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Archive for October, 2009

meat mastery

Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A quick re-post from Serious Eats, just because it’s so fascinating: From one bite of beef, Lauren Vernet can determine the age, gender, feed, and breed of the cow from whence it came. THIS IS A SKILL THAT I WANT TO LEARN.

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danes versus danishes

Posted in Providence, breakfast, pastry, raspberry on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This is a Great Dane. And this is a greatish danish. It’s from beloved Providence bakery Seven Stars. The flaky pastry on the outside was perhaps gratuitously glazed with sugar, encircling a dense fuchsia throng of sweet, soft raspberries. The berries were better than the pastry, which was sweet and golden but a bit tacky [...]

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a half of a century is a pretty big deal.

Posted in asparagus, avocado, caramel, chocolate, corn, crab, cupcake, mushroom, pasta, soup on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I can’t believe I’m writing about this two months after the fact – better late than never, I guess. Here’s what I made to celebrate my mom’s 50th. Yummy yummy yummy. Chilled sweet corn broth with crabmeat and avocado salad, inspired by a similar creation from John Harris of Lilette. The avocados could’ve been a [...]

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the best kind of leftovers

Posted in Bistro Daisy, New Orleans, cheese, pasta, prosciutto, tomato on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I love having leftover pasta to take home after a meal at a really great restaurant. Almost infallibly, it saves and reheats impeccably well (even if it’s not quite as lovely on the plate as it was at the restaurant, hot from the kitchen). After a dinner at Bistro Daisy, a solitary ravioli (would that [...]

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herbivorousness* in providence

Posted in Providence, lunch, pizza, salad, vegetables, vegetarian on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Let me get one thing straight: I myself am not a vegetarian. Cheeseburgers are an integral part of my religious views, and in fact I’m quite interested in venturing into the world of offal. BUT… I really like vegetarian restaurants. They denote something deliberate as opposed to a few throwaway dishes, created to appease that [...]

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