From fried Twinkies to sous-vide beef filet: Recent musings in food, drink, and mi vida loca
These are a few of my favorite things: Weekly monthly musings in life, food & drink (mid-June to mid-July 2013)
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Skinny. Sugar-free. Chai. Frappe. From Koffecake Korner. This icy drink will change your life, especially if you count calories and/or watch your weight. Sure, the other guys have the option of sugar-free syrups and Splenda packets, but nothing - and I mean nothing - is legitimately this delicious. And low in calories. Imagine, if you will, a chai latte from Starbucks that has been poured over ice, finished with skim milk, then blended in to a perfect, dense froth. What better way to beat the heat?
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Friends who can cook. Like really, really well. And invite you over to their fabulous apartments for dinner parties...
Beet + goat cheese terrine with pistachios
Prosciutto, peaches, and baby lettuces
Filet of beef (prepared in a sous-vide device), risotto with spring vegetables
Panna cotta with pistachios and roasted peachesThank you for a lovely evening, Phil + Courtney!
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Fried Twinkies. Was it the hangover that made this heart-stopper so ridiculously delicious? Maybe. Or was it the fact that I'm a total junk-food whore, trying to blame a cheap over-indulgence on a particularly-sloppy Saturday night? Eh, who cares. The bottom line is this: The Fried Twinkie at The Stumble Inn is worth every last grease-laden calorie.
The Stumble Inn's Fried TwinkieSink your teeth in to a crunchy, buttery fried exterior that slowly gives way to a warm, cakey interior oooooooooozing with molten, white artificial-frosting. Drool.
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Summer Fancy Food Show. "North America’s largest specialty food and beverage marketplace. Between the Winter Show in San Francisco and the Summer Show in New York City, the Specialty Food Association events bring in more than 40,000 attendees from more than 80 countries and regions to see 260,000 innovative specialty food products, such as confections, cheese, coffee, snacks, spices, ethnic, natural, organic and more."
...And I snagged a press pass! It was at this very event when I learned that one of my favorite store-bought salsa brands, Herdez, is owned by (gasp) Hormel! Under the "MegaMex" umbrella. Eck. Oh, and did you know that Herdez (or shall I say "Hormel") now makes tortilla chips? What do you mean I'm the last to know? We don't really have "big box" supermarkets here in Manhattan.
What in the hell is this?
Tortilla chips. And enchilada sauces.But then there were plenty of authentic, small-batch, unique food/drink items to make up for those displayed by corporate giants...
A rich, gooey, imported French cheese
Dried fruits tightly bound in to a cake - to be sliced for consumption.
Salem Baking Co: Moravian ginger cookies topped with cheese and other savory elementsRegardless of the Herdez buzzkill, I had a fantastic Sunday afternoon at the Summer Fancy Food Show. What more could a self-professed foodoholic ask for?
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This photo reminds me of me and my bestfriend. Circa junior year of high school. We certainly put the "ass" in "gym class."
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Did you know that the famed Salt Lick BBQ has an outpost in DFW Airport's terminal A? I didn't either, until I literally stumbled right in to it on my way to El Paso a few weeks ago. And proceeded to order a smoked brisket, egg, and cheese breakfast burrito...
Salt Lick BBQ at DFW Airport: Smoked brisket, egg, and cheese breakfast burrito...
The Riviera, my favorite Mexican restaurant in my hometown (El Paso, TX), began selling their famous enchilada sauces and table salsa in stores across El Paso and via e-commerce. I cannot tell you how fcuking exciting it is for me to finally be able to recreate the Riviera's life-altering cheese enchiladas in my very own kitchen. In the heart of Manhattan!
The Riviera's green sauce is the key to kick ass enchiladas!...
Because of my white-as-typing-paper skin tone, I don't tan as rapidly or as golden-ly as I would like. So, you can understand why I got such a kick out of this photo. Especially having Irish ancestry, and all...
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Fairway Market. On 26th Street & 6th Avenue. It's opening (finally) on July 24th...a week from today! Did I mention how fcuking excited I am?
Fairway Market Chelsea (taken from the window): Making significant progress!
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Until we eat again,
The Lunch Belle