December 2011
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A Rainy Night Calls For Tortellini en Brodo
It’s 7:00 pm. I’ve just gotten off the train in Queens, and walk the 7 “short blocks” (as my real estate broker called it) to my apartment. In the rain. It’s the kind of rain that soaks your jeans so they cling cold to your legs. It’s raw. There’s a pool of backed-up drain water I awkwardly and unsuccessfully leap over. One side of my yellow...
September 2011
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Lobstah Rolls
Labor day is only a few days away, and that means that lobster season is waning.
This summer, come the end of July, I was dying for a lobstah roll. I was on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard with my family and I had been appointed the duty of cooking dinner. I had no problem with this responsibility—ever since starting my new job, I had no real time to cook. One day, my dad and I were...
August 2011
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Summer Veggies, Grillin' Style
One of the most delicious way to prepare summer veggies is on the grill. Simply brush with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, skewer and grill until lightly charred. Nothing beats that smoky grill flavor on sweet squash. Serve with a squeeze of lemon and a glass of Albariño.
May 2011
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Consider the Eggplant: Pasta Alla Norma
*Note: The vintagey feel to these photos is a tribute to the endlessly hilarious Weight Watchers recipe cards. Browse these when you’re feeling like a terrible cook.
Anyway. The eggplant. A vegetable that is inedible when raw, but divinely sweet and creamy when cooked. It’s one of those rare substitutes for meat (I think eggplant parmesan is superior to the chicken or even veal...
March 2011
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Corned Beef and Cabbage: Five NYC Restaurants Mix...
My fellow intern at NYMag.com, Emily Watkins, has posted her picks for best St. Paddy’s Day drink specials, so I thought I’d share some not-so-traditional spins on the traditional corned beef and cabbage coming up in some restaurants around Manhattan. If you love lamb, BBQ, quesadillas, and pot stickers, you’ll love these interesting takes on corned beef and cabbage, all served only on St....
February 2011
5 posts
Mmmm, Ice Cream
Becky enjoying ice cream, prepping us all for spring. I better get myself down to Sundaes & Cones.
Vegan Noms on Fat Tuesday, 2010
Elise and Samantha lovin’ them some vegan cajun.
Which reminds me, Fat Tuesday is in a week! Maybe a recipe for Jambalaya is in order.
Pro-Eating
Photo: Nick Wolf
There’s my gal, looking beautiful while noshing on a slider at a Refinery 29 Oscars party at the W. If that’s not WENYC, I don’t know what is.
Eating in the face of fashion!
On another more terrifying note, I have discovered the likes of pro-anorexia blogs. These horrifying things do exactly the opposite of Women Eat NYC: encourage girls to NOT eat, to...
Mushroom Ragu with Cheddar Polenta
Imagine: It’s a stormy, snowy night. No, let’s make it freezing rain. You’ve just walked fourteen blocks without an umbrella and your hip knit scarf from Urban Outfitters has become a sponge around your neck. Your water logged shoes make a sickening squishy squeak as you climb three stories up the stairs, fumbling in your pocket for your keys. As you enter your apartment,...
Homemade Meatball Subs
Those of you who are Smitten Kitchen fans probably recognize a similar post about two weeks ago. As I was trolling the internet at work the other day, I stumbled upon this delicious recipe for homemade meatball subs and decided to make it on my day off.
Working for nymag.com has been kind of a dream internship-I’m reviewing restaurants, updating their listings database (which means I...
December 2010
1 post
Eggnog French Toast
Here is your gratuitous shot of my breakfast. Doesn’t it look pretty? I can tell you, it definitely tasted even better than it looked.
It’s the Christmas season! Who isn’t trying to sneak eggnog and peppermint into everything? Ok, that may just be me, but here’s something you NEED to try on a Saturday morning: Eggnog French Toast. It’s decadent, it’s...
October 2010
2 posts
Madeleines!
The title of this post has an exclamation mark because baking these madeleines was just as abrupt and exciting. As we all know, I don’t bake often. I also consider myself a terrible baker. But, after last night, I think my status changed from “terrible” to “not half bad.”
A few weeks ago, Jess’s parents were in town and generously took us to a...
Sweet Potato Chili and Local Craft Beer
It’s been a cold one here in New York. Autumn has kicked into full swing, and what better way to spend a weekend than venturing into the suburbs for the foliage? Dan and I went up to his hometown of Armonk in Westchester to spend some time with his parents and get away from the city.
Dan has a famous turkey chili recipe that he hasn’t been able to make since going...
September 2010
1 post
Cinnamon Granola
I have become dissatisfied with cereal.
But what else is there for a quick breakfast? Eggs and pancakes take too long. French toast is a process. Coffee and a bagel is kind of boring. It’s just that cereal is so dry, relatively expensive (I have seen a box of Special K going for $8 in the city), and horrifically lacking in the texture department. That, and things like dehydrated...
August 2010
2 posts
Book Review: French Women Don't Get Fat
Too often, American Women eat on the sly, and the result is much more guilt than pleasure. The tendency goes with an attitude that should be changed. Nothing is sinfully delicious. If you really enjoy something, as I adore chocolate, there is a place for it in your life. But we cannot allow guilt-ridden scarfing.
-Mireille Guiliano, French Women Don’t Get Fat
Don’t let the...
Women Eat MV and Why You Should Eat Breakfast
Oh my my. Where to begin? My blog sabbatical was a bit too long, and so much has happened in that month an a half. That’s ok-all will be addressed with the next few posts. Didja miss me?!
Since my last post, I was in Massachusetts twice. Once was up to Boston for jury duty (which was a pain in the you-know-what) and last week to take the annual Martha’s Vineyard vacation with...
June 2010
6 posts
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Panzanella with Goat Cheese and Crispy Proscuitto
When I was in East Hampton, I was obsessing over a box of baby heirloom tomatoes at Round Swamp Farm. They were so unbelievably colorful and mini, with their funky shapes and sizes. But what would I do with them? Put them in a salad? How could I really showcase them in a dish? I left East Hampton without purchasing them, and pretty much forgot about those little guys.
Until yesterday,...
Shells with Pesto, Peas and Sun Dried Tomatoes
Many of my friends will look at this post and be confused. “What? Danielle HATES sun dried tomatoes!” And it’s true, I do. Usually, they’re overpowering, oily, gummy, and just all-around unpleasant to me. That is, until I saw my boyfriend’s roommate, Joe, eating fettuccine with pesto, sun dried tomatoes and peas . It smelled so fragrant and looked delicious-the...
Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.
Like, eating a little meat isn’t going to kill you, though it might be better approached as a side dish rather than as a main. And you’re better off eating whole fresh foods rather than processed food products. That’s what I mean by the recommendation to ‘eat food,’ which is not quite as simple as it sounds. For while it used to be that food was all you could...
Banana Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
It’s time I faced my Kitchen Aid mixer. We were never really friends. It came into my life about four months ago, and I figured I would get an attachment to make fresh pasta. But, alas, I never did. Ruthie had used it a few times to make delicious baked goods, but still, the mixer and I remained estranged.
Until now, as I sit in my apartment bored to tears and realizing that both my...
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Mayoless Chicken Salad
Lunch is essential in the summer. Especially when spending a weekend in East Hampton. Why is this? Could it be the difficult chore of lounging in the sun and reading a book? Dipping my feet in the ocean? Oogling at all the gorgeous shops in town? Either way, by lunch, I have worked up an appetite. And it wants a sandwich.
East Hampton is kind of a foodie’s paradise. I say...
Bites: Grilled Salmon with Tzatziki Sauce
Grill up some salmon-on a grill pan or on the real thing-and use some tzatziki sauce for a light, summery flavor.
May 2010
6 posts
Braised Pork Tacos with Chili-Lime Red Cabbage...
As many of you already know, the LOST series finale was last night. I would venture to say that this may have been one of the hardest two-and-a-half hours of any LOSTies’ life, and not only because the series was ending. Although the end of the series was a bit loose, it made most people watching it at my apartment shed a little water (or a lot of water, in my case).
We made a...
Warm Summer Risotto with Asparagus and Mushrooms
I have been eating SO MUCH this week. After a wonderful 3 days of being spoiled by Ruthie’s mom, we all need to give our bellies a break. I also visited the Brooklyn Flea yesterday to get the scoop on the food scene there for my very first article for my new internship. Needless to say, my belly needed a break from all the delicious but very rich food. Something fresh and...
Herb Rubbed Beef Tenderloin and a Happy Birthday
Some people don’t like birthdays. This astounds me, seeing as birthday celebrations usually come with friends, great food, and lots of booze. One person who does not like birthdays is Ruthie. This being said, we forced her to celebrate her birthday two nights a row. She stopped complaining when we told her what was on the menu for the second night: A spinach, caramelized onion and goat...
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Baking Bread: Day 1
Those of you who know me know my tragic, terrible secret: I CANNOT bake. I know, if I have a food blog, I must overcome this fear of baked goods. I’m starting off slow.
In the 1960s, people in the United States had gotten pretty far removed from their food. Hippies responded with growing their own produce and baking their own bread. To them, homemade bread was political; a commentary...
I'm Sorry
..that I haven’t been posting as frequently lately. Alas, there’s a time in every college student’s life once a semester that completely sucks the creative and intellectual energies from the body. Yes, it is finals period. And yes, I am in that all-i-wanna-do-is-eat-takeout-and-ice cream kind of mindset. My friends are complaining that I haven’t been cooking them yummy...
April 2010
13 posts
Baked Ziti on a Film Set
In my experience, film shoots are very similar to a professional kitchen. It’s high stress, teamwork-oriented, and is centered around creativity. That’s why I love catering them-it’s a marriage of these two crazy worlds.
Today I catered a shoot for a denim commercial with 16 actors and crew members. It was a long shoot ahead of them in Tompkins Square Park, which meant...
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Bites: Billy's Bakery
OK, so we all love a little food porn. “Bites” is just that-a mouthwatering picture with a teeny explanation. Food porn is becoming more and more popular with sites like Tastespotting and Food Gawker. I figured it wouldn’t hurt to give ya’ll a little taste of what I eat too.
Red velvet cupcake, $2.75
From Billy’s Bakery on 9th Avenue between 21 St. and 22...
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Tzatziki and Roasted Eggplant
The other day I picked up greek yogurt. I wanted to try it in my homemade macaroni and cheese recipe (coming soon!) instead of cream cheese, but then I thought how disappointed my friends would be if it wasn’t the same “Dani mac” they know and love. I thought, what if the yogurt compromised the taste? The texture? All for a few measly fat grams? Surely I would lose all of...
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Lox of Love: Russ & Daughters
If you’re in the East village on a Saturday and Sunday morning and are looking for a good bagel with lox n’ schmear, look no further than Russ & Daughters. With a name like that ( thought to be the first place ever with and daughters instead of and sons in its name), how could I pass up a post about this place? One of the most historical culinary landmarks of the city, Russ...
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Tortilla Pizza
So Ruthie and I were just hanging out this afternoon, procrastinating various International Politics and Anthropology assignments, and we came up with a BRILLIANT idea: What if we took every delicious thing in the world and put it on a pizza?
I just purchased my very first very serious camera, and these tomatoes were just so damn pretty. The last photo above reminds me of stained glass. ...
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Calorie Counting
We’ve all been there. Frantically flipping over cereal boxes, bags of chips, brownie mixes, and granola bars.
We are always bombarded with promises of “low fat,” “low calorie,” “light,” “healthy” food products. We freak out when a meal is over 400 calories after being conditioned to seeing 100 calorie packs and weight watchers frozen...
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Ribollita
When I was in Italy in March, all I did was eat. If I wasn’t eating, I was thinking about the next meal. If I wasn’t thinking about the next meal, I was eating gelato. When we were over in my family’s homeland of Tuscany, we learned a new term: mangiafagioli. A derogatory term used by other Italians to describe Tuscans, it literally means bean eater. No wonder. In every...
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SUMMER IS ALMOST HERE and Roasted Red Pepper Pesto
Everyone was in Washington Square Park yesterday enjoying the sun and the cool breeze, and of course, noshing on some goodies.
Washington Square Park is open for its first spring since 2007, and everyone is taking advantage. People were sporting dresses, shorts and tanktops, couples were sporting PDA, and the park was sporting some of its finest flowers. Spring is officially in full bloom...
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Broadway Street Fair
Something I learned today: NEVER disturb someone who is eating a burger at Shake Shack. It doesn’t matter if there’s a tornado about to touch down in Madison Square Park, they will sass you and then get back to eating their burger. Rightfully so, I wouldn’t want my picture taken during the religious experience that is a bite of Shake Shack grub. Shake shack is one of the...
Meet the Author!
I realized that I have not introduced myself. Whoops. I know this may not be the most appetizing or interesting post ever, but it is necessary. And kind of gratuitous.
*That’s me enjoying a heavenly lobster roll at LUNCH in Amagansett, NY summer 2009.
Why I’m Doing What I’m Doing
My name is Danielle, and I eat. I’m a 21-year-old New York University...
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Cacio e Pepe
I cooked the Roman pasta dish Cacio e Pepe for some of my friends, Chelsea and Natalie, for lunch today. Being cheese lovers, they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Recipe follows.
In my opinion, there are three edible gods: cheese, chocolate, and wine. Any given one of these three divine comestibles can put almost any woman in a moment of flavor bliss. Together, they tickle every sense on the...
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We're Still Hungry.
It satisfies me when I see a woman enjoying a meal. Like, really enjoying it. And by meal I don’t mean carrot sticks and hummus. I’m talking about pulled pork tacos. Delicious bubbly margherita pizza. A perfect tomato-mozzarella-pesto sandwich on a crusty baguette. Fresh sushi. We are constantly bombarded with images of women binging on late-night dove chocolate or eating a...
