Posts from the “Edibles” Category

Ambrosia

Posted on September 23rd, 2010

People. Do you like veggies? Do you like cute? Do you like yum? Go to Ambrosia (facebook page here). I live mere blocks away from this place and I had never been there before… tragedy! A friend and I went for lunch this week, and I fell in love with it. Everything is vegan, raw, mostly organic, mostly local. (Later in the winter they may do a few cooked vegan dishes.) Everything is made fresh, and when we went, there was only one cook, so it took a little while for our food to be made. But I’m perfectly okay with that, if it’s being made fresh. The place itself is super cute. Pretty light fixtures… Pretty tables… Pretty food. This was my signature kale…

Sunday, Sunday

Posted on September 19th, 2010

How is it already Sunday evening? I spent most of our weekend holed up at home, writing. We stopped to order pizza from Spartan Pizza, and drove way the heck down south to pick it up. It was worth the drive! The Agamemnon was our favorite – cilantro pesto, chicken tossed with Salt Lick barbecue sauce, red onion, and pickled jalapenos. We also tried the Hades – tomato sauce (very heavy on the oregano), Italian sausage, green olives, herbed ricotta, and red pepper flakes. Neither of these pizzas are what I would usually order, as I often avoid olives and jalapenos, but they sounded good, and I’m so glad we tried them, because they were AWESOME. And then I tossed the empty pizza box…

Thankful Thursday

Posted on September 16th, 2010

(Beer flight from Flying Saucer – my favorite was Brooklyn Pennant Ale) Hi everyone! I didn’t make it here yesterday for the Wednesday list. Here’s a quick one: Everything I ate/drank on Wednesday Lots of water all day Half of a leftover ham and cheese panini from Thunderbird Coffee Small bowl of chicken avgolemono soup and a few pita wedges from El Greco Two chocolate chip cookies from Tiff’s Treats Supper Friends dinner at the Swoop House (quoted from the menu, I’ll try to get photos up soon): Quail Diablo, wrapped in bacon and glazed with chile and molasses Goat cheese bruschetta with peppers and olives Gulf crab cakes with remoulade sauce Butternut squash soup with truffle creme fraiche, chive oil and crispy squash…

Uchiko

Posted on September 13th, 2010

So I finally took my camera with me to Uchiko for dinner. We’ve eaten at Uchi and Uchiko plenty of times, but I’ve never photographed anything. I’m not really sure why. Anyway, here’s how our evening went! I had the pan am, a cocktail made with sake, watermelon agua fresca, and granny smith apples. Justin had the Zero Sen, a sake made just for Uchi and Uchiko. He designed the label for the bottles. We were brought a tiny amuse-bouche of grape tomatoes with basil blossoms. Cobia crudo – Caribbean kingfish, cucumber and jalapeno. Justin designed the chef’s coat patches. Madai – Japanese bream nigiri with shiso, meyer lemon zest and olive oil. Nasu – Japanese eggplant and sumiso nigiri. This is seriously the…