Archive for January, 2007

Magnificent Marzipan

Friday, January 12th, 2007

After many queries, most notably between myself and Erick, I finally had the opportunity to try marzipan.Marzipan, as I had learned beforehand on Wikipedia, is confection made from almond paste and sugar. It has the consistency of Play-Doh and most people will take advantage of this property by molding marzipan ...

Pizza at Amore’s

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

The most favorite NY-defining fast food that I have occasional urges for would have to be pizza. Granted, I'm sure Chicago holds it's own when it comes to pizza, New York-style pizza will always have me as a consumer. Pun intended.Pizza in NY is tasty for many reasons, I think. ...

Vanilla Chai

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Eugene is a hand model. Only on some days. Emack and Bolio's is an ice cream chain that I discovered this past summer either by reading an AMNY article on ice cream places in NYC or by using Menupages. I can't decide, because I can't remember.The location I went to ...

Frangelico Chocolate Bark

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

There was leftover truffle base. And a baking mat. And unopened bags of Ghiradelli, because Hang is awesome and bought over plenty when we were baking a few weeks ago.The key to making Frangelico bark is to be patient and have room in the fridge to cool each layer. This ...