Denny’s Rockstar Menu: PREVIEW

Last night, I was invited to preview the new Denny’s All Nighter menu, which includes its special RockStar Menu – a selection of new items that were created by bands asked to collaborate with the chefs of Denny’s.  The bands included All American Rejects, Plain White T’s, and Taking Back Sunday.  If you’re reading this, though, you’re not here for me to discuss music, a subject I am entirely unqualified to discuss.  I am, however, qualified to tell you about the food I eat and what I like (or don’t like!) about it… First, though, I want to express here [...]

The New French

It’s been an odd past few months for me – it’s summer and everyone wants to come out to play, invitations are flying into my inbox like mad, and I find myself in a whirlwind of busy-busy-busy, but… I haven’t seen my closest friends except in drips and drabs here and there.  Who the heck am I finding myself busy with if I am not seeing the very people I care most about?  I don’t really know… To that end, BB recently decided we should all get together and have dinner.  She chose The New French, after having read some [...]

"Stalking" Downtown Lunch: Capri Caffe

The last lunch… Orzo’s head makes one last appearance. I’ve been “stalking” Downtown Lunch for a while now… DK said Vietnamese on Baxter (mentioning a place I hadn’t yet been), so off I went. Zach says there’s an Indian food festival going on… there you found me. Of course, there was the Rosario’s debacle – I tried to blog about this place a lot of times, but couldn’t (I swear, my computer ate the post twice, and then other times, I just was like, I don’t want to share! sorry but it’s true! I used to go to this place [...]

Sole Piccata & Win the Cookbook!

In conjunction with Yummr’s July foodie book giveaway, Yummr (courtesy of Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt Books) has generously offered my readers an additional chance to win a copy of Fish Without a Doubt: The Cook’s Essential Companion. Though I have not read the book, I did try a recipe from the book: sole piccata. I’ve had this at restaurants before, but never realized just how easy this is to make!!! – 4 pieces of 6 – 7 oz. gray sole fillets – coarse salt and freshly ground white pepper – all-purpose flour – vegetable oil – 4 tablespoons unsalted butter – ½ [...]

Downtown Lunch: Indian Food Festival

Imagine my surprise this morning when I was reading my normal sites through my RSS and came across an Indian street festival near me!  Well, of course I had to go check it out.  A big thanks to Zach of Midtown Lunch for putting the word out!!! I snagged my coworker – a replacement food buddy, if you will, for the irreplaceable Orzo – hmm, what shall I call him?  How about – Linguine – ok – and off we went for his inaugural eating expedition avec moi.  Unfortunately, though it was a two whole blocks long, there were way [...]

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