Angelica Kitchen

22. September 2010 East Village, Vegan + Vegetarian 1
300 East 12th Street off Second Avenue 212/228.2909 $33 for two without tip; BYOB ♥ It couldn’t have been the quinoa because it was light and fluffy. Could it have been the creamy cauliflower sauce lathered in the mushrooms? Or the tempeh in balsamic? Because it definitely wasn’t the roasted beets nor the steamed broccoli. ...

Leg of Lamb with Sausage Crumble

17. September 2010 Lamb + Veal 0
Jenny and Steve from Los Angeles were flying in at midnight and I knew they were going to be hungry. I warned them to save their appetite and skip the junk food in the plane and just go straight to my apartment in Harlem for a very late dinner. I had a few hours to ...

Counter

105 First Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets 212/982.5870 $80 for two, with one cocktail, with tip wheelchair patron may dine al fresco or wheel in ♥ I picked Counter as the first vegetarian restaurant to visit for my special project with Erin. She had sent me links to several restaurants she liked after she ...

Speck-Taleggio Panini

13. September 2010 Sandwiches and Snacks 0
I’m sorry to gloat, but I’m like a proud Mama Bear who just had her cub: I just harvested a second handful of mizuna greens from my terrace garden! I’ll be heart-broken when the plant is no more, but I’m going to milk it as much as I can. I’m also getting ready to plant ...

Tempura-battered Green Figs

10. September 2010 Vegetables + Salads 0
I was surprised to find green figs at the fruit stand downtown where I work. Even Whole Foods only sold the black figs. What I like about green figs is that they’re less sweet than the black ones even though they look like they would be rindy and bitter. The ripes ones are actually pretty ...