Our friends who just sold their house to live in NYC permanently had a … household dissolution (?) party last night with many friends. There was a raffle where we each drew a couple of numbers to take a few final items off their hands. We both lucked out in our choices in that we got the only food/drink-related items: I got 3 different pickling kits & a huge bag o’ bean soup, plus the hostess specially gifted me a beautiful blue & gold glass that says “Mazel Tov, Bitches.” I feel seen
No dinner really to speak of — there was a plate with cheeses and salamis, guac & chips, cold pizza , and amazing cookies brought by our Lebanese friend (of course) with chocolate chips, nuts, granola… just fab.
We got home early and had the leftover garlic rice and some of the pork adobo.
Well, packing up a house one’s lived in for … 30+ (?) years yer bound to have a lot of stuff, and of course their Chelsea apt isn’t nearly as big, despite the fact that they bought the pad next door and expanded it significantly
I think that plate will be excellent for a big pasta party or a massive hunka (or chunksa) meat, like my PIC’s lamb kabobs
Man, am I gonna miss my pool time this summer at their digs
Tonight we made my dad’s beef and barley soup using ground beef, extra veg, and kidney beans, served with sourdough discard focaccia from the freezer. Delish.
We enjoyed another outstanding dinner at Cafe Panache, in Ramsey, NJ, including Hokkaido scallop crudo; duck and foie gras agnolotti; crispy rice cracker crusted tuna; tuna tartare; halibut. It all went great with an excellent Malbec and red blend.
Pizza Saturday. A very nice night in Mt Shasta.
Pizza base Ricotta and grated Parmigiano, with fresh mozzarella, sun dried tomato pesto , artichoke hearts , chicken Boudin sausage, and capers . Cheers.
Pizza π. Stonefire crust, alfredo sauce, caramelized onions, asparagus, koms, bacon, rosemary asiago cheese. Little gem, red onion, cucumber, avocado, radish salad, pesto dressing. Everything was delicious, I keep forgetting how much I like that dressing and the π was so good I ate the whole thing.
We had a fabulous gig tonight at the fancy-shmancy place — our last one for a few weeks until the benefit in early April for the local domestic violence shelter. We had a decent crowd considering it’s Spring Break, including a bunch of friends, and they all stayed till the end. My song about the dumb-ass diet industry was particularly popular
It was a really fun show
I didn’t eat anything at the place bc $$$, so when we got home my PIC made me a delectable grilled cheese with mozzarell’, cheddar & Havarti that I obliterated in under 5 minutes
Other half of Pizza Bianca from TJ with an additional layer of thin sliced air fried russet potatoes on top of the red onion and jalapeños. Topped with hot honey and RPF.
this was some grilled Opah (which we don’t find around here too often), with a fig soy glaze, whipped parsnips with ginger, greens with sesame dressing. melded well.
