Last week, a coworker mentioned going to Alesci's, an Italian grocery store, for fresh ricotta instead of purchasing paneer. At $3.00/lb, that's quite a bit of a price difference, where we have paid $8.00 for ~1/4 lb of paneer. The cost of ricotta is near the cost of making paneer at home.
After we bought this box of chocolates at Lilly, we discovered that they have been introducing new flavors each month for a limited time. Of course, this news is both wonderful and torturous as I will feel compelled to try out the interesting ones, the whole point of introducing new flavors.
A Cookie and a Cupcake's special of the day (Thursday) was a strawberry balsamic cupcake. Balsamic vinegar in a dessert was a foreign concept to me so I could not pass up trying this combination. We were engorged from our feasts the past couple of days, so we decided to savor our cupcake the next day.
Accustomed to the crowd at Melt on weekends, the three of us arrived in Lakewood at 10:40 taking no chances even on a Thursday morning. When we walked into the restaurant 2 minutes after the posted opening time of 11:00, 3 tables were already seated.
After some deliberation, Michael chose the Godfather melt ($11.50), garlic bread stuffed with provolone and a 3-cheese lasagne made with layers of fresh fennel-oregano pasta, along with marinara and pesto served on the side by request.
My best friend drove several hours out of his way to spend some time with us recently. We ate and ate and ate and ate! I feel full thinking about it, or it's the leftover Korean dinner we shared two nights ago that I ate half an hour ago.
Ironically, I have been on vacation since Wednesday and find myself several days late, catching up on posting pictures and text for my 365 Project. :)
We were on our way to Target to get some supplies when we drove by Guthrie's, a southern fried chicken finger restaurant based in Alabama, and noticed colorful balloons floating in the dining area as they celebrate their grand opening. After we finished our shopping, we turned into their parking lot. As soon as I opened the car door, the scent of fried chicken hijacked our car -- we have had wind gusts of up to 50 mph for the past two days.
Meh, this isn't a post about the phone, but something a lot better. The cupcake special at A Cookie and a Cupcake is a delightful combination of fresh blackberries and white chocolate chip cake.
Right around rubbish day, it's like the week before mid-term examinations. With only one pick-up per week, I frantically rummage through the refrigerator looking for items that have gone bad or determine whether the ingredient rides along the safe end of the cusp of deterioration. I'm stupidly adventurous in that vein and rely more on smell. Although, pink cheese is a toss-out unless it has port or cranberries. Spores are out, too. The smell test isn't very helpful with fermented food, so I am probably tossing these items out too soon. It probably balances itself on a food karmic scale.
These pods are found all over the ground beginning around March. I'm not sure if they continue to fall or if people haven't been cleaning their yards. I've also been guilty of kicking these along the sidewalk for a block or two.
Popchips are my new pleasure. Made with potato flakes, the flavor is reminiscent of Pringles. The package mentions the chips are healthier and tastier because they are neither baked nor fried. The textured crisps are "popped" by adding heat and pressure.
There are potentially infinite incarnations of my kitchen sink (in more ways than one) pizza. I'll also state my disclaimer that this is as Italian as my wonton noodles are Chinese, so I'm labeling this experimental, even though I'm not delving into funky funghi that I foraged in the forest down the street.
Even before we received a gift certificate for $40 over 4 months ago, Bug and I talked about going to SoHo, shortened for Southern Hospitality, in Ohio City because Bug is a fan of Southern cuisine and I was interested in the midwestern-modern-urban twist. I admit that modern-urban [insert rustic cuisine here] has been done to death and often with pomp, then stumbling into obscurity. Each week, we would talk about going "later in the week," until we finally agreed to go "now."
Should this dish be filed under Chinese because the noodles are wonton? Or American because the concoction was created in America? I doubt a Chinese person or an American person would want to claim this messy dish. I wanted to devour some wonton noodles NOW.
Cupcake of the day at A Cookie and a Cupcake: Apricot ginger
Housebot, transform!
Since last night, I was in the mood for some kind of noodle soup. Not in the mood to eat a carbohydrate laden meal after we had settled in for the evening, I reluctantly pushed the idea out of my mind.
This morning, while looking through some pictures of my contacts on Flickr, I saw a delicious bowl of noodles. Argh! Not wanting to duke it out with frantic last minute Easter meal planners, I scanned the refrigerator expecting to make a fried noodle dish.
These tulips grow right across the street from a school. It's amazing they still look beautiful; that is, in one piece. I do not expect very much from adults with regard to respect for public property, and even less of children. Good to see evidence of respectful humans.
It's that time of year! The crack of wooden bats, the aroma of hot dogs...
At the end of each year that we have been a member with Costco, they have distributed a cookbook. This is the first recipe we decided to try of the numerous interesting recipes in their cookbooks.
At A Cookie and a Cupcake, their cupcake of the day on Saturday was Caramel Corn. Crafted with yellow cake, caramel frosting (filling), browned butter frosting, and, of course, topped with a few pieces of caramel corn, I could eat five of these moist cupcakes with just the nutty browned butter frosting in one sitting.
Suggestive sales works. When I called Donatos to order two large pepperoni and Mariachi pizzas, I was greeted with: "Would you like to try our Spicy Jack pizza?" I inquired about the toppings, which included pepperoni, sausage, pepper jack cheese, and Zinger Shake.
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