Salmon
Flushing Queens is a huge melting pot of cultures and has a multitude of groceries to suit everyone – especially those who have an eye for produce and are on a budget. On a recent trip to the neighborhood, our friends Harry and Becka picked up a huge piece of really fresh salmon as well as spinach, mushroom and garlic shoots from one of the Chinese markets. Here is a good list of places to visit in Flushing. » Continue Reading…
Yummy Mac and Cheese
For my friend Nate’s 31st birthday this year instead of having everyone spend money at one of the many bars in the city, he had everyone over to his home for an evening of great food to raise money for bk farmyards — a Brooklyn based decentralized farming network with a mission is to teach communities how to grow sustainable produce and eat healthy. » Continue Reading…
Add some color to your winter dishes!
Our good friend Quynh Vo sent us this recipe while she was trapped under 30 feet of snow last week. Looks delicious and is a great use of one of the few in-season vegetables that you can get locally in the Northeast.
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s'mores
What better way to spend a cold winter weekend than in the Berkshires with friends, good food and great times. Relaxing by the fire with a glass of wine and a competitive game Apples to Apples and s’mores! » Continue Reading…
Cheryl's Eggplant Parmasan
There are actually few things I consider myself to cook well – Eggplant Parmesan is one of the things. Most of the time I act as an excellent Sui Chef for Frank as he takes the lead. This eggplant recipe is one I made up from years of trying other peoples eggplant and taking note of what I liked about it and what I didn’t.
As you can tell from the photo, I’m not the best at broiling a fish – yet. As one of the dishes that I always see at restaurants that seem so easy to make, I’ve been working on getting my whole fish cooked just right. The sea bass above was inspired by a dinner at Peasant where they roasted a flounder in their wood burning oven under dried thyme and rosemary. While the fish was cooking in the oven, the dried herbs also started burn and smoke the fish. I need to learn how to make this dish at home. » Continue Reading…