Dining options in Boston are great, but dining options in NYC are fantastic. At least that is what I thought. Things went well at Calle Ocho, and my expectations were climbing. On a subsequent trip, my friends decided they were in the mood for soft-shell crab. First Red Flag: The proposed restaurant? The Fatty Crab. [...]
Archive for July, 2010
18 Jul
Dinner for Me, Dinner for Friends
Despite the Boston heat wave, I have been cooking in my tiny, hot kitchen. Never before did I realize the necessity of a kitchen window. I’ll put that on my wish list along with a dishwasher, drawers, a counter, a Kitchen-Aid, four working burners on my stove… And what have I been slaving over a [...]
12 Jul
Trying Tofu with Eggs + Cheese
Continuing my quest to eat tofu every Sunday, I recently tried baking it into a gratin. Since I’m not a natural tofu lover, I hoped to surround it by other ingredients I do like in a nice, safe familiar form. When looking for familiar and comfortable food, there is no better place to look than [...]
8 Jul
Lunch at the Copley Square Farmer’s Market
I love the Copley Square Farmer’s Market. It’s convenient and an oasis of high-quality, local produce in Back Bay. Without restating the myriad reasons to love farmer’s markets, buying food directly from the farm that planted the seeds is an unexpected luxury for an urbanite. Despite being from rural Kentucky, I did not grow up [...]
6 Jul
Confessions of an Unlikely Vegetarian
Here’s my confession: I don’t like tofu. This may not be surprising for a Kentuckian, but this distinction makes for a vegetarian outcast. In my defense, tofu looks very intimidating to the uninitiated eater. Nothing about the word tofu leads me, an English speaker, to the conclusion that’s it’s processed soybeans, so I spent many [...]
