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skinny recommended Woochon, at 10 W 36th a while back. Still good? any recommendations of Korean restaurants in that vicinity?
the first rule of milk club is you don't talk about milk club
doesnt seem possible but ive actually gained weight on a diet of steak sandwiches, hamburgers, french fries, pork dumplings, bacon and egg sandwiches, chicken salad sandwiches, coffee cake muffins, brioche, cashews, snickers ice cream bars and perrier. must be the carbonation, right?
should i exercise to lose weight or just induce a mild coma? oh, who am i kidding? tell them to put me on the low fat feeding tube.
The Best Recipes in the Worldthe book / debuts tonight ch 13 at 9
Mark Bittman—who writes “The Minimalist” column in the New York Times—tells us about traveling the globe in search of the best recipes in the world for his new PBS series.
A Twist of the Wrist: Quick Flavorful Meals With Ingredients From Jars, Cans, Bags and Boxes” (Knopf)
The chef admits that she was not familiar with Rachael Ray’s “30 Minute Meals” when she started the project, or at least she’s too polite to say that hers are 30-minute meals that would make Thomas Keller say yummo: orzo with dried porcini mushrooms, radicchio and aged balsamic vinegar; white asparagus in brown butter topped with a fried egg and capers; key lime custards with crème fraĂ®che. Some of the recipes came from fellow food professionals, like Ruth Reichl, the editor of Gourmet magazine, whose recipe for blueberry pie calls for frozen berries and a store-bought crust. “You talk to a chef who works all day and comes home hungry, these are the things they make,” Silverton said. “You don’t come home and do a braise.”
Takeout-Style Sesame Noodles
1 pound Chinese egg noodles (1/8,-inch-thick), frozen or (preferably) fresh, available in Asian markets
2 tablespoons sesame oil, plus a splash
3˝ tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons Chinese rice vinegar
2 tablespoons Chinese sesame paste
1 tablespoon smooth peanut butter
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon finely grated ginger
2 teaspoons minced garlic
2 teaspoons chili-garlic paste, or to taste
Half a cucumber, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/8,-by- 1/8,-by-2-inch sticks
Ľ cup chopped roasted peanuts,
IMHO and the rest of the table we now have great Cantonese in Brooklyn......Pacificana opened after 3 years of construction from a fire.....1/2 the same owners and some new ones, dim sum is rumored to be awesome (1 1/2 hour wait at the peak last sunday), we tasted some dumplings that were grand cru and the mains we ordered were super......good news for us in Brooklyn
http://events.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/dining/reviews/21unde.html?ref=dining
Vegan Try Fector last week......
Stop 1 Hangawi: went al la cart....wrong move except one amazing dish of a seasonal mountain root salad....rest ok at best:<(
Stop 2 Mandoo Bar: its a dumpling bar 2 w 32nd and sensational,
wish we went here to start...
Stop 3 Kyotufo Dessert Bar, 707?? 9t Ave, very very good, drinks + dessert chef from Japan...
Last week I had IMHO a sensational meal at Aburiya Kinnosuke.....one of the best dishes was a Yellowtail Neck cooked in the bincho-tan charcoal pit, splash of lemon and YUM!! The grilled young bamboo was fantastic as was the mixed plate from the "for drinks" menu which included whole baby squid in miso......not everything is great here, the eel and egg just for example was just OK....the noodles which is how I end the meal are stunning as is the way I like to begin fresh tofu.....dont miss the chicken meatballs with soft poached egg on top and anything table bincho-tan coal grilled on the something or other leaf.....eat at the counter
Get Skinny #6
Today is day 2 of my 2nd Liver Flush prep....
Yesterday I had to brunch so had eggs and cheese (and lots of bloody marys's:>) but I will be vegan today and for the next 4 with just a dash of wine Wed's nite....
Colonic #1 will be Friday at 10am, problem is I am #1 so the room will be cool.....
So for the Liver Flush you need to be vegan and drink tons of apple juice too loosen the gall stones...
CLEANZE IT BABY!!
I’ve had only one real job in my life. I know what you’re thinking, but managing the Sex Pistols wasn’t a job; it was a lifestyle that consisted of creating an environment that you could run wild in. The boring job was in London in 1962, when I was 16. I hadn’t done well on my exams — in fact, I hadn’t bothered to take most of them. University was not in the cards.
My mother dragged me to the local labor exchange, where a man read off a list of available jobs: machine operator in a pen factory, assistant to a linens salesman, booking clerk for Fyffes banana boats. As he worked his way down the list, he came across a job for a trainee wine taster at George Sandeman, the venerable wine merchant. The occasional glass of sherry on religious days was the only wine I’d tasted. But my mother, a walking cliche of nouveau riche, thought this sounded respectable enough to boast about at cocktail parties
ears
via jaschw, "El Bulli in Spain is arguably the best restaurant in the world."
the best expresso in nyc to me is Blue Spoon Cafe on Chambers St near City Hall.....amazing, I avoid coffee but when I need to rock, I stop by here and do 2 singles (one after the other) and its sends me into full speed but so smoothly.....it of course comes short and creamy and it rivals Italy (made by this lady there I assume the owner named Heather, not sure the others can make as good).....from her web site ((Our passion for coffee led us to serve Intelligentsia brand coffee and teas — what we believe to be the finest available on the market. An environmentally and socially responsible company, Intelligentsia works closely with growers and importers to ensure the quality of the bean. All Intelligentsia coffee is traded fairly, paying the grower above the Fair Trade price.))....
www.bluespooncoffee.com, worth the trip to drink but only M-F 7am to 6pm
whats your favorite grilled cheese sandwich?
paula's but rub
ham salad and pimento cheese spread recipe. i have never heard of cream-cheese in pimento cheese. i like to use two kinds of shredded sharp cheddar (like vermont sharp white and some thing else orange) and mayo to taste. indeed you rarely find pimento cheese served up here in yankee land. make your own at home, its easy.
Get Skinny #5: well I failed the 9 day-er, made it 5 hours short of 6.....just had to eat.....had peanut butter and celery, califlower and chick peas, and whole wheat italian crackers.....
Soon Liver Flush Two for March, and than The Master Cleanse Two in April hopefully for at least 8 days....
Than May to August I am gonna Get Fat again:>)
Day in the life of the Sustenance Abuse Program
3.5 liters of the Lemon/Cayanne/Maple Syrup drink, drunk every hour or so
1 liter AM heavly salted water
.5 liter PM heavly salted water
1.5 liter straight water during day (s/b drinking more)
= 9.5 liters