Bar Stuzzichini – Funny Name, Delicious Eats

Bar Stuzzichini
928 Broadway (between 21st and 22nd Streets)
New York, NY 10010, (212) 780-5100 
Matt and I recently tried Bar Stuzzichini in the Flatiron District, which opened in June of 2007. I’ve been dying to go there for awhile as I seem to run into its name everywhere I turn lately. “Stuzzichini” is derived from the Italian word, stuzzicare, meaning [...]

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Great Holiday Christmas Success! High Five!

Yes! Yes! My first time roasting a chicken and it came out wonderfully! Yippy! I basically followed what I described in my last post. I chopped up sage, rosemary, parsley, and thyme and mixed them with softened butter, a bit of lemon juice, and lemon zest. After I loosened the chicken’s skin (very, very odd [...]

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Christmas Eve Dinner Prologue

Okay, gonna head into the kitchen soon to attack Christmas dinner. I’ve always enjoyed eating on Christmas Eve rather than Christmas day. Call me materialistic, but after all the presents are gone from underneath the tree, it just doesn’t really feel like Christmas anymore. Shrug.
Matt’s mom recommended a free range bird because even though they’re [...]

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Merry Christmas to All and to All a Roast Chicken

My sister and I have finally settled on our Christmas Eve menu. Roast chicken has been at the center of it for awhile, but the sides and appetizers have switched around a bit. Yeah, that’s right, we settled it…today…the DAY BEFORE THE DINNER. Don’t even talk to me about my sister’s holiday procrastination. We couldn’t [...]

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Pasta Smothered in Alcohol, Cream, and Cheese – What’s Better than That?

I was at a loss on Sunday for what to make for dinner. The boy (Matt) was coming over and all I knew was that I had a major pasta craving. The weather was wretched Sunday night and having already gone to the Wintermarket, I was done with the whole “going outside” thing.
I scrounged around [...]

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Wintermarket Dec. 2007 – Fresh Produce in the Midst of a Nor’easter

I actually managed to drag my lazy sister out to brave this horrid weather all for the sake of yummy fresh goodies. I had read that the market was going to be under an awning but for some reason still thought at the back of my mind, “they probably just mean the entrance is under [...]

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Alta – Just Because You Have Multiple Personality Disorder Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Be Delicious

Alta
64 West 10th Street (Bet. 5th and 6th Avenues)
(212) 505-7777
So what if they use Philadelphia Cream Cheese in one of their most well known dishes? Who said you can’t have crepes and empanadas in the same meal? What’s the harm in getting a little butternut squash foam on your Catalonian flatbread?
Yes, this is what I [...]

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WINTERMARKET – Dec. 16, 2007

I’m writing to say that I hope all foodies will be joining me at the Wintermarket at the Fulton Fish Market at the South Street Seaport this Sunday, Dec. 16 (that’s a lot of “at”s, I know).
In case you haven’t heard, the New Amsterdam Public group is producing this one day event in order to [...]

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O Oysters, Little Oysters…

“but answer came there none. And this was scarcely odd because they’d eaten every one!” -Lewis Carroll
I’m so ashamed to admit that for most of my life I’ve kept raw oysters at arm’s length; first despising the very thought of them (age 0-13), then slowly coming to accept their inevitable place in the culinary world [...]

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Oh Dear…

My apologies for not having posted in awhile. I’ve been away on vacation in beautiful Turks and Caicos. I should have written up a bunch of posts and had them programmed to post while I was gone, but you know how hectic things get in the few days before leaving. What a headache it was [...]

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