Archive for the ‘Savory’ Category

Pad Thai from Suzie’s

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Mom decided it's time to learn how to make pad thai. And this past month, she did in fact make pad thai. Once. :( And I told her that's not the way it looks when I get it. This meant having to go get takeout for dinner one of these nights, ...

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. ...

Scrambling for Breakfast

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

For whatever reason, there is something occupying my fridge. It's called emptiness. And while yes, I probably have 9 more unopened jars of Skippy in the house, I'd rather not.On mornings that I know I will be eating out later at some point in the day, I try to go ...

Dizzy’s in Park Slope

Tuesday, December 26th, 2006

What better way to spend time with friends than over a good meal? As per Dannyson's suggestion, we headed to Dizzy's in Park Slope, Brooklyn.For whatever reason, Dizzy's sounded dangerously familiar. It might have been one of the restaurants that were madeover on the Food Network show.But I digress. The ...

Thanksgiving Chicken

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

I have decided that my creative outlet for managing stress is cooking. Cooking, when done properly, seems to take away a lot of other worries and allows me to meditate.Since Thanksgiving at home this year was a small crowd (just my parents and me; my brother stayed at school to ...

Catering a Reception

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

I'm in this club at school that does concerts and I always feel that food and music are very much correlated. After a concert, we always have a reception for our guests. So what do you do when the club only has a limited amount of money and you have a ...

On Weekends, We’re Eastern European…

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

Yes, so before Mom's potluck high was over, she made a Polish dish she had at the potluck mentioned in the previous entry.I couldn't hide my excitement, so I ran to tell Eugene about it. And then Viktor. Lo and behold, they knew exactly what I was talking about and were ...

When Potlucks Inspire…

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

Mom decided to embark on a mini culinary experiment and I'm her number one guinea pig, though this may be more by default than by choice. What can I do when I'm the only mouth she has to feed since Dad is out during meetings and my brother's upstate?Mom had ...