334349897384660402" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-65635938052960720442009-05-21T12:00:00.000-04:002009-05-21T03:12:51.649-04:00Saucy Little Dish<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aliJKSOdr46PgbqU7iatmuApk5Fo_WfOEb1o3vbyVlPXi18iRuAGgEGR7sTGNf4nr_OvQxaPxD2-ubPapBS0xZRxiFnqcyCwoiveHOu3LHfaVq7TYuKldgou8MDpxlpYPdSKlA/s1600-h/IMG_7292.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aliJKSOdr46PgbqU7iatmuApk5Fo_WfOEb1o3vbyVlPXi18iRuAGgEGR7sTGNf4nr_OvQxaPxD2-ubPapBS0xZRxiFnqcyCwoiveHOu3LHfaVq7TYuKldgou8MDpxlpYPdSKlA/s320/IMG_7292.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338167133525569666" border="0" /></a><br />Sandia (watermelon) agua fresca from a truck from the ball fields in Red Hook, Brooklyn. This drink defines the term <span style="font-style: italic;">glow.</span><br /><br />I will be contributing to a new blog called Saucy Little Dish with seven other lovely ladies. My first post goes up today! Check it out <a href="http://saucylittledish.wordpress.com/">here</a>..Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-67589737119512138462009-05-09T01:00:00.001-04:002009-05-10T02:10:10.390-04:00From the Company That Perfected the Dream of Controlled Nature...part of a complete breakfast with juice and toast by...Mattel?<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QbuXOopbWcE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QbuXOopbWcE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-67020619346999378862009-04-12T01:27:00.001-04:002009-06-14T11:37:48.049-04:00Brooklyn April 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQ2y_KUsnR1Msl8sWRVS2c_uHPxaHUU_6sPCq0iW0boPig39EXlE7-djidgQF2NGdSsnKIli29doopk6hKQjapaLVDcp5b5RAp2MvEDs1f6w3t6Ub4UgfYo_G09B9DorjlLWIZg/s1600-h/IMG_6865.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQ2y_KUsnR1Msl8sWRVS2c_uHPxaHUU_6sPCq0iW0boPig39EXlE7-djidgQF2NGdSsnKIli29doopk6hKQjapaLVDcp5b5RAp2MvEDs1f6w3t6Ub4UgfYo_G09B9DorjlLWIZg/s320/IMG_6865.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334067576102717810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RrUBhKOl6ZLVoLaP6x7ofZMLOHpKe9CDPP1dVc01gTf2UikUoKWuRPWqoLcnfITYBUKvXcddc3j9Fu1r5VlaQbw3V2qGtpUiwDMA29-OzKZmZMl1fdLhoRKk1MKtUbLh4-Ts0Q/s1600-h/Photo+94.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RrUBhKOl6ZLVoLaP6x7ofZMLOHpKe9CDPP1dVc01gTf2UikUoKWuRPWqoLcnfITYBUKvXcddc3j9Fu1r5VlaQbw3V2qGtpUiwDMA29-OzKZmZMl1fdLhoRKk1MKtUbLh4-Ts0Q/s320/Photo+94.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334067573785603394" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-47957416492249710272009-03-25T21:37:00.006-04:002009-03-27T00:06:17.890-04:00Chocolate Vodka<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMEXzg0qWfLexKwVe-T_GZP7jbdBjch9yzKJ4LbFJ3Sa7k3zytiputax7uVib1MqCD4qNWCFMEgy4H8Tu-3-M2cpGecad-CgAjtX1gEtvTAQ9FQ0C-xiAqIwMkOwpCzyXbuK2AA/s1600-h/IMG_6681.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMEXzg0qWfLexKwVe-T_GZP7jbdBjch9yzKJ4LbFJ3Sa7k3zytiputax7uVib1MqCD4qNWCFMEgy4H8Tu-3-M2cpGecad-CgAjtX1gEtvTAQ9FQ0C-xiAqIwMkOwpCzyXbuK2AA/s320/IMG_6681.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317637621090503538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The second attempt went <a href="http://marinationwide.blogspot.com/2009/02/infused-and-furious.html">better</a>. This time I used vodka, cocoa nibs and vanilla beans and sweetened it with a simple syrup made with vanilla sugar. I recently tasted some chocolate vodka made by a guy in Red Hook, Brooklyn which had a remarkable flavor; the effect was the moment of biting into a perfect bar of chocolate. I don't think mine is as complex as that one, but it is certainly interesting and tasty.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEEMEtGNIwHNGAZmsDZnjPT0nL_jpZ7LyQWK_HmTkCx5cWrrVjb_HV2TJTJ8uuqNS3entGMwwnG16pY2eKAhe4MaZ-Ue4urTOtL0tNTCqOHY1WuZ9hED0YmQPWSxwele9m6kn8bg/s1600-h/IMG_6673.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEEMEtGNIwHNGAZmsDZnjPT0nL_jpZ7LyQWK_HmTkCx5cWrrVjb_HV2TJTJ8uuqNS3entGMwwnG16pY2eKAhe4MaZ-Ue4urTOtL0tNTCqOHY1WuZ9hED0YmQPWSxwele9m6kn8bg/s320/IMG_6673.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317638446796646498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As for the first round "disaster" liqueur, I didn't toss it. My friend Anne suggested I could make a sort of bitters out of it so I added orange peel, star anise, cardamom, and cinnamon bark. After adding a deep caramel to it, it should be usable, I hope. We'll see.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2S-102vviANEYbq4-UFHnpFNCLyGCjXMqXDIotVkwtzkiTJBuP2IjJeTe4j6jIVdFuhr6RpkXjm3mesmC1dGi_AIauCGiXeZttj7JO3kW1ZhyphenhyphenLANcIllcjb5Xz8ddtDQgegTJA/s1600-h/IMG_6677.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2S-102vviANEYbq4-UFHnpFNCLyGCjXMqXDIotVkwtzkiTJBuP2IjJeTe4j6jIVdFuhr6RpkXjm3mesmC1dGi_AIauCGiXeZttj7JO3kW1ZhyphenhyphenLANcIllcjb5Xz8ddtDQgegTJA/s320/IMG_6677.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317637633373402738" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32440011.post-71186174973560736962009-02-24T18:02:00.010-05:002009-07-21T11:44:09.696-04:00Fat Mardi From Brooklyn<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_s5BQcmLXvTcNNwa4gdvZvRPOS1CM3tUrOTSDntXAfK8ZhS-tLPNl-o7g-Lww3OnUABBf9wAZDd2ThPYCzXdTn4Z9YL7B9xxosDPNbG9YTsbmubtez1G-BV0DBgMnEo9Ma8fMQ/s1600-h/IMG_6307.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_s5BQcmLXvTcNNwa4gdvZvRPOS1CM3tUrOTSDntXAfK8ZhS-tLPNl-o7g-Lww3OnUABBf9wAZDd2ThPYCzXdTn4Z9YL7B9xxosDPNbG9YTsbmubtez1G-BV0DBgMnEo9Ma8fMQ/s320/IMG_6307.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306505820386849106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Oh my, are those the sweet lumps of a bead-hungry parade-goer? No, they are Paczki (PUNCH-key), the plump Polish donuts that will magically turn you into one if you eat too many of them. They are eaten year round but are scarfed up especially on Fat Tuesday as the decadent parcels they are before the days of Lent. They are filled with jam, and the ones seen here are filled with cherry and plum (the real stuff, not a matte-finish polymer goo).<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FROjfhowYECnQAkxCNMTWwVJ39EVRDzrK4P9gIO9_WPl7cF9Gwon46_-q5HmOF7cYHtQzpe7XEu4qE6zhTO_V1bEL8-g4jsmN7amcysE-SOI96BwuyKWu1qtm6BWp4VcY5lmaQ/s1600-h/IMG_6298.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FROjfhowYECnQAkxCNMTWwVJ39EVRDzrK4P9gIO9_WPl7cF9Gwon46_-q5HmOF7cYHtQzpe7XEu4qE6zhTO_V1bEL8-g4jsmN7amcysE-SOI96BwuyKWu1qtm6BWp4VcY5lmaQ/s320/IMG_6298.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306505820469502610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I researched king cakes again this year, an oval braided ring-shaped cake with garishly bright decorations in the Mardi Gras colors green, gold, and purple. I am interested in the community spirit of it. King cakes are shared in groups like most cakes and there is a trinket hidden in its crumb, usually a baby (representing the baby Jesus). Whoever gets this piece assumes responsibility for the next gathering and cake. It used to be that the trinkets were baked-in porcelain figures or penny-dolls, but these days liability requires most to have a plastic baby inserted after baking. I would love to see some of those old ceramic ones.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Perhaps there are king cakes to be had somewhere in New York, but there are <span style="font-style: italic;">definitly</span> paczki. I found these at the tiny Polish bakery Rzeszowska on Manhattan Ave. in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLijoVaATL78mk_lNFl-kbFVWfDEACG-e893o4HtZ1kWsiEsw2C7zCeJQ8MTcxt5dsrEQAmZyCr8_sgTHrciU_4s-y5nfNwhPGNXKUVVzv0bM9U5cB7lAeGzcEy0LCGhQrADve6A/s1600-h/IMG_6290.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLijoVaATL78mk_lNFl-kbFVWfDEACG-e893o4HtZ1kWsiEsw2C7zCeJQ8MTcxt5dsrEQAmZyCr8_sgTHrciU_4s-y5nfNwhPGNXKUVVzv0bM9U5cB7lAeGzcEy0LCGhQrADve6A/s320/IMG_6290.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306504419401328914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhhq855p-eqQNF4q7695VW4u3_03aXytOHpxNVsYflWzt0eqQX6ozxLRBUaS417pyT0SN3Rj_QpaLe2H62ZiHp1hMcpganz89cZH5vgi933_UKTkdUumpqrM835M4ka_vECWbnA/s1600-h/IMG_6309.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhhq855p-eqQNF4q7695VW4u3_03aXytOHpxNVsYflWzt0eqQX6ozxLRBUaS417pyT0SN3Rj_QpaLe2H62ZiHp1hMcpganz89cZH5vgi933_UKTkdUumpqrM835M4ka_vECWbnA/s320/IMG_6309.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306507474504486178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxYylMuhhmLOraGing_jLCUS_WauVyv9SGLhOuOpFUmiSYOeo3fCPd6clIjl-QoI73hiOxUr8XACjVHrUHn8lndm5y-myRFGbpSaSb4C2bT_WOvU1E4qi6jaow_uEjl6hZ8fhkA/s1600-h/IMG_6294.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxYylMuhhmLOraGing_jLCUS_WauVyv9SGLhOuOpFUmiSYOeo3fCPd6clIjl-QoI73hiOxUr8XACjVHrUHn8lndm5y-myRFGbpSaSb4C2bT_WOvU1E4qi6jaow_uEjl6hZ8fhkA/s320/IMG_6294.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306504425225820466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Watch out for these hard sugar figurine-weapons that are starting to be prominently displayed. Come Easter, they can be unwrapped and flung to inflict pointy, adorable springtime traditionalism.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4