Monthly Archives: March 2008

From the Writer’s Almanac

Thank you Mommy and Garrison Keeler THURSDAY, 27 MARCH, 2008 Listen (RealAudio) | How to listen Poem: “You made crusty bread rolls… ” by Gary Johnson. Used with permission of the poet.You made crusty bread rolls… You made crusty bread…
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Mar
27
filed under:
Food

Applewood for Restaurant Week

Applewood restaurant is amazing. Not the most journalistic way to describe a restaurant, for sure, but the truth. In its prior incarnation, 501 11th Street in Park Slope was a bar, the Blah Blah lounge, and I was a bartender…
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Mar
27
filed under:
Restaurants

Nasturtium Flowers and Meyer Lemons

Yesterday was Easter Sunday, and although I haven’t attended church in years, I still keep the tradition of a big spring flavor-themed meal and yesterday was no different. M & I started on Saturday at the Grand Army Plaza Green…
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Mar
24
filed under:
Condiments
Food
Recipes
Soup & Salads
Vegetarian & Vegan
Veggies

Aquavit

Aquavit Brunch Yesterday, Mark & I went out to brunch at Aquavit restaurant in New York city: an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord of swedish specialities, including pickled herring of eight varieties, paté, cold cuts of salty meats, eggs hard-boiled and topped with…
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Mar
17
filed under:
Restaurants