Entries from April 2008

30/04/2008

Trying to cop my steez?

Anyone notice how the Travel channel aired Bourdain in Mumbai/Kolkata and Andrew Zimmern in Delhi this week? I think they’re trying to cop my steez yo! I’m going to India in a few and was psyched to peep these shows for info…namaste!

29/04/2008

waiting for the other shoe to drop…it like it’s hot

let’s face it – a gastro girl isn’t just about the food is she/he? i mean, how ridiculously kyoot are these? i already have 3 pairs of C. Ronson lovlies and i’m going for a fourth. they are the most comfy wedgies i’ve ever worn. when i wear them i feel like one of those [...]

29/04/2008

Kewl series of articles: Forgotten America

Gourmet has a dope series of articles by Robert Sietsema (lurve him) on the forgotten cuisines of America. I am a huge fan of Tex/Mex so it’s nice to see him give some love to that hotness. Speaking of Tex/Mex…San Loco in the EV is like my fave place to oink out on T-Mex. I [...]

28/04/2008

i think i’ve died and gone to heaven…

um…i have no words…i am speechless and drooling. wtf is this siiiik shyte?
click me for the dope ass technique. kinda like what Lisa did on Top Cheffer using the bacon fat as a natural glue to shape the bacon strips while cooking it. i’m down.

28/04/2008

Maxims: from Porkalicious

“New Yorkers need comfort food more than anybody else. If a restaurant could serve fried chicken, mac and cheese, Xanax and marijuana, they’d stay in business forever.”
word.

27/04/2008

brooklyn babies, brooklyn

good for you Brooklyn. you’ve done me proud
click me
i agree with TONY…haven’t hit up Fette Sau yet but my girl Alex says it’s pretty off the hook…how can you go wrong with pounds of meat?

27/04/2008

Cooquies

i’m really into cookies right now. you can do so much with them. decorate them, shape them, throw in nuts, choco or whateves. i think cookies are the new cupcakes. magnolia betta be on guard ’cause cookies are gonna take ovah bitches. check out the sneaker cookies and nintendo cookies below…see what i mean? i [...]

27/04/2008

The ProHo pub krawl

last night i had my first pub krawl…we hit up my ‘hood of prospect heights (or ProHo as i like to call it). we started imbibing deelish cocktails at Weather-Up then moved to Barrette and finally ended up at Soda (somehow). all these dope bars are on Vanderbilt Ave which is turning into hot strip [...]

25/04/2008

my new fave resto

hey cuties, you gots to cheque Elettaria out and STAT. the sweetbreads are sweet and the chicken is to die. for real. props to noel who feeds me well and makes sure i am hydrated with delish cocktails like the ginger rogers. go. now. go.

25/04/2008

hey kidz

wherever this takes me…there i am.