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The Manhattan Food Project
http://themanhattanfoodproject.wordpress.com
An updated version of our old blog, combining our favorite recipes with our tales of taming the wilds of NYC.
Recent Posts
11.19.09: dinner (chorizo, garbanzo and leek soup).
Chorizo-Garbanzo-Leek Soup As I sit and ponder these notes, the current temperature outside (per weather.com) is 62 degrees. It’s the third of December! To quote Andy Bernard from The Office: Global warming, right? I bet it was supposed t...
11.21.09: dinner (or: a pre-Thanksgiving duck-focused exercise in delicious eats).
Duck Fillets with Figs Duck Fillets with Figs Two words: duck and figs. I was watching Fine Living Network after dinner one night (I know, it’s so embarrassing…), and they were showing a classic Emeril Live! The big guy (who, having don...
10.26.09: scenes from a long Thanksgiving weekend.
Sweet potatoes with rosemary and thyme, pre-roasting We’re back! After five days and nights shuttling between in-laws, shopping/people-watching at King of Prussia, and eating far too much food, we made our way back to the city yesterday after...
Programming note. (Leaving New York, never easy; I saw the light fading out)
After an eventful afternoon of traveling (involving the Metro-North, subway and Amtrak as well as an ill-fated cab ride that made me miss my desired train and entailed me screaming at the dispatch while I waited for the next one), we’re safely ...
11.21.09: antipasti.
Stuffed Cremini and Button Mushrooms The week of Thanksgiving, for me at least, means two things: getting ready to travel during the most hectic time of year, and already experiencing turkey fatigue without an ounce of tryptophan in my system. Th...
11.14.09: dinner (home alone and tinkering with some red sauce).
Maccheroni alla chitarra with San Marzano Tomato-Basil-Red Wine Sauce Michael left me to my own devices last weekend while he visited good friends in New Hampshire (I wanted to go, but it was not to be unfortunately), and given his reluctance to red ...

