Most mornings, I stop in to Long Island City’s Sweetleaf before work for a cup of coffee and a scone. Sweetleaf does a fine job of baking scones that achieve a good sweet/savory balance; this weekend, I decided to give something similar a shot. To make these, I followed the basic scone recipe from Mark … Continue reading
Category Archives: Food
Me @ Volume 1- Afternoon Bites: Book art, Dusted and Fluxblog turn ten, Joyland on Greenpoint, and more
- There Is a Documentary About Linotype. We Think This Is Awesome.
- Afternoon Bites: Carl Wilson’s 2011, Emma Straub makes a mix, Justin Davidson on Philip Glass, and more
- Hillary Jordan’s “When She Woke”: A Discussion
- Afternoon Bites: Steve Erickson talks politics, Mikhail Bulgakov gets unreal, Pam Houston on mentoring, and more
So: I spent my Sunday afternoon at the Astor Center, taking a class as part of the Manhattan Cocktail Classic. This was my first time attending, and I didn’t entirely know what to expect: would it simply be an overview of cocktail-related lore, or something more hands-on? The event I attended was — as the … Continue reading
Up at Vol.1 now is a short essay about my one and only attempt at eating crawfish: in this case, in Austin in 2006. It didn’t go particularly well. I found a restaurant called the Boiling Pot on Sixth Street, sat down, and ordered a large meal in which crawfish were in fact the primary … Continue reading
Besides the end of a year, last week brought with it visitors — friends old and new, both in town from scenic Eugene, Oregon. This, then, reminded me of an establishment in said Oregonian city called Off the Waffle, at which I dined for the first time in the spring of 2010. It was, as … Continue reading
I haven’t done a “recommended” post in a while. Here’s hoping this pair of takes on hand-crafted food and drink helps to remedy that. Warren Ellis on the hyper-concentrated coffee known as The Black Blood of the Earth. Scott Gold on the meat and butcher shops of North Brooklyn.
November 11, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Writing on Writing, 11 November 2009
Categories: Books, FoodOne: Scott Snyder chats with Graeme McMillan on the subject of vampires in popular culture and his upcoming series for Vertigo. (And if you haven’t read Snyder’s Voodoo Heart, you really should.) Two: In which the esteemed Scott Gold talks whiskey. (Technically not “writing on writing,” I’ll admit, but close enough.)
August 20, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Culture Links: 20 August 2009
Categories: Books, Comics, Culture, Food, MusicOne: Via Warren Ellis: Brandon Graham’s impressive King City is making a return to print; there’s a preview here. (I have some earlier ramblings on King City here.) Two: Also returning: Kat Bakes, with a post about weddings, cakes, and their union. Three: Shla Scanlon — whose serialized novel I really need to start reading … Continue reading
July 16, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Eat, Greenpoint, Restaurants
In Which Good Food Gets Its Due
Categories: brooklyn, FoodTags:: Eat, Greenpoint, Restaurants
Recently, my friend Megan has been running the kitchen* at the Greenpoint record store/restaurant Eat; earlier this week, they received some press coverage from the Times. Which, given that the food that they make could rightly be termed “delicious,” is a fine, fine thing. I’m particularly gladdened to see Ligaya Mishan’s review make mention of … Continue reading
November 17, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Recommended food writing: 11.17.08
Categories: Food, HousekeepingI’ve been meaning to add a “Food” section to the links collected here for a while now. And, lo, I’ve now done so, including a couple previously filed under “NYC”. Among the initial selection: Kat Bakes, which concerns itself with, well, baking; The Internet Food Association, in which a number of political and cultural essayists … Continue reading
October 28, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: cooking, farinata
notes on a cast iron skillet
Categories: FoodTags:: cooking, farinata
Late last year, I made farinata (in this case, based on this Mark Bittman recipe) when home for the holidays. It went well, but something seemed a little off — though some of that may come from the fact that my fondness for black pepper exceeds that of almost everyone I know. Either way, I … Continue reading
And in the “writing from good folks” category, a new food-related website called Table Matters has launched. Among its writers is the esteemed Scott Gold, who contributes a piece on lapsed vegetarians. (In the interests of full disclosure, I should probably mention that I’m one of the interviewees.)
September 10, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: dining, Eat Records, Food
brooklyn eating: eat records
Categories: brooklyn, Food, NYCTags:: dining, Eat Records, Food
On Saturday, I went along with friends to Greenpoint’s Eat Records. A friend of mine recently took over running their kitchen, and I was curious to see what the new setup was like. The last time I’d been there, the balance between cafe and record store was much more significantly in favor of the latter. … Continue reading
A number of my friends make damn good food. I’ve begun doing more cooking for myself in 2008 than I ever have before; previously, the extent of my kitchen skills were limited to throwing chicken sausage in a skillet or making a passable omelet. My current obsession, after trying them out at the apartment of … Continue reading
Managed to fill the apartment with smoke as a result of cooking a chicken breast with some jerk spices earlier. Now: waiting for some clafoutis to finish baking (recipe via Quinn) and listening to Flying Saucer Attack. May have made too much clafoutis for one person to consume. Damn. The perils of living alone…
I’m currently finishing up The Shameless Carnivore. It’s leaving me with the urge to cook. A lot. And I can’t cook for shit. Also, the description in its later pages of Montana’s annual Testicle Festival may well be worth the price of the entire book. Dear lord.