Tuesdays with TT: Alexia Foods at Bon Appétit

Recently, the entire Feisty Family was invited to the Bon Appétit Culinary Studio to sample some items from Alexia Foods. Alexia makes a variety of frozen products such as french fries and onion rings in a variety of flavors. What separates them from their competitors is the use of all-natural ingredients and small batch production. The studio was a nice room in the Condé Nast building in Times Square with a fancy kitchen and a nice sized lounge area. The point of the evening was to sample 4 new flavors of french fries and vote for our favorites. Lucky for [...]

RUB BBQ

I’m a strange bird.  A place can be on my list for quite a while, for whatever reason, and for no solid, real reason will it jump to the very top.  And so I found myself at RUB BBQ one slightly rainy night… Weirdly enough, I used to take dance classes across the street once a week for about 6 months, but I never managed to cross the street and try it, though this night, I got up off my couch and dragged my lazy butt into the city to have dinner with a friend.   I’m a sucker for wings, and appetizers, and fried foods, [...]

Blue Smoke

I’ve mentioned Blue Smoke in the past with regard to Citi Field – their stand there used to have really delicious chipotle wings that they’ve since removed from the menu (yes I’m still bitter).  But I’d never visited the actual restaurant, and wanted to, so I grabbed three friends and headed over there.  Which 3 friends?  Actually, the three friends I have that have never said “No, that’s too much food, we shouldn’t order so much” to me…  I know these are not clear pictures – sorry!  We started with housemade BBQ potato chips, served with a side of… blue [...]

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