Tuesdays with TT: La Fonda Del Sol
September 14, 2010 by TT
Filed under Around NYC, Cuisine, Europe, Feisty Fun, Manhattan, Midtown, Other, Restaurants, Spanish, Tapas, Tuesdays with TT
CT’s Dad has been traveling all over the world the past couple months for work. On a recent Thursday night, CT & I were invited to dinner in order to catch up since we hadn’t seen him in a long time. We decided on La Fonda Del Sol in the Met Life Building next to Grand Central Station. My Dad was here for lunch a couple months back and raved about it. I recently read the book, Appetite City by William Grimes, about the culinary history of New York. It was very interesting and it turns out La Fonda [...]
Tuesdays with TT: BONUS: The Book of Tapas Release Party
May 18, 2010 by TT
Filed under Feisty Fun, Manhattan, Spanish, Tapas, Tuesdays with TT
Soon after I signed up as an official correspondent for Feisty Foodie, I was invited to a book release party in Soho. The book is called “The Book of Tapas” and there would be tapas and Spanish wine and sherry. Basically a win-win situation for me. Who doesn’t like tapas and wine? Alex Raij of Txikito and El Quinto Pino was the host of the evening. Apparently she was a contributor to the book, but not the author. The party was at the Phaidon Store in Soho. Basically a store for all of the publisher’s books. It was nice and [...]
Salon de Tapas
October 19, 2009 by Feisty Foodie
Filed under Around NYC, By Name, Cuisine, Europe, Manhattan, Other, Restaurants, Spanish, Tapas
AB’s birthday passed recently (errr… a while back; I keep pushing this post off), so we gathered to celebrate. Unfortunately, I was a bit late for dinner, so as soon as I sat down, I was handed a glass of strawberry sangria (which was surprisingly REALLY good!), and didn’t stop drinking for two hours, so the pictures are incredibly blurry. As I had no hand in the ordering process, I also don’t know the names of everything. Oops! Slices of filet or steak of some sort. Super tender – at one point, AB actually cut a piece in half by [...]
Pernil Dinner Party
September 8, 2009 by Feisty Foodie
Filed under Articles, Events, Spanish
Being quick on Facebook has its many advantages. A friend of mine posted recently that she’d “just bought a 7 lb. pork shoulder for $6! Now, what to do?” I immediately commented, “pulled pork! or ooh, pernil!!!” and someone seconded my pernil notion. She decided pernil sounded great, so I invited myself over by offering to make some stuff to bring over. HAHAHA cuz that’s how I roll. (In my defense, I hadn’t seen her in over a year… she just came back after moving to China for a year… give me some slack here people!) The pernil in all [...]
Mama’s Empanadas
September 4, 2009 by Feisty Foodie
Filed under Cheap Eats, Queens, Restaurants, Spanish
Recently, I was on my way to a special dinner party (post to come), and I wanted to pick up something to bring. So I hit up this place nearby, which I’ve been meaning to check out anyway… cuz lord knows I loved the empanadas in Argentina! Do you see those prices? Less than $2 for each one, the most expensive one I can see is $1.75! And I would think they are very filling. I ordered quickly but it took a few minutes – maybe a little upwards of 5? – for everything to come, so I think they [...]
