Meet and Eat w/Liza de Guia of Food. Curated. and Mix It Up: The River from The JakeWalk. Enjoy!
Tag: food
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Melty, Gooey Goodness
Last night I went to The JakeWalk to sample one of their cocktails for an upcoming Mix It Up column for Serious Eats. Given the cold weather, we naturally had the fondue. To be totally honest, part of the reason I invited friends to join me was so that I could order the fondue (and it was lovely to see you all, but THE FONDUE!!! YUM!]. This morning I got word that JakeWalk offers several types of fondue in addition to the classic Alpine-style we got last night, one of which was this delicious-looking Blue Cheese fondue:
Blue Cheese Fondue recipe:
1 clove of garlic
3/4c White wine (recomend chenin blanc)
1 T flour
6 oz gruyere (grated)
6 oz Creamy Blue Cheese. (When we make this fondue we tend to use either Fourme which is a French Blue or Roaring 40s blue, which is a creamy blue from Tasmania.
Rub the side and bottom of pan with raw garlic clove. Set garlic aside or throw away. Add the wine to pan and heat just until slow simmer. Slowly whisk in flour. Wine will begin to thicken. Make sure to remove any lumps, if sifted slow enough you wont get lumps. Continue whisking while adding half of your cheese. As cheese incorporates itself into the wine slowly add the rest. Serve with fresh and dried fruit. Apples, pears, Dried Figs, apricots, and baguette.
Doesn't that sound tasty? And, for the record, my favorite fondue to make at home is this Gruyere Fondue with Caramelized Shallots from epicurious. Sounds like it's about time to have people over for fondue!
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Bird’s the Word
Isn't it gorgeous? Full photo gallery is here.
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L’Shana Tova
What better way to ring in the Jewish New Year than with The Heebster from Russ & Daughters – Whitefish & Baked Salmon Salad and Horseradish Cream Cheese on a Bagel (an onion bagel, in the case of this gorgeous specimen)? It was absolutely delicious. Of course the first day of Rosh Hashanah I had the fried chicken lunch at Momofuku Noodle Bar — which also made for a damn good celebratory meal.
More pictures from the tasty and fun New Year's weekend with friends and family can be found here.
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Deliciousness
Bread with salted butter and thinly sliced radishes. So simple yet so irresistible. Katie and I were eating this all weekend.
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Dear Internet
Dear Internet,
I'm hoping you can help me. I did something stupid. I was trying to be helpful — really, I was. We had a large group hoping to eat at Momofuku Ssam Bar this week so I jumped online and made a reservation for the bo ssam. I was thrilled to see the green checkmarks and grabbed a 6:30 reservation for our group of 8. Thrilled, that is, until much later last night (after the 24 hour cancellation cutoff) when I realized that I had made the reservation for Wednesday instead of Thursday, once again proving that three years of law school does not make you smart.
Can you help me find someone with a group of friends who wants to gorge on some pork-o-licious bo ssam TONIGHT at 6:30? If so, please email me. Who can resist this? Thanks much.
Love, Laren
PS — UPDATE: Am now just looking for dining companions — keeping the reservation! Let me know! xoxo
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Mismatched
I ran into an ex yesterday morning on the subway. This, of course, meant that I was still slightly foggy, and he had to call my name a few times before I heard him, but we had a nice little chat. Also turns out I had bumped into a good friend of his a few weeks back (thanks, Twitter!). As pleasant as our chat was (and as much as I suddenly realized he looks a bit like Chris O'Donnell, whose face seems to be plastered all over busses lately), it was still crystal clear that we are not meant to be — he was mentioning how his new apartment was right across from the bike path, which made his early morning rides so much easier, and I was reading a book about cheese. Not much has changed.