One of my favorite bread baskets in the city can be found at Blue Ribbon Bakery, on Downing Street. They give you three different kinds to try, including an amazing, doughy challah. While maintaining a lightness, it’s quite rich and chewy–I could probably have eaten an entire loaf. Another slice that I [...]
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Now we’re cooking with gas…
Or not. It’s going on one week since the gas in our apartment building was turned off due to leaks. Come to find out, our building has been riddled with gas leaks for years; a lovely consequence of living in a 90-year-old building in Manhattan. So, while biding my time until the gas is restored, [...]
Brunch at Spotted Pig
Sal and I had brunch today at Spotted Pig, and I’d like to go on the record saying that the French toast with rhubarb compote puts any dish at Clinton Street Baking Co., my first NYC-breakfast love, to shame. The fact that we only waited about 10 minutes for our table was a triumph in [...]
