2010 March : Looky Tasty – Adventures in NYC Food

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Discover Your Winter Cocktail And A Crate & Barrel Gift Card Giveaway

In celebration of the winter season, Robb Report asks you to discover your winter cocktail with their cute web app. Simply answer a few questions and it’ll suggest a winter cocktail for you. Also featured in the app – little known cocktail facts and also recipes for four class cocktails with a winter twist. Give [...]

Honey Jack Daniel Whiskey-Infused Prune Chocolate Brownies

Chocolate brownies! Do you prefer rich, fudge brownies, chewy ones or cake-like ones? So, the texture of the brownie depends on the ratio of chocolate, butter/oil, eggs, sugar, and flour ingredients. The type of fat used in the batter will change whether the brownie ends up being richer and fudge-like or less dense. Although I [...]

Recipe Testing: Sesame Wow Greens

Here’s another vegan recipe I tested for Terry Hope Romano’s upcoming international cookbook. So far, I’ve tried her fresh noodle soup in sesame miso broth, ginger marinated cucumbers, pumpkin potato panko cutlets, as well as her spicy kale coconut relish. This time I tested another one of her Japanese-inspired dishes – oshitashi, a Japanese spinach [...]

Happy Pi Day

Posted by Cindy Waffles on March 14, 2010 · 2 Comments

Today is March 14, 3/14… that’s Pi Day! Pi is the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi is an irrational number and is approximately equal to 3.1415926535… What better way to celebrate Pi Day than to bake and eat pies! Savory pies! Pizza pies! Sweet pies! Fruit [...]

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Chicken Adobo slow cooker recipe

Posted by Cindy Waffles on March 13, 2010 · 4 Comments

Here’s a recipe for some awesome chicken adobo. It has been a while since I’ve made a slow cooker meal, and this recipe is just perfect for the slow cooker. The sauce is so flavorful and tasty. The chicken meat just falls off the bones and is delicious. Using a mix of coconut milk and [...]

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Phillips Seafood Buffet

Posted by Cindy Waffles on March 10, 2010 · 1 Comment

In my previous post, I shared pictures of my evening adventures in the Baltimore Inner Harbor. I wandered around the Inner Harbor area and ventured to Phillips Seafood Express for a quick bite. I had a very appetizing crab cake sandwich. I had mentioned that Phillips also offer a super fun seafood buffet. I did [...]

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Baltimore and Crab Cakes

Posted by Cindy Waffles on March 6, 2010 · 4 Comments

I’m in Baltimore for a couple of days. This was my first evening in Baltimore and there was one thing on my mind… it is time for crab cakes! I decided to head over to the Inner Harbor area and go to Phillips Seafood.

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NYC Food Crawl February Pork Bun Crawl

Posted by Cindy Waffles on March 1, 2010 · 9 Comments

It was quite an adventure trying to go downtown for just about 1.5 miles. First, we hopped on a bus which to our surprise terminated service after one block. We then decided to jumped onto a nearby subway train, but after one stop, it went out of service and they told all the passengers to [...]

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