Eat (short posts only)

Leland — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:28:24 GMT

Despite all my recent gushing about Brooklyn Fare, it should be noted that in my most recent shopping trip, I ended up with rotten carrots, rotten onions, rotten garlic, and a couple of d’Artagnan duck breasts that were on verge of being inedible, despite their expiration date of August 9.

Leland — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:48:07 GMT

This is very upsetting news. I’m not sure they’ll keep making the original kinds. I’ve sent them an email to get the scoop. The new “no-stir” variety is terribly sweet, like Jif.

Leland — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:58:00 GMT

FreshDirect is offering six months of free delivery until December 15 with the code FDDELIVERSWB3. They’re including free peak-season produce with every order for people who use this code. I, for one, am miffed, since I’m not eligible. (It’s only for new DeliveryPass customers.) I sent them a whiney note; we’ll see what they offer me, if anything. (Update: they won’t do anything for me. They won’t even let me cancel my current DeliveryPass and buy a new one! Grr.)

Leland — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:06:00 GMT

Whole Foods is offering $5 coupons on its website for the next week for purchases over $25.

Leland — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:32:50 GMT

The new Trader Joe’s in Brooklyn has a surprisingly decent selection of well-priced beer. Example: $8.49 for Brooklyn sixers, compared to $10.99 from FreshDirect. They even sell some Anchor beers at decent prices. The store still seems to have nothing real to eat, but I’ll be back for beer and dairy items.

Leland — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:48:00 GMT

Be careful opening these pressurized cans of ground coffee. Make sure to open them away from your face. I had one explode all over my kitchen yesterday. I ran to the bathroom and found that my eyeballs were coated with ground coffee. I wouldn’t wish this situation on my worst enemy.

Leland — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:05:21 GMT

Stonyfield Farm yogurt is absolutely disgusting. I thought I would try it since my European yogurts are so expensive, but never again. Flavorless and horrible!

Leland — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:02:12 GMT

FreshDirect is offering two months of free deliveries plus $10 off your next order. I’d act fast.

Leland — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:41:59 GMT

This might be old news to most people, but FreshDirect is now carrying wines and liquors from Union Square Wines & Spirits. I intend to take advantage of this development.

Leland — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:41:00 GMT

Thanks, Wednesday, for sharing this excellent roast chicken recipe! I know it’s crazy to be roasting a bird in July, but it wasn’t that hot today, and I’ve been wanting to turn on my new oven and use the convection fan (which works great!).

Leland — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:42:12 GMT

Courtesy reminder: it’s cold-brewed coffee time.

Leland — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:47:00 GMT

Peanut Butter & Co.‘s Crunch Time is the best peanut butter I’ve ever had. I graduated from my beloved Jif about a year ago, and when I taste it now I find it sickeningly sweet. Most natural peanut butters, however, taste like wet dirt, or they are overly salty. PB&C’s is wet but manageable, with just the right amount of salt, and no sugar added or needed. Cream Nut can win all the awards it wants, but this is the real deal. Oh, and FreshDirect just began carrying it, presumably at my suggestion. (If you buy this product, I recommend turning it on its head a day before you open it to redistribute the oil.)

Leland — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:16:58 GMT

FreshDirect is offering two months of Delivery Pass for free. I haven’t ordered from them in ages, but this is worth taking advantage of, especially with $30 minimum orders. The code is FDDELIVERSFT1. Just in time for Easter!

Leland — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:52:53 GMT

I know I sound like a broken record here, but I can’t believe how well the recipes in this new Alice Waters book work. Her egg pasta ratio is the only one you’ll ever need: 2 cups of flour, 2 eggs, 2 yolks. A dough made with these proportions comes together beautifully. I rolled it out without even sprinkling flour on it. I’m serving the noodles tonight in a little chicken broth with celery and carrots.

Leland — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:04:16 GMT

Thanks to David Lebovitz via Simply Recipes for this coffee ice cream recipe. It took me two tries, as I accidentally curdled the eggs the first time, but it was worth the frustration. This is an ice cream that tastes strongly of nothing other than sweet cream and coffee. It amazed me and my dinner guests.

Leland — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:57:00 GMT

Mom: this coffee maker is a lot like the one I originally saw in France that inspired me to want the Bodum Santos. We’ll have to try a cup from the machine in Chelsea when you visit New York in April!

Leland — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:22:27 GMT

The Marshalls in Harlem, at 125th and Lenox, has the best selection of cookware I’ve ever seen in such a store, including an impressive cache of Marco Pierre White’s line of Beka pots and pans, as well as a ton of Calphalon, All-Clad, Le Creuset, etc. If you’re not afraid to go above 96th Street, it’s worth the trek!

Leland — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:37:26 GMT

I’m grateful to AG for this piece , in which he defends the idea of eating in, after Josh Ozersky criticized Bon Appétit for being a “repository for recipes,” and “for people who eat in.” AG smartly points out some of the differences between writing about restaurants and writing about cooking, and how his blog, as it’s focused more and more on cooking, has become friendlier and elicited more constructive and polite comments. The restaurant crowd in New York may think that we avid home cooks are lame, but the cooks I know wouldn’t trade their abilities for anything.

Leland — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:58:21 GMT

I’m glad that New York Magazine has launched a recipe database, but it would be better if their website weren’t such a fright show. It seems that no amount of RAM and no speed of internet can handle all of their ads and other shenanigans.

Leland — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:33:25 GMT

Just in time for a long, cold weekend: a technique for bread even easier than last year’s no-knead bread, which briefly took over the world.