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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Pizza with vodka sauce, and the upside of waiting for a table
If you live in New York and you like to eat out, you will inevitably spend a lot of time hanging out outside restaurants with a whole bunch of other people who agree with you that an hour, an hour … Continue reading
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Tagged date night, pizza, tomato, vodka sauce
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Greek Salad Topped Chicken For Warm Spring Nights
It’s Spring in New York – daffodils, blossoms, no need to wear a coat weather, the whole bit. The evening was filled with out on the balcony possibilities and I was determined to make the most of them.
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Tagged chicken, feta, greek salad, olives, spring, tomato
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Imam Bayildi, the priest wept
Imam bayildi is one of the all time great, most delicious ways to eat aubergine / eggplant.
The name means “the priest wept”, and theories as to why exactly the priest wept abound; possibly he had a young wife whose dowery was mostly paid up in barrels of olive oil. She cooked this dish for him. He loved it. She cooked it again for him. He loved it. She cooked it again, and that was the end of her olive oil dowery. Or possibly the priest cried in sheer pleasure as olive oil dripped down his chin when he took his first mouthful of creamy eggplant, and soft sweet tangle of onions. Continue reading
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Tagged dill, eggplant, Istanbul, lemon, mint, olive oil, onion, parsley, romance, tomato, turkey, vegan, vegetarian
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – That’s Amore – Movie Night Heirloom Tomato Pizza
Given that a giant NASA satellite is about to hit the earth, now might be the perfect moment for serious thought, some sober and appropriate reflection. Possibly even philosophical or religious musings. Or denial.
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Tagged basil, caprese, cherry tomato, heirloom tomato, mozzarella, pizza, tomato, vegetarian
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Orecchiette with fresh tomato sauce
It’s been hot in New York. Did I mention it before? But as temperatures return to a more normal range (really hot, rather than really too hot) the affects of the weather on my friends is coming to light. Laura … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazing Grace, balcony, basil, cherry tom, easy, fresh, garlic, heat wave, Ian, Laura, olive oil, orecchiette, parmesan, pasta, Puglia, Sara, summer, tomato, vegetarian
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5 Favorite Picnic Salads
Heavily into picnic mode, Jon and I went for a walk on the High Line – not some kind of strange circus stunt, but rather a modern park elevated on disused railway tracks above the city, meandering through the buildings … Continue reading
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Tagged arugula, black beans, corn, cucumber, feta, HighLine, interrupting a first date, olives, picnic, salad, tomato, zucchini
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The Monday Treat – Margherita-inspired Puff Pastry tarts
Something that Never Happens totally Happened this weekend. People have been talking about 900 Degrees, (the new pizza restaurant to hit the Village) all last week, and that led me to assume that it was open. So Jon and I … Continue reading
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Tagged 900 Degrees, basil, Grand Opening, margarita, margherita, mozzarella, pastry, pizza, puff pastry, tomato
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Penne alla Vodka
Despite spending quite a lot of time in Italy, I had never heard of penne alla vodka until I first came to New York. I sublet an apartment through Craig’s List, and the plan was that I would meet the … Continue reading
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Tagged garlic, onion, pasta, penne, tomato, tomato sauce, vegetarian, vodka
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Spaghetti Puttanesca
This pasta sauce is literally translated as tart’s or whore’s. The idea being, I believe, that only slovenly women would make a sauce entirely out of store cupboard ingredients. That said, there’s an alternate theory that says the sauce’s sharp … Continue reading
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Tagged garlic, olives, onion, tart, tomato, tomato sauce, vegetarian
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The Wednesday Tipple – Crispy mozzarella bites with tomato sauce
My sister and her boyfriend Matt are in town for the week, and we have been out on the terrace for drinks, and it didn’t feel like a punishment. This was an unexpected treat – when I spoke to her … Continue reading
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Tagged mozzarella balls, panko breadcrumbs, tomato, tomato sauce, vegetarian, wonton
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