Avocado Cinco at Fonda

I love avocados.  When I was invited by Avocados from Mexico to attend Avocado Cinco, I couldn’t resist, so I headed over to the newest location of Fonda to check it out. Menus at our place setting to tantalize us with what was to come! Various alcoholic beverages were being served, but I’m still on the wagon, so I didn’t partake of the micheladas (a beer cocktail), or the margaritas, though everyone around me seemed to enjoy. First up were the mushroom quesadillas with chihuahua and Oaxaca cheeses. I enjoyed these small, light bites. Fresh pineapple and cucumber guacamole served [...]

Cooking for DLS pt 5

Seriously, don’t you wish you were my friend? After learning all about olive oil, I walked down to DLS‘s in Hell’s Kitchen and cooked dinner for both of us – while lugging a 6pack of grapefruit Pellegrino, my newest drink obsession, to share with him. (Really, it’s shocking anyone could ever claim I was selfish…) His propensity towards Asian food left me making Asian food. His stupid electric stove top shutting off on me in the middle of cooking – well, technically, I’d finished frying the tofu, then shut the burner, wiped out the pan, and went to turn it [...]

Tuesdays with TT: FBM March 2012 Potluck

As it had been about three months since the last FBM Potluck, it was time once again for us to get together for plenty of food and drink. This time around Beer Boor was our gracious host. KC was ready for the holidays and made us a Pizza Rustica. It was full of various meats and cheeses. Very delicious but lethal. I could have eaten this whole thing myself. CT made Barbacoa for the first time in our crockpot. She was a little disappointed it came out dry, but the fresh avocado salsa she also made fixed that problem. I [...]

Pork: Be Inspired

I was recently invited to enjoy a peek behind the scenes during the taping of Madison Cowan giving suggestions for how to cook pork for the new site, www.porkbeinspired.com – some great tips there. I basically hung out in the green room, munching and watching Madison run through a few recipes to zazz up pork chops. I enjoyed tender pork loin with salad, some rice and veggies. Then fresh fruit and a lot of desserts (I must’ve been in a sweets mood that day!) – shockingly REALLY good whoopie pies, black & whites and other cookies. So good. The first [...]

Millesime Oyster Happy Hour

Back in the beginning of March, I saw on Grub Street that Millesime restaurant was offering a $1 oyster happy hour every night until 8 for all “R” months aka oyster season. Millesime opened a couple of years ago in the awkward space in the Carlton Hotel on Madison Avenue. Its Chef has quite the seafood pedigree, but unfortunately hasn’t gotten much press and is somewhat hard to find if you don’t know what you are looking for. CT’s parents have eaten a full meal there before and enjoyed it a lot, but it hasn’t been our list. Maybe a [...]

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