The Soul Spot
I was cat sitting for a friend over on Atlantic Ave, and at first I got my fill of banh mi from both Nicky’s and Hanco’s. Then I started to look for something else. I had passed by The Soul Spot a few times, and although vegetarians sometimes have a hard time eating [...]
2008 — The Missing Posts
I have a few more items from 2008 that I’m planning to post, but I also have a ton of things from so long ago that I have to admit I’m never going to get around to posting about them. So I’ll lump them all together in a 2008 Food Round-Up!
March
In March I [...]
Russo’s Mozzarella and Pasta
For my last post of 2008, I thought I’d go back and post about a place I’ve been meaning to write about for a while. It’s not a fancy place, or even a restaurant at all — there are no chairs or tables at Russo’s Mozzarella and Pasta. What they do have is [...]
Market Watch: Swiss Chard
Swiss chard may be the most ubiquitous of the winter greens at the market. It’s easy to love the way it looks, since it comes in bright red and yellow as well as the standard green. I have had trouble finding a recipe I like for chard, however. The most success I’ve [...]
Al Di La
After trying a bite of the ricotta pound cake (with cranberries and orange whipped cream), Donny remarked that he thought it was “good, not great.” Although I liked this dessert a lot, “good, not great” pretty much summed up our entire dinner at Al Di La, a Park Slope neighborhood favorite.
Holiday Market Watch: Pickles
Last weekend I was alerted by Serious Eats to a holiday market over on 5th Ave and 4th St. here in Brooklyn. To my surprise the market was nothing more than two booths set up on a street corner — one run by Dickson’s Farmstand selling meats, the other selling Horman’s Best Pickles. [...]
