New Year's Random Bites
Hello and a happy new year!
Hope you are almost recovered from the holidays....we still have Henry's 50th birthday to celebrate this weekend, so we are not over yet.
I am finally 100% recovered from that nasty flu, and maybe next year, I will not be so stubborn and get myself a flu shot.
I always start the year off with lentils for good luck.
I made my usual pot of lentil soup for a prosperous 2015.
Fancy schmancy.
I baked my first loaf of bread this year and used a brotform, also known as a banneton, for the second rise.
It is a ridged basket that comes in all different shapes, used to create beautiful European style loaves with circular designs on top.
Not sure why I had trouble with mine. My dough stuck to the ridges no matter how much flour I used.
Could be because I used Jim Lahey's No Knead Bread recipe.
I won't give up. I'll try again.
For some weird reason, I decided to grill my avocados for a nice change of pace. Hey, it's a new year, try something different. I'm 50.
I have no reason to ever heat an avocado again.
No thanks.
Though they sure look pretty, I will continue eating my morning avocado the normal way, with kosher salt. Period.
My birthday wish came true.
My dear friend Sally baked me that gorgeous Lady Baltimore Cake that I asked for, and it was delicious.
She found rose water and made meringue and it was such a special treat.
Recipe here.
TriBeCa Bites:
If you are visiting Manhattan this holiday season, make sure you eat at Marc Forgione.
It is that good.
Sunday dinner was chicken under a brick for 2, with broccoli rabe and Yukon gold potatoes.
The perfect meal to end 2014 and ring in the new year.
Happy & Healthy.
Hope you are almost recovered from the holidays....we still have Henry's 50th birthday to celebrate this weekend, so we are not over yet.
I am finally 100% recovered from that nasty flu, and maybe next year, I will not be so stubborn and get myself a flu shot.
I always start the year off with lentils for good luck.
I made my usual pot of lentil soup for a prosperous 2015.
Fancy schmancy.
I baked my first loaf of bread this year and used a brotform, also known as a banneton, for the second rise.
It is a ridged basket that comes in all different shapes, used to create beautiful European style loaves with circular designs on top.
Not sure why I had trouble with mine. My dough stuck to the ridges no matter how much flour I used.
Could be because I used Jim Lahey's No Knead Bread recipe.
I won't give up. I'll try again.
For some weird reason, I decided to grill my avocados for a nice change of pace. Hey, it's a new year, try something different. I'm 50.
I have no reason to ever heat an avocado again.
No thanks.
Though they sure look pretty, I will continue eating my morning avocado the normal way, with kosher salt. Period.
My birthday wish came true.
My dear friend Sally baked me that gorgeous Lady Baltimore Cake that I asked for, and it was delicious.
She found rose water and made meringue and it was such a special treat.
Recipe here.
TriBeCa Bites:
If you are visiting Manhattan this holiday season, make sure you eat at Marc Forgione.
It is that good.
Sunday dinner was chicken under a brick for 2, with broccoli rabe and Yukon gold potatoes.
The perfect meal to end 2014 and ring in the new year.
Happy & Healthy.
Comments
Our market had beautiful nice-sized Hass avocados 10/$10 so we are stocked up. As soon as one ripens it gets gently wrapped in enough aluminum foil to cover it. Ever the Virgo I number the avocados as they do into the fridge. First in, first out. A live in Mexican housekeeper taught me the aluminum wrap trick years ago. It works. Half an avocado goes into a little foldover sandwich bag (with its seed in place) and back into the aluminum foil wrap for the next day. It will only get slightly beige on the cut surface.
Thank you for your enjoyable blog...
Happy New Year - and Happy Birthday to Henry. 50 was my favorite age (well, almost) so be prepared to enjoy it.
We also wash our hands when we have been in public places - grocery stores, places with hand rails, etc. - before eating or preparing food. So simple.
We love your website and have sent it to our friends. Glad you are feeling better and hope you have a happy and healthy new year!
Best wishes, Barry and Jessica Weiss
(Your canyon ranch beach bums)
Happy New Year! So happy to see a comment from you this a.m.!
Looking forward to our next visit to Canyon Ranch, and we can have dinner at Joe's together!
xo Stacey
Love your website, as you know. Happy and healthy 2015!
My daughter is a foodie and recently made me grilled avocado with eggs. Didn't do it for me; I actually like the taste of avocado, but the grilled avocado didn't taste like much, so I too will pass on it this year.
We'll definitely check out Marc Forgione.
We were up in the Catskills house for my birthday last week & I have a restaurant which I can recommend to you, if you and Henry are ever in the Woodstock area - the Red Onion! It was really a fantastic place, with a varied farm to table menu, in a nicely decorated former farm house and the host was super nice too!
A Happy upcoming Birthday to Henry! I look forward to your future recipes!
Anna from Cedar Knolls