Longganisa, Filipino Breakfast Sausages

29. November 2010 Beef, Pork 0
Filipinos like their meat, but we especially love our pork. We love it so much that we will eat it three times a day–for breakfast, lunch and dinner. To start a traditional Filipino day, longganisa (also longaniza), or Filipino sausage, is one of the meat choices that pair up with eggs and fried rice. All ...

Kin Shop

469 Sixth Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets 212/675.4295 $100 for two with tip, with one cocktail wheelchair patron may wheel in, but bathrooms are downstairs ♥ ♥ The last time I was on Sixth Avenue above 8th Street, I was at Jefferson Market buying blood sausages after a stranger tipped me about the store ...

Gnocchi with Sage Cream Sauce

15. November 2010 Pasta + Noodles + Rice 2
After the sixth egg, I just knew I had to finally get a real Italian to teach me how to knead pasta dough properly. I had wasted enough flour and eggs trying to make my own while following written instructions and videos online. For one reason or another, I just couldn’t get the dough to ...

Porchetta with Fennel

08. November 2010 Pork 0
I don’t know how a planned dinner for three in my Harlem apartment turned into a pre-holiday dinner for seven, but that happened one Sunday night as soon as Mother Nature confirmed it was autumn in New York City. Our friend Marisol, who moved to Florida for work earlier this year, was in town for ...

Coconut-Fish Curry

27. October 2010 Fish 0
I have been craving Indian flavors ever since I came back from Portugal. For our last night in Lisbon, we had dinner at a Goan restaurant and celebrated our stay there with our last bottle of Vinho de Verde. For the first time in a long time, I connected what I learned in school with ...