Chicken with Thai Basil

10. July 2005 Chicken 0
Ingredients: Perdue Shortcuts honey-roasted chicken, roughly chopped 3/4 cup fresh Thai basil, finely chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 4 stalks of scallions, finely chopped 2 tiny green chilis, finely chopped 2 tbsps fish sauce 2 tbsps peanut oil 1. Heat up a large skillet, add oil and sauté garlic until golden brown. Sauté scallions until ...

Ginger-Mint Citrus Iced Tea

I used to buy this ginger citrus iced tea from Balthazar’s Bakery in the summer. When we moved offices from SoHo to Chinatown, it was one of the small pleasures I started to miss. Now I make my own. It takes patience to make your own ginger-citrus juice, but you can use any ginger tea ...

Angel-Hair Pasta Salad with Mustard Dressing

08. July 2005 Pasta + Noodles + Rice 0
Ingredients: angel-hair pasta Perdue Shortcuts honey-roasted chicken, sliced diagonally 4 small radishes, julienned half an apple, julienned 2 scallion stalks, chopped handful of baby spinach, finely chopped half a cup of olive oil 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar 1 tbsp lemon juice 3 tbsps whole-grain mustard salt, pepper 1. Add pasta in salted boiling water. Remove ...

Peasant

25. June 2005 Italian, SoHo 0
194 Elizabeth Street between Prince and Spring, New York City 212/965.9511 about $150 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ It’s hard to convince me to try a restaurant dubbed “Best Place to Impress a First Date” but after walking by Peasant one afternoon, I thought of it as the best place ...

Onera

19. June 2005 Greek, Upper West Side 0
222 West 79th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam 212/873.0200 about $200 for two, with two drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Updated, 2007: Chef Michael Psilakis has turned Onera into cash-only Kefi. He has also opened Anthos at 36 West 52nd Street off Fifth Avenue, 212/582.6900 My party was forty minutes late but the Onera ...