Good bread and good butter go together. They are, as James Beard says, one of the perfect marriages in gastronomy, and they never fail to cheer me. The breakfast of cereal and milk and yogurt will never hold a candle to the simple morning meal of bread and butter with coffee. If you have the opportunity to partake in this perfect breakfast, by all means, do. Because, you know, it's the little things.
Friday, May 16, 2014
Bread and Butter
Good bread and good butter go together. They are, as James Beard says, one of the perfect marriages in gastronomy, and they never fail to cheer me. The breakfast of cereal and milk and yogurt will never hold a candle to the simple morning meal of bread and butter with coffee. If you have the opportunity to partake in this perfect breakfast, by all means, do. Because, you know, it's the little things.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Cowboy Bear Ninja
I'd like to share my recipe for this hot toddy, because it's the icing on my Thursday night. We got this recipe from our friends Adrian, Miguel and Matt. This hot toddy is called the Cowboy Bear Ninja.
1.5 shot bourbon (we like Jameson here at home)
1 tablespoon of cream honey
1 green tea bag (or chamomile)
kettle of hot boiling water
Pour the whiskey into a large mug. Fill with hot water. Stir in the generous spoonful of honey. Last, add the teabag and let steep.
This, my friends, is hello and goodnight.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
It's a "Shoo"-in.
Monday, November 23, 2009
R(ea(t)d This.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Moo Cluck
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
I haven't been cooking.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Society Coffee
I tried eating alone at first. I tried to cook dinner for myself. WNYC talked to me, loudly, as I sat at the kitchen table and read the rest of last weekend's New York Times, scooping up bits of egg with bread, then dipping bread in wine, then in olive oil, then eating sherbet out of the container. It was so boring.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Le Monde avec Mom
I am less embarrassed by my mother than I ever was. It must be around that time of my life. And of all the things she does that are impressive, this weekend kind of took the cake.
Monday, August 31, 2009
The Recipe, straight from Dad
In a tall mixed drink glass, fill half to two-thirds with ice cubes. Add good vodka to about one-third level in the glass. Add V-8 with full sodium content (not the Low Sodium variety) to within about a half inch of the top of the glass. Add about a tablespoon of lemon (not lime) juice from either a real lemon or from a Realemon. Shake about twenty drops of McIlhenny's tabasco sauce, several shakes of salt, and about twenty twists on the pepper mill, with it set to medium fine grind.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
not getting work done, part I
My father insists his Bloody Mary recipe is a secret ("never order a Bloody Mary out, it will be less than half as good as this"), but I will tell you: Stoli, Tabasco, fresh ground pepper, and whatever you do, do not add Worcestershire sauce.