You know when people say that something they’re eating is “the greatest thing ever”? They’re talking about this sandwich. I would say that this is a convenient leftover recipe for the crockpot pork shoulder that I cooked the other day, and while certainly true, it wouldn’t be completely accurate. This Cuban was the reason that… [Continue Reading]
Toulouse Petit: Fried Yearling Oysters and Bacon Po’Boy
Where: 601 Queen Anne Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109 Price: $10 The three-hour drive from Portland to Seattle was punctuated with intervals of rain. And I’m not talking about logical end-of-sentence periods, exclamation points and question marks. No, no, no. This schizophrenic precipitation fell as commas, semi-colons and hyphens: dropping mid-sentence into the drive with… [Continue Reading]
Attack of the Shake Shack Shack Stack
Where: Southeast corner of Madison Square Park, at 23rd Street Price: $8.50 Since the line at this trendy Flatiron kiosk can get prohibitively long during the summer, I took advantage of a cool but manageable off-peak-season day to visit the Shake Shack near my office. The brain-child of NYC restaurateur Danny Meyer, Shake Shack serves… [Continue Reading]
Gorgonzola Cheesesteak
The dishes I prepare largely revolve around meat. As you keep coming back, you’ll see that. My mind just doesn’t consider delicate greens when dreaming of dishes, and my use of produce is generally unsophisticated. I’m working toward making veggies less of an “oh, yeah” afterthought. Well, I WILL BE…I can’t say that I’ve started… [Continue Reading]
Fried Shrimp Po’Boy
That two-pound bag of frozen shrimp turned out to be a great investment: four dinners-for-two. Having already prepared a risotto and a lemon-shrimp pasta dish, my thoughts turned fried (full disclosure: fried food is never that far from my mind). I pictured a sandwich in my head, and the result was pretty much exactly as… [Continue Reading]