With Easter shortly behind us and the weather getting warmer, our minds are brimming with excitement at all the new seasonal food possibilities. Fresh fruits, vegetables and, oh, ice cream.
Whilst ice cream can be a bit daunting to make at home, self-taught cook Ryan McBride Mellinger, a line chef and general all-rounder at Mulberry Street hotspot Balaboosta, is here to shatter the myth and share with us her fool-hardy recipe for an ice cream and brittle duo that is sweet, warming, and refreshing all at the same time.
As the years seem to slip through our fingers, with the world feeling a little crazier at every moment, it seems we have yet to lose our interest in looking back toward the crafty days of yore. Maybe it’s our desire to appear perfect—with our jobs, relationships, homes, culinary abilities, the list goes on and on—just like our mothers and fathers before us. It’s an “I can do it all, all by myself!” attitude that can get us in trouble. Until we find the tricks.
It feels as though 2012, and by extension as we head into the new year 2013, are the years of the artisan cocktail. And what better time to debut your bubbly concoctions than New Year’s Eve? When it comes to winding down this holiday season and this year we've selected the most delicious recipes for your drinking pleasure.
Kathleen King, creator and owner of Tate’s Bake Shop in Southampton, got an early start in the baking business. By age eleven she began selling her baked goods out of her family’s Long Island farmstand. In 1980, Kathleen opened her first bakeshop and just kept baking. Since then, Kathleen’s chocolate chip cookies have been selected as the best of the best, her baked goods are sold in gourmet markets nationwide, and her flagship bakeshop has been voted the Best in The Hamptons year after year. Kathleen is also the author of three cookbooks. Her newest, Baking for Friends, is an excellent choice for beginning bakers and also those more skilled in the art of baking.
These last few days of summer are precious so take advantage and do all things summer: enjoy the outdoors, bqq, and cool off with something cool 'n' sweet. Check out all of these New York City restaurants offering up just what you need!
Folks who want to relax in Washington Square Park should order pizza picnic boxes from Pizza Roma on Bleecker Street in the West Village. These clever carryout containers, named after parks in Rome, are filled with the restaurant’s signature Roman-style pizza al taglio (square pizza by the cut), Paninis, fresh summer salads, and more.
To host a barbecue feast near the East River Esplanade or in your own backyard, turn to Neely’s Barbecue Parlor on the Upper East Side. The restaurant offers hefty picnic baskets to feed three ($89) and an even larger option to feed five ($149), both of which come with items like chopped beef brisket sandwiches, spicy pinto beans with burnt ends and warm peach crisp.
Today we pay homage to the melon of all melons...watermelon! Restaurants and bars around the city are whipping up dishes and libations made specially from your favorite fruit.
Two very special dishes will be added to Anthony Ricco's menu at Spice Market in celebration of this special day. Try out their Thai-inspired Watermelon Gazpacho ($8.50) with watermelon, Thai chilies, tomatoes, cucumber, and red wine vinegar. They are also serving delectable Chocolate Covered Watermelon Slices ($8) dusted with crushed, spiced almonds.
Generally, short ribs and pastas are not the recipe for a great beach body. Prepared the right way though, you can incorporate your guilty pleasures into meals that are filling, healthy and beach body friendly. Lynn O’Shaughnessy brings us these righteous recipes on her new Joonbug sub-blog Bacon & Bikinis.
This “typical twenty-something California girl transplant in NYC” loves bacon, cooking and shopping...particularly for bikinis! Lynn's motto is "you can cook delicious meals that are so much cheaper and healthier than ordering in like every other New Yorker."
Pinterest: It’s a lot like Tumblr except with a working search tool. The site made its debut a few months back after a trial period in super secret invite-only beta mode, to the glee of everyone who loves a kitschy new social networking site. The shiny new site is almost literally like a candy store. It’s chock full of hi-res, well-framed pictures of just about anything you could want and then some. That is to say: it’s mostly food, cats, butts, and really really attractive people to go with the butts. Among the food and butts, however, is an amazing resource for creating your own delicious food and shaping your own butt. Pinterest is crammed with recipes, craft projects, and general life tips.
Summer is here! Yes, we are still a few weeks away from the stifling heat-but with Memorial Day over thoughts of beaches, bbqs, frozen cocktails are still in our minds. So to continue celebrating the summer season early, here are a couple innovative shot recipes that will keep you feeling refreshed this weekend.
Ingredients
12 whole lemons
1 cup pink lemonade
2 packages plain gelatin
1 cup vodka
Since becoming First Lady, Michelle Obama has stood as a passionate advocate for healthful eating and exercise. In her first year as the President's wife, Mrs. Obama planted a Kitchen Garden on the White House's south lawn that inspired a new conversation all across the country. Now you can read all about it in her first-ever cookbook, American Grown.
In American Grown, Mrs. Obama shares her personal journey of becoming the nation's best-known child health advocate as she recounts the many achievements of the 27-month-old Let's Move! childhood obesity initiative. It also includes a comprehensive gardening guide by the chief White House horticulturalist; 16 recipes and essays from the White House chefs; and a peek inside community and school gardening projects from Hawaii to New Jersey.
Breakfast is perhaps the best meal of the day. So good, in fact, that plenty of diners have all-day breakfast. Something about the eggs just brings a smile to almost everyone's face. This variation on the traditional steak and eggs breakfast is great for any time of day, though be sure to bring your appetite because this is definitely not for the faint of heart.
STEAK, FRIED EGGS AND SALSA with Sweet Potato Home Fries
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb skirt steak
- 2 large eggs
- 4 tbs oil (separated)
- salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste